| Episode No. | Series | |
| 1988 | 2005x057 |
Valentine and Casper investigate when a teacher is assaulted by one of her pupils. In interview, the boy claims that the assault was in self-defence and that the teacher attacked him first. Valentine is convinced that the story is false, but it is Casper who manages to win the boy's trust to coax him into telling the truth. Meanwhile, Kent and Murphy attend the scene of a racially motivated arson attack on an elderly Jewish man. Initially suspecting that the case may be related to the Asian unrest in the area, Perkins later discovers that a dispute with a property developer may have been the catalyst in an attempt to get the man, who is the last sitting tenant, to move out of the property. Meadows reluctantly promotes Manson to Acting DCI after questioning his relationship with Sim, and when DeCosta is made Acting DI, she suggests renaming VPU back to CSU after a victim becomes offended at being labelled vulnerable.
Credits[]
Main cast
- PC Roger Valentine - John Bowler
- PC Dan Casper - Chris Jarvis
- DC Terry Perkins - Bruce Byron
- Acting DCI Neil Manson - Andrew Lancel
- Acting DI Ramani De Costa - Thusitha Jayasundera
- Acting Supt Jack Meadows - Simon Rouse
- DC Suzie Sim - Wendy Kweh
- PC Sheelagh Murphy - Bernie Nolan
- PC Gabriel Kent - Todd Carty
- Sgt June Ackland - Trudie Goodwin
- SRO Julian Tavell - Nick Patrick
Guest cast
- Ross Trescot - Jack O'Connell
- Katherine Lambert - Georgina Rich
- Sammy Pearl - Leonard Fenton
- Stewart Richardson - Simon Markey
- Benjamin Meadows - Kieran Bew
- Rochelle Barratt - Anna Acton
- Lucy Perkins - Lisa Stevenson
- Pam Trescot - Joanne Adams
- Hashim Mahmood - Humayon Mirza