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Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • September 25, 1991
    • BBC One

    Special Constables Viv Smith and Freddy Calder find two small children abandoned in a supermarket late at night.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • October 2, 1991
    • BBC One

    While Anjali tries to disentangle herself from Uncle Ram's matchmaking, Loach, off duty, is approached by a prostitute to pass an urgent message to the CID.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • October 9, 1991
    • BBC One

    John Redwood , a solicitor, is inducted into the Specials and Loach investigates an anxious call from a Miss Lonelyhearts.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • October 16, 1991
    • BBC One

    Body Heatto stop a warehouse break-in, a suspicious ladies' man has Loach and Anjali at odds.

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • October 23, 1991
    • BBC One

    Freddy Calder settles an angry dispute in an unorthodox way. And there are sinister consequences for Redwood, when he agrees to take on a legal-aid case involving a teenager who has been accused of "steaming". Uncle Ram is still matchmaking and after his efforts on Anjali's behalf, family tensions are running high.

  • S01E06 Episode 6

    • October 30, 1991
    • BBC One

    Violence stalks the streets for the Specials of Division S as Anjali Shah has a close brush with death to save her partner, and an old Special from the class of 41 enforces the law with tragic consequences.

  • S01E07 Episode 7

    • November 13, 1991
    • BBC One

    Anjali Shah is surprised when she discovers the identity of a mysterious marksman. Redwood is faced with an agonising dilemma, and Freddy's dominating mother sets out to wreck his secret rendezvous with Rita.

  • S01E08 Episode 8

    • November 20, 1991
    • BBC One

    Redwood learns more about Denzil, Anjali confronts a racist, and Calder is sent out to investigate a reported murder.

  • S01E09 Episode 9

    • November 27, 1991
    • BBC One

    While Redwood and PC Coles become trapped in a dangerous twilight world of car thieves, Viv Smith is accused of theft and ostracised by her colleagues as they celebrate Anjali Shah 's commendation for bravery.

  • S01E10 Episode 10

    • December 4, 1991
    • BBC One

    Viv Smith is wrongly accused of theft, and decides to take matters into her own hands. And Special Constable Redwood is at odds with the police himself, when they mistake Denzil for a mugger.

  • S01E11 Episode 11

    • December 11, 1991
    • BBC One

    Viv Smith and John Redwood solve one mystery in Mrs Bellamy 's garden but perhaps there's something more suspicious in her greenhouse? Mr Sandhu thinks it is a miracle when Special Constable Anjali Shah helps him out.

  • S01E12 Episode 12

    • December 18, 1991
    • BBC One

    Uncle Ram entraps Anjali into an arranged marriage with surprising consequences. On a lonely houseboat Bob Loach and Freddy Calder's courage is cruelly tested when a disturbed woman threatens them with a loaded shotgun.