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COLLECTION · Series · 1994

The Knock

The Knock is a British television drama series, created by Anita Bronson and broadcast on ITV from 1994 to 2000, which portrayed the activities of customs officers from Her Majesty's Customs and Excise. The series derived its name from the distinctive 'knock knock knock' command used over the radio to synchronise a raid.

Source: TMDB
* 6.5 (3)CrimeDramaUnited Kingdom
Creators
Anita Bronson
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
ITV1 · Bronson/Knight Productions · LWT
Runtime
60–90 min/ep
Release
10/04/1994
Score
6.5 / 10 (3)
Where to watch
Streaming
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Seasons and episodes
Series 1
7 episodes · 1994
Episode 1. Win Some, Lose Some
1994-04-10 · 60 min

Customs and Excise discover a plot to smuggle heroin into England from Jamaica via mail, illegal plane landings, and a Columbian woman driven to smuggling by her debts.

Episode 2. Love and Respect
1994-04-17 · 60 min

Child pornography is being smuggled from Thailand. Adams tries to stop it, and Ralston investigates the unidentified plane.

Episode 3. Trouble in Chinatown
1994-04-24 · 60 min

George Webster gets a hold on Birch while the team discover a heroin-smuggling group linked to a Chinese restaurant in London's Chinatown, run by a Triad syndicate.

Episode 4. Endangered Species
1994-05-01 · 60 min

Ralston discovers products made from endangered species, as a spilt container reveals animal horns. Meanwhile, Barton begins smuggling gold for Webster, and heroin shipments arrive from Hong Kong.

Episode 5. Reason for Concern
1994-05-08 · 60 min

Andreotti inadvertently begins investigating an international drug smuggler. Diplomatic issues bring Ralston's investigation to a halt. Birch realises his mistake in working for Webster and tries to escape but it's not so easy.

Episode 6. Show Your Metal
1994-05-15 · 60 min

The team follow Barton as he brings gold illegally into the country. Webster decides to up their smuggling operation and take bullion from all over Europe. Andreotti is successful with the Mullvany case.

Episode 7. Hold Me Close
1994-05-22 · 60 min

Webster cuts Barton off, so he tries to escape but is chased into the London Underground, where he commits suicide. Birch and Beverley Webster are caught at Dover with the gold hidden in the car bumper.

Series 2
13 episodes · 1996
Episode 1. One Day the World Froze
1996-04-28 · 60 min

Local villain Eddie Davies hires Maddern to help with his bootleg run from France, selling to local shops at rates they can't afford. One such owner, Mr Malhorta, protests, so Maddern wounds him in order to teach him a lesson.

Episode 2. Eye of the Eagle
1996-05-05 · 60 min

A mobile number found on Nadine Charles leads Christie and Andreotti to Rufus Teague, a known drug dealer. While Nadine is up in court, her boyfriend names Teague as a major buyer of cocaine.

Episode 3. The Need for Substance
1996-05-12 · 60 min

Andreotti goes undercover in South London in order to observe Davies and his son. He gets chatting to one of Davies' men in their local pub and is offered a job as a driver on a run to France.

Episode 4. A Crack in the Mainframe
1996-05-19 · 60 min

Reinhardt's long wait at Short's offices is finally rewarded when Lathem picks up the package from Sweden. While Roberts is held up in traffic, Reinhardt follows and arrests him at his home where he lives with his elderly mother.

Episode 5. Rotten Weakness
1996-05-26 · 60 min

After a complex operation using a Swedish undercover customs officer, City and South are finally in a position to knock Short's offices. However, Roberts' enthusiasm to be in on the arrest causes her to go against orders. She arranges to…

Episode 6. Best Served Cold
1996-06-02 · 60 min

To Roberts' horror, Jackson is forced to drop the charges against Short once the collaborators arrested refuse to name him in connection with the pornography racket. Once released, Short starts making threatening phone calls to Roberts.

Episode 7. Hunger for Pennies
1996-06-09 · 60 min

Adams poses as a potential buyer for one of Webster's apartments in order to get closer to him. Maddern considers De Vooght's offer of Webster's shares, unaware that De Vooght plans to have them killed.

Episode 8. Take the Bribe
1996-06-16 · 60 min

Jules Laurens negotiates a deal with a Russian gang to buy £20 million worth of heroin. Englishman Allan Montford is to buy another ten.

Episode 9. Noose
1996-06-23 · 60 min

While the lorry containing a large quantity of Russian heroin treks across Europe, Reinhardt visits Interpol to examine their mugshots of known Turkish criminals. Adams also suggests that he may be a chef — as deduced from a set of knives…

Episode 10. A Fallen Horse
1996-06-30 · 60 min

Adams, furious at himself for having put Reinhardt's life at risk, orders him home as soon as he's reported to the Gendarmerie Centrale. Adams learns that the man Reinhardt has identified as one of the two involved in the shooting…

Episode 11. Out of the Picture
1996-07-07 · 60 min

The consignment of heroin arrives in Lyon. The French Mafia plots to wipe out the Russian smugglers using Montfort to infiltrate the gang. Chadwick shows Short evidence of his dealings with a child pornographer.

Episode 12. The Organ Grinder
1996-07-14 · 60 min

Christie persuades a scared and reluctant Lucas to show him the house where Dafyd delivered his print-outs. City and South check out the food importers and find Fauld's diary full of references to Montfort including his expected time of…

Episode 13. Hard Task
1996-07-21 · 60 min

Adams receives permission from Jackson to bring the seriously injured Saphyvid to Heathrow in order to identify Montfort, thought to be travelling under an assumed name.

Series 3
7 episodes · 1997
Episode 1. About the Long and Short of It
1997-04-06 · 60 min

A diabetic is hospitalised after taking counterfeit medicine. Adams and team follow a trail that leads to an investigation in Africa.

Episode 2. Wavelength
1997-04-13 · 60 min

The trail of the counterfeit drugs lead Ralston and Christie to West Africa where the drugs are causing an outbreak of septicemia. Counterfiet drugs from China are found being smuggled into England inside photocopier spares.

Episode 3. Russian Roulette
1997-04-20 · 60 min

Smuggler John Danson is being intimidated by members of the former East German secret police, now turned smugglers. Master forger Donald Dewhurst enters the team's radar when a counterfeit US Dollar plate is seized.

Episode 4. The Combination of Two
1997-04-27 · 60 min

Danson buries Noveski's body near the smuggling route on the Suffolk Coast. An accomplice of Dewhurst's comes forward, leading Andreotti and Ralston one step closer.

Episode 5. Protected
1997-05-04 · 60 min

A consignment of tobacco on the Suffolk coast nearly gets Danson killed, as he's targeted by the East German assassins. In Morroco, Dewhurst and Ransley flee as the gang close in.

Episode 6. Track and Trace
1997-05-11 · 60 min

Surveillance takes place as Dewhurst, Ransley and ex-agent Leakey arrive in London. Meanwhile, Danson is on the warpath when his son is kidnapped by the East German gang.

Episode 7. Walk the Line
1997-05-18 · 60 min

Ecstasy smuggling and cars stolen for export are the order of the day.

Series 4
6 episodes · 1999
Episode 1. A Stake in Terror
1999-01-07 · 60 min

The team get a new boss in David Ancrom. Meanwhile, drug baron Frankie Johnson and his partner, American wheeler-dealer Greg Taylor with a sideline in plutonium smuggling, become a headache for the team.

Episode 2. Heaven and Hell
1999-01-14 · 60 min

Johnson and Taylor arrange to have the courier killed, as he returns from South Africa suffering from radiation sickness. The team are in a deadly race against time as ultimatum from an arms dealer means trouble.

Episode 3. Call Time
1999-01-21 · 60 min

As fellow conspirators start turning up dead and the Customs net starts to close in on him, Taylor panics and desperately attempts to close the deal for the bomb.

Episode 4. Tough Cookie
1999-01-28 · 60 min

An Algerian heroin smuggling ring is exposed after an illegal immigrant is found hiding in the luggage compartment of a coach. Ancrom investigates a drug baron's wife suspected of continuing business.

Episode 5. Out of Control
1999-02-04 · 60 min

Christie's undercover operation is threatened when the Algerians suspect they've been betrayed, putting Christie in danger. The rest of the team are also involved in a group who smuggle endangered animals.

Episode 6. Last Ditch Opportunity
1999-02-11 · 60 min

Ancrom discovers Ralston made a deal with Toni Maxwell, in return for Christie's whereabouts. An operation on a gang of crooked airport baggage-handlers goes like clockwork, until their psychotic leader escapes.

Series 5
5 episodes · 2000
Episode 1. Armed and Dangerous
2000-10-21 · 90 min

An illegal arms racket is discovered after a suspicious container at Tilbury Docks explodes, almost killing Christie. A new elite squad known as Indigo has been formed and Christie is invited to join, leaving Murray frustrated at being…

Episode 2. The Mole
2000-10-28 · 90 min

Siblings Rick and Jenny Foster supply deadly ecstasy tablets in the clubs of Ibiza. The pair are so hard to catch that Indigo suspect there's a mole tipping them off.

Episode 3. Poison
2000-11-04 · 90 min

A poisonous toad smuggling operation causes a series of deaths to Indigo. An international drugs baron has an old score to settle with team leader Vaughan.

Episode 4. Power Trip
2000-11-11 · 90 min

When a teenage girl goes missing, an online pedophile ring are the chief suspects. An explosion kills the main suspect. The team race to find the girl before she is killed.

Episode 5. Episode 5

No synopsis

Cast by season
Caroline Lee-Johnson
Caroline Lee-Johnson
Diane Ralston
Steve Toussaint
Steve Toussaint
Barry Christie
Enzo Squillino Jr.
Enzo Squillino Jr.
George Andreotti
Andrew Dunn
Andrew Dunn
Kevin Butcher
Malcolm Storry
Malcolm Storry
Bill Adams
?
Marston Bloom
Arnie Rheinhardt
?
Tracy Whitwell
Jo Chadwick
Ian Burfield
Ian Burfield
Tommy Maddern
Anthony Valentine
Anthony Valentine
George Webster
?
Georgia Allen
Beverley Webster
Eric Allan
Eric Allan
David Archer
Suzan Crowley
Suzan Crowley
Nicki Lucas
David Morrissey
David Morrissey
Gerry Birch
Jack Ellis
Jack Ellis
Eddie Barton
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