This police drama follows the activities in and around Sun Hill, a police station located in the fictional East London borough of Canley. The focus is not just the gritty reality of police work, however; the lives and loves of the officers who staff the precinct get equal play.
PC Quinnan goes undercover as a prostitute"s punter. Does he let things go too far?
DI Harry Haines, now with the Drugs Squad, returns to Sun Hill to help. DCI Meadows track down a consignment of heroin.
DC Lines Investigates the assault and robbery of a youth, but the prime suspect is an ex-colleague.
DCI Meadows and DI Johnson investigate the murder of a man apparently killed for his wallet and his car.
Ch Insp Conway orders the release of a prisoner, who is then beaten up.
DC Woods investigates the assault of a young woman who is reluctant to reveal the identity of her assailant.
There are high stakes in Sun Hill as DS Greig investigates a child abduction.
DI Johnson has to face some hard truths when WPC Marshall is assaulted during a badly-supervised surveillance operation
Ch Insp Cato is less than pleased when his younger, university-educated counterpart from Barton Street turns up at Sun Hill with a complaint about PC Quinnan.
PC Jarvis and WPC Marshall catch a thief red-handed, and get dragged into his marital problems. Sgt Boyden investigates a missing daughter.
Deakin leads an operation into a cartel of stolen booze. Meanwhile, Johnson's integrity is being questioned by the top brass.
Deakin takes over as Acting DI, and investigates an assault on a solicitor in an apparent revenge attack.
Jarvis blames himself when a teenager is killed in a car crash.
New DS Don Beech is paired with DC Skase to investigate a robbery, but when Skase tramples over the crime scene, can forensics still find enough evidence for a conviction?
PC Stamp and WPC Page deal with an ex-con who delivers his own kind of justice and public order.
Sgt Cryer's exemplary record is threatened when a professional litigant brings a complaint against him for swearing.
Brian Elliott, a friend of Ch Insp Conway, has been robbed by a prostitute and her accomplice, but does not help the investigation when he refuses to make a formal statement.
WPC Marshall breaks the arm of a suspect, but he may be an innocent man.
PC Garfield and WPC Page protect a mugger from a gang seeking revenge.
Acting DI Deakin enlists the help of a schoolboy to solve a case of computer crime.
DC Woods and WDC Croft investigate a series of vicious robberies on petrol stations, but the prime suspect has been dead for years.
A pedestrian is critically injured in a hit-and-run accident, and a witness seems overly keen to help.
DCI Meadows clashes with Acting Supt Conway when finances threaten an operation to catch a dangerous thug.
Having become disillusioned with police work, Cato's behaviour becomes erratic. Has the Chief Inspector finally lost his marbles?
New probationers PC Slater and WPC Keane arrive for their first day at Sun Hill. But is having a bet on who can make the first arrest really a good idea?
PC Hollis thinks that Sun Hill could do with a face-lift, and turns his hand to gardening.
Acting DI Deakin seems to be undermining a uniformed operation into under-aged prostitutes.
WPC Ackland looks to PC Slater for support when she is accused of perverting the course of justice attending a R.T.A.
There's drama in Sun Hill when Acting DI Deakin and DS Greig are held hostage by a desperate gunman.
PC Slater is made a laughing stock when he falls victim to a practical joke.
WPC Page tries to trace a hit-and-run driver who knocked down a man in her care.
A burglary victim spots his own television in the window of a second-hand electrical shop, and the shop owner comes further under suspicion when he tries to bribe Acting DI Deakin.
The new Chief Inspector, Paul Stritch, creates an impression on his first day at Sun Hill.
Ackland and McCann deal with a hit-and-run accident, while Cryer is running a truancy initiative and Woods investigates a lorry hi-jacking. All three turn out to be connected.
PC Loxton displays a lack of tact when a man is robbed by a rent boy, while DC Woods receives some information from an unusual source.
Acting DI Deakin investigates the fatal shooting of a mother by her teenage son.
Acting DI Deakin and DC Carver find some buried treasure in a Chinese takeaway, while PC Slater shows his caring nature - with disastrous results.
Hollis investigates when two dogs are allegedly stolen. Datta and Quinnan deal with a woman's disappearance.
PCs Loxton and McCann attempt to discover why a young girl is so frightened after having committed a robbery. WPC Harris is approached by a flirtatious informant.
Sgt. Boyden gets more than he bargained for when he stops a car carrying a couple suspected of indecent behaviour. PC Slater wants someone to explain what's going on.
A friend of DC Woods is a witness to a violent assault, but are the threats the attacker made against her credible?
DS Beech and DC Carver investigate a case of vandalism and are drawn into a gangland war.
WPC Ackland deals with a woman who refuses to leave her flat, even though it's about to be demolished, while PC Loxton investigates when some disturbing photographs are found.
WPC Page and WPC Marshall find a young boy being assaulted and in possession of AÂŁ250 in cash, but why is he so keen to escape?
Deakin attends his appeal against his demotion after his affair with a senior officer's wife, meanwhile Beech and Pearce manage to sabotage any chance he has of returning.
More drama from Sun Hill, where DCI Meadows and DS Pearce investigate an attempted murder.
There's tension in Sun Hill when WPC Keane goes undercover to help trap a burglar.
There's drama when PC Slater comes face-to-face with a violent criminal.
A pair of tower blocks are being blown up, but back at the station DC Skase is more concerned with a young woman involved in a bank card fraud.
PC Quinnan and WPC Page respond when a small boy falls from a window, and uncover some family secrets.
DS Beech and Insp Monroe are at loggerheads following the recovery of the body of a drowned bookmaker from the Thames.
Sgt Cryer and WPC Page uncover some painful family secrets when they try to find a lost little girl.
WDC Croft reaches for a high-tech solution when the only witness to a brutal attack cannot identify the assailant.
Sgt. Boyden attempts to liven up a dull night shift by offering a bottle of scotch to whoever makes the most arrests, but quickly comes to regret the idea.
WPC Ackland is attacked by a drug dealer and ends up in hospital. Her colleagues are determined to see justice done.
DS Greig and WDC Croft uncover love and prejudice when a family of travellers is accused of robbery.
While searching for an abducted child, WPC Keane confronts a prostitute and find her with DS Beech. Is he working undercover or between the sheets?
PC Slater and WPC Keane have doubts about whether they can handle the pressures of the job.
The officers of Sun Hill investigate after a pregnant woman is mugged and assaulted.
PC Hollis is the only witness to a fight between two of his colleagues. Ch Insp Stritch is determined to prove that police officers are not above the law.
DC Carver deals with a family angered when a criminal is allowed to walk free.
WPC Keane and PC Slater deal with a violent stabbing, but their investigation is hampered by hidden loyalties.
PC Slater, who is away from Sun Hill on an attachment with the River Police, has to contend with a biker gang.
Tensions are running high with PC Loxton furious at being tricked by an illegal immigrant.
DS Greig investigates a burglary with all the hallmarks of a well-known cat burglar, but the suspect is supposedly disabled.
When P.C. Slater and W.P.C. Ackland find a young girl wandering the streets at night and take her home, an unpleasant scene awaits them.
Deakin and Pearce clash over conflicting information from their respective informants
Ch Insp Stritch goes out on the beat with PC Garfield.
DS Pearce ignores the advice of the new F.M.E., putting a prisoner's life on the line.
Sgt. Cryer and WPC Keane uncover a case of elder abuse.
PC Jarvis and WPC Page investigate the death of a martial arts student.
Croft has to let a suspect go after an assault victim is too scared to identify him, Beech takes over the investigation, making Croft decidedly uncomfortable in the process
Sgt Cryer investigates when a disturbed young man claims to have assaulted someone.
DC Carver and DC Skase look into the hi-jacking of a lorry and realise that their investigation is being shadowed by a violent gang.
WPC Datta and PC Jarvis try to track down a missing girl and fear she has been kidnapped.
A suspected child abductor is picked out at an identity parade, but D.S. Pearce, W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Jarvis furious when the Crown Prosecution Service refuses to proceed.
WPC Ackland and PC Garfield become involved in a unusual case of life and death.
P.C. Garfield and W.P.C. Marshall deal with a theft from a building site, and suspicion quickly falls on a workman, but is he really who he claims to be?
PC McCann finds himself in the frame for robbery. A young black youth with a grudge and a family of racists both have reason to set him up.
DI Deakin and DC Woods try to persuade a desperate mother to trust them when her young daughter is kidnapped as a result of her son's drug habit.
DCI Meadows and DC Woods are investigating a tape when someone confesses on a radio show.
PC Loxton and WPC Keane go after a gang of youths who are terrorising a housing estate.
WDC Croft and DC Skase go undercover to catch a steroids dealer.
D.S. Beech investigates a robbery at a jeweller's shop, but his methods leave D.C. Lines and W.D.C. Croft decidedly uncomfortable.
WPC Marshall and PC Slater clash over how to handle an assault victim with drugs in her flat and a suspicious history.
DCI Meadows and DI Deakin are trying to catch a serial rapist and an attempted burglary yields a vital clue.
Keane goes undercover at a "slimming clinic" with a doctor over-prescribing amphetamine.
DI Deakin and WDC Croft investigate when a mummified body is found in an allotment shed.
DC Lines wonders if a school bully has now committed murder.
WPC Datta comforts the girlfriend of a violent drug user while his death is investigated.
The mother of a young offender provides him an alibi when a woman is assaulted and robbed.
PC Hollis arrests a homeless youth, leaving his colleagues wondering at his new approach.
Keane joins the CID investigation when she finds an elderly woman dead at the bottom of her stairs. But how did she get there, and how are her chiropodist and home help involved?
Sgt Boyden finds out that he has a daughter - and so does DS Beech.
DI Deakin and WDC Croft investigate a terrible smell coming from a basement.
DCI Meadows finally gets the chance to catch an old adversary when a teenage boy makes allegations of abuse at a children's home.
WPC Ackland thinks a former prostitute arrested for drug dealing is protecting someone
When P.C. Jarvis brings in a man for drinking and driving, D.S. Beech recognises him as a detective from another station.
P.C. Hollis wants to know who wrote graffiti about him around the station.
Carver goes undercover as a barman in a pub where a gang is running an extortion racket, but matters are complicated when Beech shows up in the company of a known villain.
DS Greig and DC Skase investigate possible arson after a fire burns down a block of flats
Acting Supt. Conway's diving team find a corpse in a dock. DI Deakin and DC Lines have a suspect in mind before the body is even retrieved.
DS Beech and DC Carver investigate the hit-and-run of a young football star. DC Skase deals with an old robbery case.
PC Quinnan and WPC Page look into an assault of a man by his 12-year-old daughter.
Sgt Cryer is taken hostage at gunpoint by an aggrieved husband who has decided to take drastic action over a custody case.
PC Quinnan and PC Hollis investigate when a store detective renowned for his bravery is accused of assaulting a shoplifter.
DS Pearce investigates the case of a man being blackmailed by an escort agency.
Ch. Insp. Stritch's response time exercise lands P.C. Loxton in trouble.
DI Deakin and WDS Morgan attend Court to testify against a dangerous drug dealer but find the prosecution team unhelpful.
DI Deakin and WDS Morgan are in court for the prosecution of a dangerous drugs dealer.
Insp. Monroe investigates when a new-born baby is kidnapped, apparently by a pregnant woman. But why would someone expecting a baby want to snatch someone else's?
Sun Hill CID embark on a frantic search for a booby-trapped television set after a bomb destroys a local electrical shop.
Carver and Woods investigate when a petty criminal leaves a film containing child pornography to be developed at a local photography shop.
A woman is shot in a busy shopping street while talking to P.C. Loxton and W.P.C. Ackland. It looks like a professional job, but who was the intended target?
After the fire-bombing of WPC Ackland's flat, it is now clear who the mystery attacker is targeting, but the pressure is on DCI Meadows to determine his identity.
Ackland acts as bait to try and draw out the man who is attempting to kill her, but tragedy lurks around the corner.
The day after the fatal shooting outside the station, the officers of Sun Hill try to come to terms with what happened.
DS Beech leads an operation to retrieve the proceeds of a robbery at a jeweller's shop, only for the suspect to end up in hospital. But why was he so keen to jump?
PC Jarvis and WPC Keane deal with the repercussions when an unscrupulous auctioneer rips off the residents of an estate.
PC Quinnan and WPC Datta follow up reports of a terrifying scream, and uncover a family of hermits in a barricaded home.
DS Beech finds himself under pressure when an old friend is implicated in a violent murder.
A relief is working a Sunday shift, but a missing boy, a football match and a drugs overdose make it anything but a day of rest.
PC Quinnan is accused of sexual harassment by a burglary victim and PC McCann refuses to confirm his alibi.
Inspector Monroe deals with a headteacher who refuses to accept that his school has a drugs problem.
A raid on a crack house sees DC Carver arrest a young prostitute for drug possession. She is distraught, claiming her infant daughter is in danger from her pimp.
DS Greig and DC Skase have to investigate a year-old murder from the burger van wars.
Sgt Boyden and PC Hollis attend to a corpse in a car, and find that the dead man led a double life.
DI Deakin arrests a kidnapper, but doesn't know where the teenage girl he abducted is hidden.
DC Carver and WDC Croft investigate the murder of a convicted child molester in his prison cell.
WPC Ackland and PC Quinnan question a lodger when his landlady is abducted from her office.
DS Boulton and DC Woods investigate the kidnapping of a teenage girl and look to her distraught parents for help.
WPC Marshall attends to a widow who believes she is being stalked, while Insp Monroe looks for a driver who fled from the scene of a accident.
DS Greig builds a picture of the thugs who tried to murder a policeman during a riot, while PC Garfield worries about his own performance on the day.
PC McCann learns some hard truths about what it takes to be a sergeant as he and PC Stamp search for a troubled schizophrenic.
DS Boulton and DC Lines uncover some dodgy dealings when a businessman reports his credit cards stolen.
PC Slater and WPC Page find a young woman dead in her bath, but how did she get there?
DI Deakin investigates an alleged poisoning after a supermarket is blackmailed. But is the blackmailer an amateur or a professional?
PC Stamp and WPC Keane try to save a young joyrider from being led astray by his elder brother.
Officers from Sun Hill take on local offenders in a game of football, yielding a surprise result for CID.
More drama from Sun Hill. CID investigate a bungled armed robbery at a betting shop.
While investigating a report of a break-in at a snooker club, PC Loxton triggers an alarm which fills the club with smoke, and is determined to get even with the club owner.
Sgt Cryer and WPC Keane pursue a drink-driver responsible for the death of a young woman.
DC Skase investigates an ex-informer's love life in his hunt for clues to an arson attack.
WPC Ackland and PC Stamp deal with a teenage tearaway whose petty criminal career spirals out of control when she flirts with some serious villains.
PC Stamp and PC Slater attend to a break-in and apprehend a suspect with a suspiciously large sum of money, but the occupier denies all knowledge of the cash.
More drama with the officers from Sun Hill. DS Greig investigates the death of a young boy following a burglary.
Sgt Boyden and PC Slater are on a surveillance operation to target a burglar aiming to hit a computer design factory, but it goes wrong.
Datta and Monroe investigate when a baby girl is found abandoned on the steps of the local social services building.
DC Carver's ex-girlfriend gets caught up in a suspected drugs-related attack when she is ambushed while at the wheel of a drug baron's car.