13x42 - Strang Meeting

April 8, 1997

Conway coordinates the search for an escaped sex offender and a missing teenager who was last seen in his company.

13x43 - A Bitter Pill

April 10, 1997

Rawton and Skase investigate an attempted suicide by an ill woman, and suspect her son and daughter of assisting her.

13x44 - Dial M For Marmalade

April 11, 1997

Meadows investigates a murder by strangulation and suspects the homeless schizophrenic man whom the victim had befriended.

13x45 - Sisters

April 15, 1997

Daly and Croft investigate the suspicious death of one of three sisters.

13x46 - Flesh & Blood

April 17, 1997

Beech investigates the sudden death of a baby on the night that his parents celebrated their anniversary.

13x47 - Parklife

April 18, 1997

Loxton and W.P.C. Keane deal with the burglary of a pharmacy and a violent stabbing.

13x48 - Two's Company

April 22, 1997

Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and discover that the married householder had been in contact with a girl through a "lonely hearts" column.

13x49 - Inside Edge

April 25, 1997

Meadows and Rawton investigate the assault of a prison officer.

13x50 - You & Me Versus The World

April 29, 1997

Boulton and Lines investigate a vicious hammer attack.

13x51 - Pay Back

May 1, 1997

Beech and Carver investigate a vicious attack, but have to piece the evidence together when neither the suspect nor victim can remember what happened.

13x52 - A Place of Your Own

May 2, 1997

Garfield and Page search for a missing teenager and come across a man who exploits children in care.

13x53 - Don't Want To Hear The Bad News

May 6, 1997

Daly and Skase investigate a burglary and uncover a deep rift between the suspect's girlfriend and her mother.

13x54 - It's Good To Talk

May 8, 1997

Monroe coordinates a search for the victims of a kidnapping.

13x55 - Split Second

May 9, 1997

Page ends up in a hostage situation following a failed armed robbery.

13x56 - Old Fools

May 13, 1997

Greig and Croft enlist the help of two pensioners to trap a team of burglars.

13x57 - Auld Lang Syne

May 15, 1997

A man found nursing a broken ankle in a private garden claims he was taking a short cut over a fence. Rawton does not believe him, but can she prove otherwise?

13x58 - Warnings

May 16, 1997

Boyden and Datta respond to an apparent sighting of a missing woman by her daughter.

13x59 - Calling Time

May 20, 1997

Boulton and Rawton investigate when a pub landlord is run over after giving Boulton information.

13x60 - Black & Blue

May 22, 1997

Jarvis and Keane arrest a nanny for stealing from her employers.

13x61 - A Bunch Of Fives

May 23, 1997

DS Don Beech is found brutally beaten in an alley adjacent to a Chinese restuarant. Whilst his colleagues wish to extract retribution, Brownlow attempts to use more amenable methods, leading to a race for both CID and Uniform to find his attackers. But was Beech on police business at the time?

13x62 - Short Sharp Shock

May 27, 1997

Boulton and Skase investigate a mugging, but the victim's father takes the law into his own hands

13x63 - Get You Back

May 29, 1997

Quinnan and Keane deal with a teenage girl with a broken nose who claims that her ex-boyfriend assaulted her.

13x64 - Powers Of Persuasion

May 30, 1997

Rawton and Boulton have to decide whether to find the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run incident, or to prosecute the witness.

13x65 - A Rock & A Hard Place

June 3, 1997

Deakin and Carver come under pressure from Conway to find a vicious robber who has been preying on elderly victims.

13x66 - The Wrath Of God

June 5, 1997

Skase and Carver have to deal with a preacher who specialises in dodgy miracles.

13x67 - Knight Errant

June 6, 1997

Loxton struggles to cope with a young female suspect who makes no secret of her attraction to him.

13x68 - Punch Bag

June 10, 1997

Skase and Croft investigate the circumstances leading to a mother ending up unconscious at the foot of a stairway.

13x69 - Best Eaten Cold

June 12, 1997

Greig and Rawton investigate a journalist's claims that he acted in self-defence to stop an intruder.

13x70 - Lucky Day

June 13, 1997

DC Tosh Lines is going stir-crazy as DCI Jack Meadows has them transcribing interviews for the CPS. Asking Meadows if he can follow up a snout's information, Tosh heads for the Beckwith Arms pub, where he spots a dodgy motor. Approaching the owner, Pete Gapper, Tosh tries to ascertain if the car is stolen, and Gapper offers to sell him another car. Returning to the station, Tosh finds a furious D.I. Noble from the Stolen Vehicles Squad, who accuses him of compromising their operation. To make the best of the situation, and since Tosh believes this will be the suspect's last sale, he goes undercover to ensnare Gapper. As the police move in, Gapper pulls out a handgun, but the timely arrival of an SO19 team soon sees him arrested. Back at the station, Tosh is resentful that his younger colleagues get all the breaks and resources, but Meadows tells him that his experience earns him more respect than he thinks.

13x71 - For Richer For Poorer

June 17, 1997

Quinnan and Garfield look into the disappearance of a man reported missing by his mother, although his wife has her doubts.

13x72 - No More Milk

June 19, 1997

Rawton and Page have to deal with a 14-year-old tearaway and half a million pounds in counterfeit money.

13x73 - An Englishman's Home

June 20, 1997

Garfield and Blake are called to help enforce a demolition order on a home extension, when an ongoing dispute between neighbours erupts into violence.

13x74 - Loyal To The Last

June 24, 1997

Blake arrests a woman for assault and Beech tries to persuade her to help convict her husband for forgery.

13x75 - Rent

June 26, 1997

Boyden and Keane investigate the hit-and-run of a young busker.

13x76 - Last Respects

June 27, 1997

Meadows hopes that a family funeral will lure a couple of jewel thieves into the open.

13x77 - Too Much To Lose

July 1, 1997

Stamp tries to persuade an unhappy convict not to ruin his chances of release.

13x78 - Do Unto Others

July 3, 1997

Loxton and Keane try to sift the truth from three conflicting stories when a severe case of bullying results in a fifteen-year-old boy being stabbed.

13x79 - Mid Life Crisis

July 4, 1997

Daly and Skase discover that a jeweller is fencing stolen goods.

13x80 - Performing

July 8, 1997

Boyden and Page come to the aid of a former porn actress who is worried that her younger sister faces a similar fate.

13x81 - Playing With Fire

July 10, 1997

Meadows and Lines suspect that the owner of a beauty salon set it on fire herself to claim on the insurance policy.

13x82 - No Guarantees

July 11, 1997

Rawton tries to stop a loan shark who is terrorising his female customers, but finds it hard to get the victims to talk

13x83 - Gentleman Jim

July 15, 1997

WPC Jamilla Blake rejoins the Met, and to the envy of the relief, is placed on attachment to CID. DC Jim Carver, behind on his paperwork, is far from pleased when Blake drags him around Sun Hill following up leads on a trivial car theft case. Their investigations, however, lead them to a gang of armed robbers.

13x84 - Rift

July 17, 1997

Slater and Ackland attend to what appears to be a teenage catfight over an older man.

13x85 - Stand By Your Man

July 18, 1997

Daly tries to find out who is forcing a convict to smuggle drugs into a prison.

13x86 - Replica

July 22, 1997

Loxton and McCann confiscate a gun.

13x87 - Mr Friday Night

July 24, 1997

Boyden and Page grill a witness after the disappearance of a good-time girl.

13x88 - Hitting The Nerve

July 25, 1997

Greig and Carver react when one prosecution witness disappears and another ends up in a coma two days before the trial.

13x89 - Thicker Than Mud

July 29, 1997

Deakin and Beech investigate an arson attack on a small, respectable clothes shop.

13x90 - Alternative Therapies

July 31, 1997

Skase and Boulton investigate the theft of illegally imported body parts of endangered animals from a Chinese pharmacy.

13x91 - Foxed

August 1, 1997

Daly and Carver investigate the burglary of an antiques shop and are struck by the strange behaviour of the sales assistant.

13x93 - Neighbours

August 7, 1997

P.C. Garfield and W.P.C. Keane try to settle a neighbourhood feud.

13x94 - Glass House

August 8, 1997

D.S. Boulton and D.C. Lines try to persuade a woman to help catch her husband, who is involved in a drug deal.

13x95 - This Old Man

August 12, 1997

Garfield is affected by the death of an old man.

13x96 - Tommy The Hero

August 14, 1997

W.D.C. Rawton has to choose between solving a minor domestic dispute and finding two violent robbers.

13x97 - Driven To It

August 15, 1997

When a local cabbie offers his services to help ensnare a drug pusher, Daly jumps at the idea.

13x98 - A Man Out Walking His Dog

August 19, 1997

Boyden is unsure as to the cause of death when a man's body is found in a car, poisoned by alcohol and exhaust fumes. Is it really a straightforward suicide?

13x99 - Hunt

August 21, 1997

Sgt. Boyden and D.S. Beech try to find a couple before a vicious drug-dealer gets to them.

13x100 - Has Anyone Here Seen Bigmouth?

August 22, 1997

D.S. Daly and D.I. Deakin try to find an informant who has disappeared following a failed police operation.

13x101 - This Land Is Ours

August 26, 1997

Sgt. Cryer and Ch. Supt. Brownlow police a demonstration at a development site after peaceful protesters are threatened with violence.

13x102 - Paying The Piper

August 28, 1997

D.S. Boulton's investigation is hampered by an informant who is putting family loyalty first.

13x103 - On The Hurry Up

August 29, 1997

When a flying bottle causes Slater to crash a panda, Monroe bans all pandas from responding to priority calls, a move that leads to frustration amongst the relief. Slater is suspicious as to why Loxton won't assist him in the investigation into a series of hoax calls linked to his crash.

13x104 - Not In The Script

September 2, 1997

When Slater is recommended by Rawton for undercover work, he is overjoyed. His colleagues however ridicule him, and their interference almost costs them a trial operation. Will he bottle it?

13x105 - Flower Power

September 4, 1997

P.C. Hollis discovers a hoard of illegally imported wildflower bulbs and helps in the subsequent Customs and Excise operation.

13x106 - A Breach Of Trust: Part I

September 5, 1997

Daly's worst fears are realised when a nurse reports that she has received malicious phone calls from a mentally-disturbed ex-prisoner.

13x107 - A Breach Of Trust: Part II

September 9, 1997

Daly and Blake are forced to release their prime suspect, and the race is on to prove his guilt before he strikes again.

13x108 - Fool

September 11, 1997

P.C. Quinnan and Sgt. Boyden want to use a would-be stand-up comedian as an informant, but he is as hopeless off-stage as he is on.

13x109 - Armed & Dangerous

September 12, 1997

P.C. McCann is convinced that a gun remains unaccounted for when a gang of armed robbers is captured.

13x110 - Animals

September 16, 1997

Ackland and Blake investigate the dangerous world of dog fighting full of vicious dogs and hard men.

13x111 - Look Into My Eyes

September 18, 1997

D.I. Deakin and W.P.C. Blake follow up allegations of attempted rape against a stage hypnotist.

13x112 - Performance Anxiety

September 19, 1997

Sun Hill's performance comes under scrutiny, and officers from C.I.D. and uniform compete against each other in a bid to solve the most crimes.

13x113 - Different Strokes

September 23, 1997

P.C. Slater goes undercover in an attempt to draw out a thief.

13x114 - Sparks

September 25, 1997

Beech loses his cool with an antsy DS from stafford row, while Skase falls for the charm of his female DC.

13x115 - The Lion's Den

September 26, 1997

Slater goes undercover as a Bouncer at a club run by the notorious Guy Walsh. As Slater gains his trust, will he be exposed?

13x116 - The Needs Of The Many

September 30, 1997

P.C. Slater is surprised when, in uniform, he bumps into the target of his undercover investigation.

13x117 - Cross Purposes

October 2, 1997

13x118 - Free To Speak?

October 3, 1997

Its Nick Slater's final day at Sun Hill, and takes Keane out for a farewell dinner. Loxton, Quinnan and Skase do their best to extinguish any intimate moments.

13x119 - Dishonour Among Thieves

October 7, 1997

Sgt. Boyden deals with a complaint from a notorious burglar who has had his own house broken into.

13x120 - Coup De Grace

October 9, 1997

D.S. Boulton finds himself trying to save a marriage when the husband is given another three-year sentence.

13x121 - Night Of The Long Knives

October 10, 1997

The relief is furious at working in endless shifts, especially when Keane, Loxton and Jarvis have called in sick. Its Garfield's duty as Fed Rep to sort things out, when an evening turns from bad to worse.

13x122 - Straying

October 14, 1997

W.P.C. Page and P.C. Stamp look into the disappearance of a man and his dog. D.S. Beech and D.C. Carver act on info received about an alleged robbery.

13x123 - A Bad Lot

October 16, 1997

P.C. Garfield deals with a twelve-year-old boy who is running amok on a housing estate

13x124 - Crimes Of A Lesser Passion

October 17, 1997

Sgt. Ackland and P.C. Jarvis deal with a stabbing.

13x125 - Force

October 21, 1997

Insp. Monroe responds to suggestions that he is out of touch with front-line policing and goes on the beat with P.C. Jarvis.

13x126 - Walkabout

October 23, 1997

W.P.C. Page assists a missing person's enquiry by impersonating the young woman in question.

13x127 - Shades Of Grey: Part I

October 24, 1997

D.I. Deakin and D.S. Boulton lead the search for two children who are snatched from school and presumed to be on their way back to Pakistan with their estranged father.

13x128 - Shades Of Grey: Part II

October 28, 1997

D.I. Deakin and D.S. Boulton are on the trail of the kidnapper, but the children's father has decided to pay the ransom money.

13x129 - Women At Work

October 30, 1997

D.C. Carver and W.P.C. Blake investigate the hit-and-run of a woman employed by a jealous lover to test her man's fidelity.

13x130 - Solid Evidence

October 31, 1997

Insp. Monroe leads the search for a little girl who has disappeared after school, and whose mother is a prostitute and father a pimp.

13x131 - Going Down

November 4, 1997

W.D.C. Croft feels let down by the parents of a young drug addict who had promised to keep him clean.

13x132 - Accomplice

November 6, 1997

When a girl is abducted, it bears the hallmarks of a serial killer Carver helped put away years ago. Did he work alone?

13x133 - Last Fare

November 7, 1997

D.S. Beech and W.D.C. Rawton investigate the assault and robbery of a minicab driver.

13x134 - Stolen Thunder

November 11, 1997

D.I. Deakin and D.C. Proctor are furious that an inexperienced young barrister has been assigned to prosecute one of their court cases.

13x135 - P.C.

November 13, 1997

Loxton carries out an illegal stop-and-search of a black man, unaware that he is an off-duty police officer. This episode is sometimes referred to, misleadingly, as "P.C., Part One" as it is the first part of a two-part story, with "No Trace" as the second part.

13x136 - No Trace

November 14, 1997

Despite resigning, Loxton helps Quinnan settle the score with a slimey lawyer.

13x137 - A New Way To Pay Off Old Debts

November 18, 1997

Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Blake investigate the death of an alcoholic found burned to death.

13x138 - After All These Years

November 20, 1997

Sgt. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan investigate a car crash involving an elderly driver.

13x139 - Sands Of Time

November 21, 1997

As the threat of tenure looms over DC Jim Carver, he is desperate to prove himself to Meadows by capturing a jewel thief who absconded years ago. Carver meets DC Lines' informant, who sends him on the trail, but Lines is skeptical. Will the cocky young DC or the veteran copper be proved right?

13x140 - Identity Crisis

November 25, 1997

D.S. Boulton pressurises a young couple in the hope of getting a result.

13x141 - The Same Stripe: Part I

November 28, 1997

When a good deed misfires badly, Ackland finds herself on the wrong end of an investigation.

13x142 - The Same Stripe: Part II

December 2, 1997

Ackland's trusted informer disappears without trace.