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Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and unconventional methods to tackle the criminal underworld, but he must also deal with the friends, enemies and family he left behind, and never expected to return to. Sammy Johnson played Spender's sidekick Stick, while Denise Welch played Spender's wife.
Episode 8 : Well Well Well
February. 26,1991
Spender travels to London after he is summoned back by Inspector Greaves. And when he returns he's faced with the task of clearing Stick's name after he is arrested on suspicion of murder.
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Episode 7 : Tough
February. 19,1991
Stick is in court and Spender goes with him as support. After the hearing, Spender befriends Mal Balmer, an ex-boxer. As he gets to know Balmer, he realises that Mal is now a fist fighter.
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Episode 6 : Dance Girl Dance
February. 12,1991
Spender poses as an ex-shipyard worker with a load of redundancy money wanting to a nightclub for local villian, Palmer. Spender also investigates a number of dissapearances.
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Episode 5 : Iced
February. 05,1991
Spender's god-daughter's boyfriend is killed in a motorbike accident and he poses as an ex army buddy of a drug courier.
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Episode 3 : Double Jeopardy
January. 22,1991
Following a tip-off, Spender and Stick tail the glamorous Lorraine Hope. She's up to something, but what? Then Dan asks Spender to assist another undercover detective (Terry Knowle), who doesn't want his help.
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Episode 2 : Half a Ton of Heartaches
January. 15,1991
After Yelland tells Spender that he wants him to stick around for a while, he goes undercover on the oil-rigs following the suspicious death of Mr. Patel, an oil-rig worker.
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