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.
Ch Insp Conway leads a raid on an after-hours pub, but two officers are injured. Ch Supt Brownlow is called in and he finds that the son of an old friend is involved.
DS Daly investigates the case of an injured man, is he the victim of a mugging or a vicious rapist who has received his just deserts?
PC Quinnan and WPC Blake go to the scene where a teenage boy has been found dead from a massive electric shock in the flat of one of his neighbours.
DS Beech and WDC Croft investigate the theft of a loan shark's records.
DS Daly and DC Skase investigate the death by overdose of the son of a drug-addicted woman.
DS Boulton and WDC Croft investigate the sudden death of an apparently healthy but secretive woman.
PC Garfield objects when the officers of Sun Hill are forced to work with security guards following a vicious mugging and a burglary.
PC Garfield and WPC Keane attend to a girl who collapses at a party after taking ecstasy. Is her father's faith in his daughter's good character justified?
DS Greig investigates a drug smuggling ring. The wife of one of the suspects is one of Sgt Boyden's former lovers and she suggests giving their relationship a second chance.
DCI Meadows and DI Deakin Investigate the disappearance of a convicted pedophile following a campaign of harassment.
Sgt Cryer and PC Loxton go to the scene of a disturbance between neighbours.
DCI Meadows and WDC Rawton investigate a doctor accused of killing a terminally-ill patient in his care.
PC Garfield's complaints that Ch Supt Brownlow and Ch Insp Conway are out of touch with real police work brings an unexpected response.
WPC Datta is trying to secure a conviction in a domestic violence case, but the victim unwittingly leaves out important details when giving evidence.
PC Quinnan and WPC Page try to find the culprit who threw a television set from a balcony of a block of flats and narrowly missed PC Slater.
DS Daly and DC Skase investigate after a man is found dead at the foot of the stairs in his apartment block.
DS Boulton and DC Carver investigate an allegation that a football star raped a young fan.
Sgt Ackland investigates a complaint from a prisoner that he was given a pizza topped with cigarette ends.
DC Skase and WDC Croft disagree when they have to choose between investigating an assault charge and a cocaine deal.
WDC Rawton investigates a woman claims that her ex-husband's mistress is trying to kill her.
D.S. Boulton's sting operation backfires due to a case of mistaken identity, but DS Greig gets his man.
Sgt Boyden deals with a man stopped for soliciting who claims he was searching for his missing daughter.
DI Deakin and WDC Croft investigate when a man is found shot with his brother's wife, as two unhappy marriages reach crisis point.
PC Quinnan and PC Slater find drugs in a Lamborghini, but the owner blames his unemployed brother-in-law.
DS Greig tries to establish why a man has confessed to a burglary that he didn't commit.
Sgt Cryer and WPC Blake respond to a young man's claims that his stolen car had his four-month-old baby inside.
DC Lines is forced into action when DI Deakin complains that he hasn't recruited an informant for months.
DS Boulton and WDC Rawton try to persuade a teenage girl to turn informant after her boyfriend is attacked by drug dealers.
DC Skase hopes that information provided by a blind woman after a burglary may help to catch a dangerous serial killer.
Insp Monroe is called in to mediate when a former mental patient is accused of threating behaviour by his elderly neighbours.
WPC Keane uses information supplied by a friend to help CID in an operation against a drug dealer.
DS Greig and DC Lines Investigate an assault on a man who has previously killed two people in a drink-driving accident, and suspect that a relative may have sought justice.
DI Deakin and DC Skase investigate a fire, and find that a mother's grief has had unexpected repercussions.
WDC Rawton investigates the assault of a woman in her new flat and tries to link the attack to an unsolved case.
More drama from Sun Hill. PC Garfield and PC Slater arrest a boy for selling stolen goods.
DS Beech investigates a woman who uses her sexuality to con her business partner and clients.
WDC Croft is concerned when DS Boulton decides to use a former colleague, now down on his luck, as an informant.
Drama from Sun Hill. DS Beech and WDC Croft investigate the killing of a stand-up comic.
Sgt Boyden and WPC Page try to find who is responsible for a series of graffiti attacks.
DS Boulton and WDC Croft have to deal with rival drug dealers when a customer suffers tragic consequences.
Back on the streets of Sun Hill, PC Jarvis and WDC Rawton investigate the ram raiding of a shop.
Ch Insp Conway coordinates the search for an escaped sex offender and a missing teenager who was last seen in his company.
WDC Rawton and DC Skase investigate an attempted suicide by an ill woman, and suspect her son and daughter of assisting her.
DCI Meadows investigates a murder by strangulation and suspect the homeless schizophrenic man whom the victim had befriended.
DS Daly and WDC Croft investigate the suspicious death of one of three sisters.
DS Beech investigates the sudden death of a baby on the night that his parents celebrate their anniversary.
PC Loxton and WPC Keane deal with the burglary of a pharmacy and a violent stabbing.
DS Greig and WDC Croft investigate a burglary and discover that the married homeowner had been in contact with a girl through a lonely hearts column.
DCI Meadows and WDC Rawton investigate the assault of a prison officer.
DS Boulton and DC Lines are called on to investigate a vicious hammer attack.
DS Beech and DC Carver investigate a vicious attack, but have to piece the evidence together when neither the suspect not victim can remember what happened.
PC Garfield and WPC Page search for a missing teenager and come across a man who exploits children in care.
DS Daly and DC Skase investigate a burglary and uncover a deep rift between the suspect's girlfriend and her mother.
There is drama in Sun Hill, as Insp Monroe coordinates a search for a victims of a kidnapping.
WPC Page finds herself in a hostage situation following a failed armed robbery.
DS Greig and WDC Croft enlist the help of two pensioners to trap a team of burglars.
PC Slater & WPC Page find a stranger in an elderly couple's garden, but when WDC Rawton digs deeper into his background, his motives seem more suspicious than he made out.
Sgt Boyden and WPC Datta respond to an apparent sighting of a missing woman by her daughter.
DS Boulton & WDC Rawton investigate when a pub landlord is run over after giving Boulton information.
PC Jarvis and WPC Keane arrest a nanny for stealing from her employers.
When DS Beech is found beaten and unconscious, Sun Hill search for his attackers.
DS Boulton and DC Skase investigate a mugging, but the victim's father takes the law into his own hands.
PC Quinnan and WPC Keane deal with a teenage girl with a broken nose who claims that her ex-boyfriend assaulted her.
DS Boulton and WDC Rawton have to decide whether to find the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run incident, or to prosecute the witness.
Deakin and Carver come under pressure from Conway to find a vicious robber who has been preying on elderly victims.
DC Skase and DC Carver have to deal with a preacher who specialises in dodgy miracles.
PC Loxton struggles to cope with a young female suspect who makes no secret of her attraction to him.
DC Skase and WDC Croft investigate the circumstances leading to a mother ending up unconscious at the foot of a stairway.
DS Greig and WDC Rawton investigate a journalist's claims that he acted in self-defence to stop an intruder.
DCI Meadows is concerned when DC Lines seems to be getting too involved in investigating the sale of some stolen cars.
PC Quinnan and PC Garfield look into the disappearance of a man reported missing by his mother, although his wife has her doubts.
WDC Rawton and WPC Page have to deal with a 14-year-old tearaway and half a million pounds in counterfeit money.
PC Garfield and WPC Blake are called to help enforce a demolition order on a home extension, when an ongoing dispute between neighbours erupts into violence.
WPC Blake arrests a woman for assault and DS Beech tries to persuade her to help convict her husband for forgery.
Sgt Boyden and WPC Keane investigate the hit-and-run of a young busker.
Meadows hopes that a family funeral will lure a couple of jewel thieves into the open.
PC Stamp tries to persuade an unhappy convict not to ruin his chances of release.
PC Loxton and WPC Keane try to sift the truth from three conflicting stories when a severe case of bullying results in a fifteen year-old boy being stabbed.
DS Daly and DC Skase discover that a jeweller is fencing stolen goods.
Sgt Boyden and WPC Page come to the aid of a former porn actress who is worried that her young sister faces a similar fate.
DCI Meadows and DC Lines suspect that the owner of a beauty salon set it on fire herself to claim on the insurance policy.
WDC Rawton tries to stop a loan shark who is terrorising his female customers but finds it hard to get the victims to talk.
Carver, behind on his paperwork, is dragged around Sun Hill by Blake following up leads on a trivial car theft. Their investigations, however, lead them to a gang of armed robbers
Ackland and Slater attend to what appears to be a teenage catfight over an older man.
DS Daly tries to find out who is forcing a convict to smuggle drugs into a prison.
PC Loxton and PC McCann confiscate a gun.
Sgt Boyden and WPC Page grill a witness after the disappearance of a good-time girl.
DS Greig and DC Carver react when one prosecution witness disappears and another ends up in a coma two days before a trial.
DI Deakin and DS Beech investigate an arson attack on a small respectable clothes shop.
DS Boulton and DC Skase investigate the theft of illegally imported body parts of endangered animals from a Chinese pharmacy.
DS Daly and DC Carver investigate the burglary of an antique shop and are struck by the strange behaviour of the sales assistant.
DCI Meadows leads an investigation into the snatching of a child from his pram and uncovers a case of extortion.
PC Garfield and WPC Keane try to settle a neighbourhood feud.
DS Boulton and DC Lines try to persuade a woman to help catch her husband, who is involved in a drug deal.
PC Garfield is affected by the death of an old man.
Rawton chooses between solving a minor domestic dispute and finding two violent robbers.
DS Daly enlists the help of a cab driver to catch a drug dealer.
Sgt Boyden and WPC Keane attend the scene of a possible suicide when a man's body is found in a car, poisoned by alcohol and exhaust fumes.
Sgt Boyden and DS Beech try to find a couple before a vicious drug-dealer gets to them.
DI Deakin and DS Daly try to find an informant who has disappeared following a failed police operation.
Sgt Cryer and Ch Supt Brownlow police a demonstration at a development site after peaceful protesters are threatened with violence.
DS Boulton investigation is hampered by an informant who is putting family loyalty first.
P.C. Slater's investigation is hampered by a lack of a car.
PC Slater is recommended by WDC Rawton for undercover work. His colleagues however ridicule him, and their interference almost costs them a trial operation.
PC Hollis discovers a hoard of illegally imported wildflower bulbs and helps in the subsequent Customs and Excise operation.
DS Daly's worst fears are realised when a nurse reports that she has received malicious phone calls from a mentally-disturbed ex-prisoner.
DS Daly and WPC Blake are forced to release their prime suspect, and the race is on to prove his guilt before he strikes again.
Sgt Boyden and PC Quinnan want to use a would-be stand-up comedian, as an informant, but he is as hopeless off-stage as he is on.
PC McCann is convinced that a gun remains unaccounted for when a gang of armed robbers is captured.
DI Deakin and WPC Blake follow up allegations of attempted rape against a stage hypnotist.
Sun Hill performance comes under scrutiny, and officers from CID and uniform compete against each other in a bid to solve the most crimes.
PC Slater uses the skills learned on his recent undercover training course in an attempt to draw out a thief.
DS Beech loses his cool with a DS from Severn Valley, while DC Skase falls for the charms of his WDC.
PC Slater goes undercover as a bouncer at a club run by notorious Guy Walsh. As Slater gains his trust, will he be exposed?
PC Slater is surprised when, in uniform, he bumps into the target for his uncover investigation.
DS Boulton and Sgt Boyden both have an interest in the same pub landlord, but for different reasons.
It's PC Slater's final day at Sun Hill, and he takes WPC Keane out for a farewell dinner. PC Loxton, PC Quinnan and DC Skase do their best to extinguish any intimate moments.
Sgt Boyden deals with a complaint from a notorious burglar who has had his own house broken into.
DS Boulton finds himself trying to save a marriage when the husband is given another three-year sentence.
The relief is furious at working in endless shifts, especially when WPC Keane, PC Loxton and PC Jarvis have called in sick. It's PC Garfield's duty as Fed Rep to sort things out.
PC Stamp and WPC Page look into the case of a disappearing dog whose owner also appears to have gone missing.
PC Garfield deals with a twelve-year-old boy who is running amok on a housing estate.
More drama on the streets of Sun Hill, where Sgt Ackland and PC Jarvis investigate a stabbing.
Insp Monroe responds to suggestions that he is out of touch with front-line policing and goes on the beat with PC Jarvis.
WPC Page assists a missing person's enquiry by impersonating the young woman in question.
DI Deakin and DS Boulton lead the search for two children who are snatched from school and presumed to be on their way to Pakistan with their estranged father.
DI Deakin and DS Boulton are on the trail of the kidnapper, but the children's father has decided to pay the ransom money.
DC Carver and WPC Blake investigate the hit-and-run of a woman employed by a jealous lover to test her man's fidelity.
Insp Monroe leads the search for a little girl who has disappeared after school, and whose mother is a prostitute and father a pimp.
WDC Croft feels let down by the parents of a young drug addict who had promised to keep him clean.
When a girl is abducted, it bears the hallmarks of a serial killer. DC Carver helped put him away years ago. Did he work alone?
DS Beech and WDC Rawton investigate the assault and robbery of a minicab driver.
DI Deakin and DC Proctor are furious that an inexperienced young barrister has been assigned to prosecute one of their court cases.
PC Loxton carries out an illegal stop-and-search of man, unware that he is an off-duty police officer.
A disenchanted Steve Loxton decides to resign from the force for good, but before he goes, he helps PC Quinnan settle a score with a crooked lawyer.
Sgt Boyden and WPC Blake investigate the death of an alcoholic found burned to death.
Sgt Ackland and PC Quinnan investigate a car crash involving an elderly driver.
As the theat of tenure looms over DC Jim Carver, he is desperate to prove himself to DCI Meadows by capturing a jewel thief who absconded years ago.
DS Boulton pressurises a young couple in the hope of getting a result.
Sgt. Ackland is in trouble when her friend and informant repays a loan to her with banknotes from a payroll robbery five years earlier.
With Sgt. Ackland still under suspicion of handling stolen money, her colleagues at Sun Hill face a race against time to clear her name.
DI Deakin tries to salvage an operation after an unsuccessful raid in which Sgt Cryer is scaled. DC Skase is injured, and the target escaped.
Sgt Boyden and PC Quinnan investigate an assault in a public toilet, a notorious meeting place for homosexuals.
PC Stamp visits Hendon for new recruit PC Luke Ashton's last day of training. But Ashton's confidence takes a severe knock, and he might not pass the course.
DI Deakin and WDC Rawton investigate the assault of a man who has been charming middle-aged women out of their savings.
PC Ashton has a bad first day at Sun Hill when he and PC Stamp see a boy fall from the roof of a building.
Sgt Cryer remains convinced that Jimmy's fall off the roof was not an accident. But who pushed him - and is his death linked to the attack on Bannerman?
All evidence points to Jimmy's father killing Bannerman and then pushing his son off the roof. But can Sgt Cryer and PC Ashton find a way to prove it?
DS Daly puts the pressure on an ex-con who would risk another jail sentence rather than inform on a friend.
Putting on a Christmas panto proves to be the toughest case of the year for Page and the officers at Sun Hill.
Sgt Boyden and WPC Page find a notorious safecracker, blown up and in a semi-conscious state, in a dilapidated building.