Rockliffe - Episode Guide

A hooded prowler, an armed robbery, a mugging on the notorious Dragon Estate - it's a busy week for the young plain clothes PCs of Sergeant Rockliffe's crime squad. But PC O'Dowd is in dead trouble -will the oil-rich Sonia Souhami come to his rescue?

A murder has been committed and Rockliffe is given the name of a suspect. The name revives old and bitter memories. But is it 15 years too late to do any good?

Rockliffe complains about the work load. There are drug dealers, muggers, rapists, murderers, thieves and con-men. What can turn up next?

'This bloke's son is 13, has an assessed age of 6, goes 11 stone on the scales and is a friend to every stranger he meets. What do you want me to do? Let him find his own way home in the cause of race relations?'

Sergeant Rockliffe thinks that PC Paul Georgiou is lazy. Why has Georgiou activated himself and acquired an informant - and a dodgy one at that?

There's a tense situation in the black community. A man has died as a result of using a deadly drug - in police custody. Rockliffe and Flight think they know who the dealer is, but if they act will there be worse trouble?

The immediate consequences of Georgiou going off to buy a saveloy and chips are quite Painful. But what arises for Rockliffe and the crime squad as a result of hunger pains?

Rockliffe is surprised to learn that some members of the squad find him unapproachable. Doesn't he always come to their aid when they need him? And that's just what he has to do when Adams decides to go out on a limb.

It's Dorset wedding bells for PC Keith Chitty of Victor Tango Crime Squad, and best man PC Gerry O'Dowd decides to enter into the swing of things. Gerry's taking no chances - and neither is Sgt Rockliffe. When their paths cross back in town, they both get more than they bargained for.

Members of Rockliffe's crime squad make hasty character assessments: Wayne is an animal; Chris is a charmer. Both judgements have to be revised on closer inspection.

Why are the officers of Church Street police station tuning in to a local radio programme? And why does
Alan Rockliffe allow himself to be involved in a situation which causes so much disapproval from on high?

It is not a crime to photograph police activity, but when it happens during an investigation into serious assaults on women, Sergeant Rockliffe is suspicious. What he discovers puts him into the most disagreeable situation of his whole career

Rockcliffe's team is in hospital. They are watching out for someone who is frightening the nurses. But when a nurse is hurt in their full view, they realise they have a different, and more urgent, situation on their hands....

It is a night of routine surveillance for the Crime Squad. All is quiet. But not for long. Sergeant Rockliffe and his team soon find themselves in areas of inquiry that are foreign to them and where there are choices to be made between public justice and Private revenge.

Acting on information received seems more important to Rockliffe than taking notice of a memo from the Chief Superintendent. Embarrassment results.

The two married members of Rockliffe's team have a dinner engagement, but the demands of duty put paid to their plans. An entirely different night out on the town is arranged for them - spiced with an element of risk.

Rockliffe thinks Walsh is too preoccupied with the problems of a homeless family. But he is not entirely impartial himself when it comes to associating with an attractive titled woman who seems to be unattached.

Before Rockliffe and his team can start to look for three villains who got away they must find out who they are. It's a challenge which exercises all their ingenuity - and certain members of the team have other things on their minds; three of them have selection boards for the Detective Training School.

Rockliffe has swapped his fraught, round-the-clock job at the Met for the rural beat of Wessex. But when he nearly runs over a distraught woman, Rockliffe finds that leafy lanes hold their own peril.

Two young boys, reported missing from a council home, have been seen on Rockliffe's Patch. Can he catch up with them before they are caught in a real disaster?

When a young girl in trouble reminds Rockliffe of his daughter Kathleen, Rockliffe decides it is definitely time to sort out his homelife and job.

An elusive green van is linked to a series of burglaries, but there's something fishy about the theft which attractive Miss Dawson is reporting. And can those lovey-dovey newlyweds really be genuine?

Rockliffe has to contend with a name from his past.

An anonymous phone call warns Rockliffe that a blind farm owner is about to be murdered, and then his daughter wants to meet the new girlfriend.

Someone is buying a lot of land on Rockliffe's patch. but business is definitely not proceeding as usual.