List of Between the Lines episodes

This is a guide to episodes of the BBC One series Between the Lines, first broadcast between 1992 and 1994. The show became a surprise hit for the BBC, winning a BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series in 1994. In 2000 it was voted into the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes by the British Film Institute.

Series One (1992)

Additional characters: Commander Huxtable (David Lyon), DAC^[1] Dunning (John Shrapnel), Sue Clark (Lynda Steadman), Jenny Dean (Lesley Vickerage), DS^[2] Eddie Hargreaves (Jerome Flynn), Det. Supt Graves (Robin Lermitte)

Episode	Title	Written by	Directed by	Guest artist(s)	Original airdate	Viewers (millions) [3]
1	"Private Enterprise"	J. C. Wilsher	Charles McDougall	James Laurenson, Ciarán Hinds, Ben Chaplin, Annie Hulley, Iain Rattray	4 September 1992
Ambitious Chief Inspector Tony Clark is head of CID at Mulberry Street police station and has applied for a transfer to the Flying Squad as a Superintendent. After a low-level drug dealer exposes corruption, Clark's office is "locked down" and he discovers that his transfer has been approved – but it's to the Complaints Investigation Bureau – which is not what he wanted.
2	"Out of the Game"	Russell Lewis	Alan Dossor	Pete Postlethwaite, Lee Ross, Marc Warren, Phil Smeeton	11 September 1992
Armed police have shot and killed an apparently armed youth, and Clark is running the investigation. The press make the most of the event to stir up unrest, the investigation is being hindered, and tensions rise, not least between Clark and his new boss, John Deakin.
3	"Words of Advice"	Steve Trafford	Alan Dossor	Paterson Joseph, Bhasker Patel, Lloyd McGuire, Thomas Craig	18 September 1992
A white WPC is alleging sexual assault by a black sergeant, however it appears that there is a hidden agenda. Meanwhile, Clark is in difficulty with his first disciplinary case as his main witness is missing.
4	"Lies and Damned Lies"	Michael Russell	Roy Battersby	Jim Carter, David Bradley, Neil Dudgeon, Simon Chandler, David de Keyser	25 September 1992
The investigation into an assault of a prostitute by CID officers has reached a dead end, Clark's personal life is getting more complicated and pressure from Deakin is not helping. The assault case seems to be cracked from an unusual quarter, but with the only eyewitness dead, it seems there's only one way out.
5	"A Watch and Chain of Course"	J. C. Wilsher	Roy Battersby	Albert Welling, John Benfield, Ray Winstone, Mark Lewis Jones	2 October 1992
Mike Carswell wins his appeal against conviction for murder but did corrupt officers conspire to convict him? Meanwhile, Mo is undercover investigating missing property and Dunning is looking to move upwards, out of the Met. A major witness in the Carswell investigation, however, turns out to be too close to Clark for comfort.
6	"Lest Ye Be Judged"	Rob Heyland	Charles McDougall	Edward Tudor-Pole, Michael Angelis, Jaye Griffiths, Paul Broughton, Russell Boulter, Andrew Naylor	9 October 1992
Clark and his team visit Liverpool to investigate an armed robbery conviction. A confession may have been beaten out of the robber, and a local reporter has an axe to grind.
7	"Breaking Point"	Rob Heyland	Charles McDougall	Jack Shepherd, Jaye Griffiths, Paul Brightwell, Gary McDonald, Colin Buchanan	16 October 1992
Tensions rise on a picket line leaving Clark to discover who is responsible for serious injuries. Hard evidence is in short supply and old loyalties muddy the waters. Meanwhile, Clark's personal life is heading rapidly downhill.
8	"The Only Good Copper"	Russell Lewis	Tom Clegg	Jonny Lee Miller, Trevor Peacock, Tony Haygarth, Mary Jo Randle	23 October 1992
A youth stabs Constable Norton to death and Clark's leave is cancelled to investigate an outstanding complaint against him. Was Norton the saint he is portrayed as or can Clark uncover a different picture?
9	"Watching the Detectives"	Steve Trafford	Tom Clegg	James Gaddas, Kenneth Cranham, Andrew Tiernan, Geoffrey Whitehead, Rupert Holliday-Evans	30 October 1992
Clark and his team investigate an officer who is caught apparently accepting a bribe but must discover whether he's been set up. Meanwhile, officers involved in the Carswell case, including Jenny Dean, are feeling under pressure. Clark has a suspect in the corruption case but politics intervene.
10	"Nothing to Declare"	Michael Russell	Jenny Killick	Keith Allen, Nicky Henson, Paul Higgins, Nigel Lindsay	6 November 1992
When Customs and Excise stage an observation on suspected drugs dealers on the Thames, one of their number, Fisher, goes missing. Huxtable asks Clark to investigate. Relations between all the different parties involved complicate the enquiry. Customs and Excise are convinced Thames Division is collaborating with the drugs squad to sabotage their operation.
11	"Nothing Personal"	Rob Heyland	Jenny Killick	John Hannah, Steven Mackintosh, Rudolph Walker, Doña Croll, Peter Caffrey, Pip Donaghy, David Cann	13 November 1992
Joey Pearce, a young man, is found hanging in his cell at St. Helen's nick. The arresting officer, DI Gordon, is called to help revive the boy, but he is dead. Clark is called out and starts investigating; one by one Clark interviews everyone in the custody suite. Pearce had been arrested with another man, Dilly, a known dealer, in possession of dealer quantities of crack.
12	"Nobody's Fireproof"	J. C. Wilsher	Alan Dossor	Larry Lamb, Stephen Moore, Ciaran Madden, Johanna Hargreaves, Garry Cooper	27 November 1992
Supt. Urquhart is arrested around the back of King's Cross Station with a prostitute in his car. Commander Huxtable is pleased; rumours about Urquhart's relationship with porn king Denis Ralston go back years. Urquhart's home is raided, and it is clear to Clark that he is running his life on more than a Super's salary.
13	"The Chill Factor"	J. C. Wilsher	Alan Dossor	Ciaran Madden, Bernard Horsfall, David Richard-Fox, Anna Nygh, Chris Crooks, Adele Salem	4 December 1992
Deputy Chief Constable Dunning has been suspended following allegations made by Billy Urquhart. At Jenny Dean's funeral Clark is rebuffed by her father. Deakin tells Huxtable that he has been sent home on leave pending the Dunning investigation and that he should take some time off himself.

Series Two (1993)

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Increasingly unpopular with the investigators and investigates, Clark and his team must decipher truth from deceit and flush out corruption within the police. To make matters worse, MI5 are interfering in areas traditionally police territory; drugs, fraud and organised crime, and the intrusion is definitely unwelcome[4]

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Additional cast: Francesca Annis as Angela Berridge, Hugh Ross as Commander Sullivan, Barbara Wilshere as Kate Roberts. Although set in Nottingham, episode six was filmed partly in Bolton, the Town Hall appearing in several scenes.^[5]

Episode	Title	Written by	Directed by	Guest artist(s)	Original airdate	Viewers (millions) [3]
1	"New Order"	J. C. Wilsher	Alan Dossor	John Carlisle, Michael Cronin, Daniel Craig, Angus MacInnes, Bob Mason, Philip McGough	5 October 1993
Clark is called to investigate the failure of a uniformed constable to arrest a violent racist; it transpires that this is a Special Branch undercover officer, but it isn't clear whether he still has the interests of the law as a priority. Meanwhile, Deakin is on trial and Clark's rival, Graves, is up for promotion. The visit of an American revisionist historian, Deakin's acquittal and Graves's promotion all cause headaches for Clark.
2	"Manslaughter"	Rob Heyland	Alan Dossor	David Hayman, Hermione Norris, Hugh Ross, Jason Watkins	12 October 1993
Det. Supt. Lindsay has confessed to killing his wife, claiming he did so as a crime of passion; however Clark is sceptical. His suspicions are aroused because of similarities to a case Lindsay investigated five years ago, and as time is running out, he is under pressure to get the right result. It is discovered that Lindsay had been having an affair with his sister-in law, and the post-mortem uncovers crucial evidence.
3	"Crack Up"	Ray Brennan	Robert Bierman	Steven Waddington, Neil Stuke, Brian Bovell, Charlie Creed-Miles, Julie Saunders	19 October 1993
An armed response team is called to the robbery of an off-licence, and one of the robbers is shot dead. Clark, called in to investigate, is given a tape, which indicates that the police have given the robber a gun in exchange for drugs. However, the tape is incomplete and Clark's team must track down the original - but, when it is found, the truth is revealed.
4	"Honourable Men"	Russell Lewis	Robert Bierman	Paul Freeman, Eleanor David, Sophie Dix, Julian Wadham, Frank Mills, James Saxon	26 October 1993
A government minister with an axe to grind against the Met is caught In flagrante delicto with his secretary; it is suspected that his movements have been leaked to the press by one of his protection officers, and CIB launch an investigation, if only to clear themselves. Clark is given the case, but it turns out that it may be more political in-fighting than police corruption.
5	"Some Must Watch..."	Rob Heyland	Roy Battersby	Jaye Griffiths, Michael Byrne, Duncan Bell, Oliver Ford Davies, Michael Pennington, Michael Keating	2 November 1993
Special Branch, watching a T.A. centre, witness a potential raid on its weapons store; armed officers shoot a 68-year-old workman by mistake. The intruders claim to be working for MI5 and refuse to assist Clark's investigation. It transpires that MI5 were bugging the centre to entrap a junior officer and a Special Branch Inspector suspected of selling arms to terrorists. After a number of machinations, the official position turns out to be a whitewash, and Clark learns that the tentacles of the security services reach into his activities.
6	"Manoeuvre 11"	Ron Rose	Roy Battersby	Bernard Hill, Kenneth Colley, Philip Martin Brown, Dearbhla Molloy, Ralph Brown, James Cosmo, David Neilson	9 November 1993
Mounted police go in to break up a riot following a demo against public spending cuts; a young girl is injured and later dies. Clark must find out who authorised the police action, and discovers that Chief Superintendent Tattersall, although accepting responsibility, may be covering up for failures in the chain of command.
7	"The Fifth Estate"	Rob Heyland	Peter Smith	Michael Kitchen, Colin Salmon, Tom Chadbon, Bernard Hill, Dearbhla Molloy	16 November 1993
Bosher, an investigative journalist, prints details of a "royal conversation" allegedly from a tape leaked from GCHQ; when the tape is reported missing, Clark investigates whether Special Branch stole it. Angela Berridge, however, says that the tape has never existed, and this is confirmed by her contact at GCHQ. Mo discovers that MI5 have a plant in the newspaper office and persuades him to dig into Bosher's files; it is found that Bosher has fabricated the story and claimed £20,000 to pay for the non-existent tape, which enables Mo to persuade him to print material to discredit the local Chief Constable and assist ACC Jan Lewis' search for social and sexual justice.
8	"The Great Detective"	Nicholas Martin	Peter Smith	Ian McElhinney, Peter Blythe, Chris Tranchell	23 November 1993
To his surprise, an armed robber is convicted, and confesses to other robberies, for one of which Peter Hoskins has already been sentenced to eighteen years. This raises doubts about the methods of Detective Chief Superintendent Trevor Dunn; Hoskins has made a complaint, which lands on Clark's desk. Commander Sparrow pressurises Clark to achieve a quick result, while Hoskins claims to have a videotape of Dunn accepting a bribe. The tape has supposedly been left in a railway station locker and Clark must find it. The tape is found, but Clark finds Naylor trying to remove it to protect Dunn, and it seems that the locker key was not in Hoskins' possession. Meanwhile, it turns out that Sparrow has recently visited Hoskins in prison.
9	"Jumping the Lights"	Julian Jones	Robert Bierman	Shaun Dingwall, Alexander Morton, Peter-Hugo Daly, Jonathan Cullen, Stephen Greif, Reggie Yates, Clarke Peters	30 November 1993
Following a vice squad celebration, P.C. Curles knocks over a young boy; chased by Supt. Cullen, a traffic officer, he evades him, changes back into his uniform and returns to the scene, pretending to assist. The car he was driving turns out to be unregistered and, finding only a blank police memo pad in it, Maureen has little to go on. The boy's parents complain and Clark is called in to investigate. The hit and run victim dies, and Clark discovers an ongoing feud between traffic police and the vice squad; evidence of the accident initially points to the wrong officer, but eventually Curles is interviewed. However, since he assisted at the scene, his fingerprints are all over the car.
10	"What's the Strength of This?"	J. C. Wilsher	Robert Bierman	Stephen Greif, Geoffrey Whitehead, Zig Byfield	7 December 1993
Uniformed officers called to a sudden death are accused of stealing property; a local burglar eventually confesses to the crime, but Clark is not sure that he hasn't been coached into an admission. Naylor's boss is seen reporting to Deakin, and Naylor is given extra wages as a "bonus"- or bribe. The following day, Graves suspends Naylor and initiates disciplinary proceedings. Clark traces events back to Deakin and confronts him about the inoperative alarm and burglary of a solicitor's office, which Mo finds has not been reported. After leverage has been applied in the right places, Naylor's job is safe. However, there is a deniable link between Angela Berridge and Deakin.
11	"Big Boys' Rules (Part One)"	J. C. Wilsher	Richard Standeven	David Morrissey, Nick Dunning, Frank Harper, Adie Allen, Christine Kavanagh	14 December 1993
Declan Harris is found murdered in Epping Forest, with evidence claiming he's been forced into being a Special Branch informer. Clark is tasked with investigating the suspicion that the Branch also killed him. Meanwhile, Naylor has been transferred and takes up an existing murder investigation; his boss, however, is all too keen to get it wrapped up without delay. It transpires that Harris had recently contacted Inspector Dilke, who has him down as a fantasist. Deakin is seen talking to Trevor Bull, an extremely violent armed robber, and Clark is under pressure to get a quick- and convenient- result. Harry's principal suspect in the murder is Simon Bridge, the victim's nephew.
12	"Big Boys' Rules (Part Two)"	J. C. Wilsher	Richard Standeven	David Morrissey, Frank Harper, Colin McCormack	21 December 1993
Clark, Naylor and Dilke attend Harris's funeral, as does Trevor Bull. The official report has exonerated Special Branch of Harris' death and Clark is told to back-pedal on Deakin. It turns out that Deakin has funded works at Bull's house, and Clark puts this to Bull seeking the dirt on Deakin, to no avail. Instead of going to Mo's promotion party, Clark goes round to a safe house to see Angela Berridge, only to find Deakin there. He is told that Deakin has been freelancing for MI5 and if he goes down, so will Angela. Bull meanwhile has dug up a pump-action shotgun and has shot a police officer who came to investigate. Ignorant of Bull's actions, Deakin blackmails Clark into "fixing" him but after Clark has left, realises he may need assistance.

Series Three (1994)

Episode	Title	Written by	Directed by	Guest artist(s)	Original airdate	Viewers (millions) [3]
1	"Foxtrot Oscar"	Rob Heyland	Alan Dossor	Tom Chadbon, Tony Osoba, Richard McCabe	19 October 1994
Having sacrificed his career in the Met, Clark ponders what to do next, until Deakin pays him a visit - and asks him to travel to Tunisia to help a tabloid newspaper substantiate a story about an MP's private life.
2	"A Safe Pair of Hands"	Steve Griffiths	Alan Dossor	Paul Brooke	26 October 1994
Naylor struggles to regain his composure following the death of his wife. Meanwhile, Connell's career in the Met hangs in the balance, and Clark accepts his first investigation after delving into the world of espionage.
3	"A Face in the Crowd"	Julian Jones	Richard Stanedeven	Joe Swash, Vincent Wong	2 November 1994
Deakin asks Naylor and Clark to track down a missing person.
4	"Shoot to Kill"	J.C. Wilsher	Richard Standeven	Ray Trickett	9 November 1994
Connell calls upon Clark and Naylor for help after falling into difficulty with a client.
5	"Close Protection"	Nicholas Martin	Ian Knox	Hugh Bonneville, Michael Carter, Yolanda Vazquez	16 November 1994
Clark takes on the task of providing protection for a Chilean general, who has been receiving death threats.
6	"Blooded"	J. C. Wilsher	Ian Knox	James Bannon, Sylvestra Le Touzel	23 November 1994
Connell goes undercover to find out who is setting fire to a chain of fur shops, while Clark fears for Naylor's safety after he accepts a job working for a dodgy pharmaceutical company.
7	"Unknown Soldier"	Julian Jones	Ross Devenish	James Nesbitt, Mark Addy, Lolita Chakrabarti	30 November 1994
Clark investigates when a computer engineer from the defence industry is found dead in his garage, and ignores Deakin's warning to steer clear of the investigation.
8	"Free Trade"	Gordon Hann	Ross Devenish	Frederick Treves, Billy McColl, Stephen Thorne	7 December 1994
Clark and Naylor set up a profitable arms job, but Connell wants in on the action - but the pair are convinced that it's too dangerous.
9	"The End User (Part One)"	Dusty Hughes	Roy Battersby	Michael Byrne, David Calder, Philip McGough, Donald Sumpter	14 December 1994
Clark is asked by Deakin to go undercover as a gun runner for a major neo-fascist rally in Belgium, posing as a right-wing arms dealer.
10	"The End User (Part Two)"	Dusty Hughes	Roy Battersby	Michael Byrne, David Calder, Donald Sumpter	21 December 1994
Clark and Naylor are blamed for failing to stop an arms shipment heading for Northern Ireland, but realise that they have been double crossed when Connell reveals she is still working for the police - and has offered up her two former colleagues for a promotion. Trapped on a boat that is about to implode, will Clark and Naylor make it out alive?

References

1. Deputy Assistant Commissioner
2. Detective Sergeant
4. Between the Lines: The complete second series (PAL) (DVD). BBC.
5. "Between the Lines". Westlake Films. Retrieved 2009-03-22.