Episode Count[]
| Ranking | Character | Played by | Number of Episodes | Running total | Previous year's ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sgt. Maitland | Sam Miller | 65 | 66 | 36 |
| 2 | P.C. Hollis | Jeff Stewart | 64 | 205 | 8 |
| 3 | P.C. Stamp | Graham Cole | 64 | 194 | 2 |
| 4 | D.C. Lines | Kevin Lloyd | 60 | 169 | 9 |
| 5 | P.C. Quinnan | Andrew Paul | 60 | 112 | 13 |
| 6 | P.C. Garfield | Huw Higginson | 59 | 145 | 7 |
| 7 | Insp. Monroe | Colin Tarrant | 59 | 108 | 14 |
| 8 | D.I. Burnside | Christopher Ellison | 57 | 180 | 4 |
| 9 | D.C. Carver | Mark Wingett | 51 | 211 | 10 |
| 10 | Sgt. Peters | Larry Dann | 49 | 218 | 1 |
| 11 | P.C. Stringer | Jonathan Dow | 48 | 73 | 25 |
| 12 | W.P.C. Ackland | Trudie Goodwin | 47 | 207 | 6 |
| 13 | Ch. Supt. Brownlow | Peter Ellis | 47 | 160 | 12 |
| 14 | W.P.C. Datta | Seeta Indrani | 47 | 109 | 11 |
| 15 | P.C. Loxton | Tom Butcher | 47 | 72 | 24 |
| 16 | W.D.C. Martella | Nula Conwell | 47 | 191 | 18 |
| 17 | Sgt. Cryer | Eric Richard | 45 | 219 | 5 |
| 18 | D.C.I. Reid | Carolyn Pickles | 45 | 47 | 34 |
| 19 | W.P.C. Marshall | Lynne Miller | 44 | 107 | 17 |
| 20 | Ch. Insp. Conway | Ben Roberts | 43 | 139 | 3 |
| 21 | D.S. Roach | Tony Scannell | 41 | 185 | 16 |
| 22 | D.S. Greig | Andrew Mackintosh | 38 | 99 | 22 |
| 23 | P.C. Smollett | Nick Stringer | 37 | 51 | 27 |
| 24 | D.C. Dashwood | Jon Iles | 29 | 174 | 20 |
| 25 | W.P.C. French | Natasha Williams | 27 | 33 | 30 |
| 26 | P.C. Young | Colin Alldridge | 24 | 65 | 21 |
| 27 | W.P.C. Ford | Vikki Gee-Dare | 20 | 78 | 19 |
| 28 | Sgt. Corrie | Roland Oliver | 9 | 10 | 35 |
| 29 | Sgt. Boyden | Tony O'Callaghan | 8 | N/A | N/A |
| 30 | Det. Supt. Meadows | Simon Rouse | 8 | 11 | 31 |
| 31 | W.P.C. Harris | Louise Harrison | 3 | N/A | N/A |
Storylines[]
At the start of the year, Loxton was involved in a serious POLAC whilst chasing petrol station robbers (The Chase); Garfield found himself accused of conspiring to pervert the cause of justice in a court case (Crown V. Cooper); and Conway wound up Brownlow by going on local radio without consulting him (The Girl Can't Help It). Tom Penny, working as a security officer, turned up at Sun Hill - still pretending he was a policeman (Start to Finish); Dashwood's application to join the Fraud Squad was turned down (Kids Don't Cry Anymore); and Monroe mounted an operation to catch drug addicts who were threatening doctors on an estate (Every Mother's Son).
Martella endangered her career by deliberately reading out inadmissible evidence in court - a trick learned from Burnside (Double or Quits); in a 2-part story Conway had to negotiate with a drug addict who sealed himself in a block of flats with a young boy and injured woman (Cold Turkey); and Hollis supervised the towing-away of a BMW - unaware that it was being stolen under his nose (Now We're Motoring). The job of Duty Sergeant fell vacant that year and when Peters declined the job, Cryer accepted it (Dead Man's Boots); and when the Serious Crimes Squad arrived to investigate a death in custody, Burnside and Roach had a 'bust up' over who was to blame (Caught Napping).
Peters was stabbed and Stringer had a high level chase with the suspect (Cry Havoc); Martella's career was under threat when her boyfriend was behind the robberies she was investigating (Rules of Engagement); and Ackland took out a private prosecution against Everton Warwick (played by Karl Collins, later to play DC Danny Glaze) for assaulting her - but the jury found him 'not guilty' (The Best You Can Buy). Peters returned to active duty after being stabbed (Addict); Dashwood's snout lodged a complaint of corruption against him (Black Mark); and Loxton was under suspicion when blood was found on his truncheon after a street fight in which a man died (The Harder they Fall).
Also that year, Reid initiated a pilot project on an Estate in her campaign to target street crime (Initiative); Hollis and Stamp found a house full of human skeletons and thought they were on the trail of a mass murderer - only to discover they were imported for medical students (Skeletons); and Hollis found himself held hostage at gun point (The Negotiator). Cathy Marshall put Sgt Locket's career on the line when she was seconded to C. Relief as acting sergeant (A Corporal of Horse); Stringer was suspected of taking some stolen goods (Six Of One); and Stamp was forced to choose between marriage and the Job (Married to the Job).
Brownlow promoted an anti-stress campaign (Stress Rules); anonymous letters exposed Stringer's affair with a prisoner's wife whilst Conway was frustrated with a lack of promotion (Bones of Contention); and Brownlow was questioned by Yorkshire Police with regard to a wrongful conviction that took place when he was in CID (Lest We Forget). Young sexually assaulted Datta (Out of Order), and later attacked her after discovering a suicide (Losing It). His obsession with her resulted in him taking his own life by feeding exhaust fumes into his car (The Sqaure Peg).
Loxton changed his mind about becoming a firearms officer after attending a firearms course (Shots); Sergeant Matthew Boyden showed how to play the system when he arrived at the station (Balls In The Air); and on his first day as Home Beat Officer, Ron Smollet investigated the mugging of an old lady (Discretion). Towards the end of the year, Roach found evidence of police corruption whilst investigating an armed robbery (On the Take); Maitland and Monroe investigated a pornography racket (Imposters); and in a one-hour special, Sun Hill worked with the South Yorkshire Police and Tony Smith made a return (Breakout).
Episodes[]
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| Preceded by: 1990 Episodes (Series 6) |
1991 Episodes (Series 7) (Episode Chronology) |
Succeeded by: 1992 Episodes (Series 8) |