Supt Susan Blake returns to work from maternity leave. For PC Steve Traynor the day starts rather differently. Within the station, as the news spreads of their colleague's injuries reaches the officers, emotions are running high.
The day starts badly for Steve - he has slept through his alarm. His concerned colleagues have to break into his flat to get him up for work. The team responds to a call about a till snatch from a newsagents.
Bill faces a life-or-death situation when he and Steve chase two men who have broken into the home of an antiques dealer, and Jim Oulten faces financial and marital problems.
Steve and Larry go undercover to catch muggers and Steve finds himself facing an old woman with a submachinegun; a pregnant woman makes a confession to an off-duty Susan; Connie puts her career ahead of a family life; and Steve narrowly…
A past case comes back to haunt Susan, but it is Jim who makes a grave error of judgement, which puts a suspect and his daughter in danger. Meanwhile, Steve continues his reckless behaviour and hopes to cover up that he has crashed a…
Miriam oversteps the mark after being called to a domestic violence case, which forces Susan to face some unwelcome memories. Meanwhile, Steve and Connie pick up a youngster suspected of credit card fraud, little realising they know his…
Jim's past returns to haunt him when a persistent offender slips through his grasp once again, and Larry helps out an illegal immigrant who has been beaten up by thugs at a strip club.
DI Pete Hammond seems rather down in the mouth. Is it the work that's getting him down or is it all the women in his life that he's juggling? Superintendent Jim Oulton also seems rather stressed. What's on his mind?
A high-speed car chase goes tragically wrong for Connie. The grieving father tries to blame the police but it turns out that his daughter was on Ecstasy. The Chirf Constable interferes, trying to force Susan out. She realises what…
The day starts off the night before as most of the team are partying all night. A stalker is still after DS Blake and tries to blow her up but gets the wrong victim. Jim's daughter comes home to try and persuade him to patch things…
Jim and Susan go after a former cop who's gone on the lam after being sentenced to five years in prison. Meanwhile, Susan is struggling to make time for her family and Jim is devastated after his wife asks for a divorce. Jackie runs…
On the morning after her rape, Susan develops an idea of who her attacker might be. Jim pursues a reconciliation with his estranged wife. Jodie queries Steve about his unprofessional relationship with a nightclub owner. Larry gets a…
Jodie has a disturbing case where a 12-year-old boy may be abusing his younger sister. Jim is in for a shock when Jodie lets slip the news of Susan's attack, but Susan refuses to go public. Steve is also keeping quiet about his…
PC Jodie Finn breaks Supt Susan Blake's confidence by revealing to Insp Jim Oulton that only days ago, Susan was raped in the car park. Appalled, Jim confronts Susan, keen that they should begin an investigation and find her attacker.…
Susan tries to convince her husband that he could not have prevented the rape. Jim questions Susan's ex-husband, Guy Morgan, but is unable to break his alibi. Further enquiries lead the police to Cody Martin, who has a history of sex…
Jim wonders whether a psychic can provide any clues in Susan's rape. Connie and Jackie take opposite sides in a dispute between neighbours. Steve decides on a course of action that defies both his colleagues and his own moral code.
Steve finds himself assigned to investigate the attack on Brack for which he himself was responsible. Jodie begs him to come clean before Brack regains consciousness. Connie struggles with the emotional aftermath of spending a night…
Jim and his estranged wife finally come to accept that their marriage is over, but then discover that their daughter Jenny plans to marry a man who is using illegal drugs. Susan's romantic plans go awry and she seeks solace with her…
Susan wakes next to ex-husband Guy, anxious and guilty that the night she's spent with him felt so right. Jim's also spent the night where he shouldn't have – in a cell (he had nowhere to go). Larry's appalled with Jim, who's wrecking…
Jim finds a shocked Susan sitting in her car in the station car park. It's clear she's been there all night. Broken, she tells Jim she knows her attacker was Guy. Susan's in despair but Jim assures her they'll get him. He orders his…
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Steve dies after his flat is fire-bombed with Chris and Jodie inside. He pulls them out but is unable to be revived. He had earlier lost his job after Jim learnt of his involvement in the death of the youth beaten by Chris.
PCs Larry 'Tiger' Barton and Jackie Brown were called out to an incident on the Maple Court Estate. A young child lay unconscious. How much did anyone see of the crime? It turns out that a couple, Kim and Tom Vale, returned from their…
PC Larry 'Tiger' Barton is feeling low and isn't focused in his job. Sidekick PC Glenn Freeman is on the case though and takes charge of what seems to be a simple dispute at the river. But it soon turns onto something more serious.…
PC Glenn Freeman seems to be moonlighting as a limo driver - what's going on there? He certainly seems to be enjoying the female perks that seem to come with the job...! But is there more to it than meets the eye? It's the eve of PC…
PC Jackie Brown arrests a woman for stealing a baby from a maternity unit. But is she a distraught mother who needs support and sympathy - or are her motives more sinister? Inspector Charlie Eden is less than amused to find out her next…
Jim's father Bernie Oulton and Bill Gentle reinvestigate an old murder case, when new evidence suggests that the man who was convicted, and who has since died in prison, was innocent. Jackie Brown and Jodie Finn hunt for money that has…
When an elusive sex attacker strikes again, Newton Park is under pressure to catch him before another attack occurs. Natalie's work and home life is thrown into direct conflict when she discovers that her brother has lost his job and has…
A student found murdered in a playground turns out to have been a drugs mule, and Pete is put out when DS Roz Kelly is brought in from the drugs squad to help. Jim is determined to help when a girlfriend from his teenage years turns up…
DI Pete Hammond seems rather down in the mouth. Is it the work that's getting him down or is it all the women in his life that he's juggling? Superintendent Jim Oulton also seems rather stressed. What's on his mind? A mother has called…
