Plot[]
Sgt. Penny is asked by a landlord to talk to a lady on the top floor of his property who is keeping cats. He is shot in the stomach when he triggers a booby-trap by opening the door. When Penny doesn't respond to radio calls, the station is worried about him and organises a search party. The landlord turns up at the station and talks to Det. Insp. Galloway who doesn't make the connection. Inspector Kite nicks four people for a breach of peace that he caused. A suspected poisoning of chocolate bars is traced to a supermarket.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Det. Insp. Galloway - John Salthouse
- Sgt. Cryer - Eric Richard
- Inspector Kite - Simon Slater
- Sgt. Penny - Roger Leach
- Sgt. Peters - Larry Dann
- Det. Sgt. Roach - Tony Scannell
- Det. Con. Dashwood - Jon Iles
- P.C. Carver - Mark Wingett
- W.P.C. Ackland - Trudie Goodwin
- W.P.C. Martella - Nula Conwell
- P.C. Edwards - Colin Blumenau
- P.C. Smith - Robert Hudson
- P.C. Shaw - Chris Walker
- P.C. Hollis - Jeffrey Stewart
- P.C. Melvin - Mark Powley
- P.C. Frank - Ashley Gunstock
- P.C. Stamp - Graham Cole
Guest cast[]
- Sgt. Edgar - Richard Cordery
- Alice - Ruby Head
- Miss Daly - Emma Longfellow
- Miss Mann - Cheryl Miller
- Wendy Penny - Janette Legge
- Howard - Gareth Morris
- Dimitri - Henry Goodman
- Mr. Rees - Glyn Grain
- Mercer - Paul Brennan
- Dr. Zenith - Caroline Lee Johnson
- Hospital Receptionist - Denyse Alexander
- Janice Schilling - Clair Kavanagh
- Small girl - Katrina Mansoor
- Mr. Saunders - Malcolm Frederick
- Mr. Bell - Patrick Godfrey
- Mrs. Bell - Amanda Walker
- Lorry Driver - Jonathan Hackett
- Woman at School - Elizabeth Stewart
Notes[]
- This was the final episode in the original one-hour format. The show would return the following year as a twice-weekly half-hourly show, broadcast all year round. Other than occasional hour-long episodes, the show would not return to the one-hour format until 1998.
- This was the final episode to feature the original arrangement of the theme music.
- Final appearances of John Salthouse as Det. Insp. Roy Galloway, Simon Slater as Inspector Brian Kite and Chris Walker as P.C. Nick Shaw, with their departures never explained on screen.
Commercial releases[]
- The episode was released on the Series 3 DVD Boxset released as follows:
- In the UK, by Network Entertainment on 28th May 2007.
- In Australia, by Shock Entertainment on 3rd August 2011.
- The episode has also been included in a number of compilation releases, noted as follows:
- In Australia, as part of a Season 1-3 DVD set released by Magna Pacific on 10th May 2006; followed later by a Series 1-4 set, released by Shock Entertainment on 1st February 2012 and later re-released by ViaVision on 16th September 2020. Shock Entertainment also released an 80s collection box set on 3rd April 2013 containing this episode, plus all others broadcast in the 1980s.
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