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Mitch is a newspaper reporter with a difference, he cares about the people he reports.
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- E1 Something PrivateNext upAug 31, 1984 · 60 min
Synopsis
The unusually caring reporter goes to a village where a 10-year old boy has been murdered, but the locals are not very sociable - even with each other.
Guest stars: Eileen Nicholas (Joyce Barlow), Emrys James (Det. Chief Inspector Sangster), Philip Dunbar (Mr. Goosey)
- E2 Sleeping DogsSep 7, 1984 · 60 min
Synopsis
Mitch gets in too deep with MI6 business, and the suspicious death of a homosexual. Meanwhile, his wife is trying to get him fit by making him able to run.
Guest stars: Roger Hammond (Coroner), Douglas Milvain (Brewster), Frank Duncan (Dr. Gregory)
- E3 Business as UsualSep 14, 1984 · 60 min
Synopsis
A police inspector is shot after pursuing a burglar along the street, and everyone Mitch talks to describes him as a saint.
Guest stars: Eileen Nicholas (Joyce Barlow), Colum Gallivan ('Tug' Wilson), Peter Childs (D.C.S. Burrows), Philippa Urquhart (Susan)
- E4 Who Must Remain AnonymousSep 21, 1984 · 60 min
Synopsis
A series of muggings of old people are taking place, but as they are being committed by black people the police have to tread very carefully so as not to be accused of racism.
Guest stars: Niall Tóibín (Sir Ralph Murie), Elizabeth Adare (Betty Williams), Patsy Smart (Rose), Eric Richard (Stan Phillips), John Boswall (Eric James), David Rhule (Frank)
- E5 Fit UpSep 28, 1984 · 60 min
Synopsis
When a petty criminal is spared a prison sentence, the two cops who sorted it for him want more than he bargained for. Can Mitch expose bent cops, or is that in too deep even for him?
Guest stars: Catriona MacColl (Linda Doolan), Harry Fowler (Ronnie Clayton), Dean Harris (Freddy Lawson), Eamon Boland (Det. Con. Mullery)
- E6 SquealerOct 5, 1984 · 60 min
Synopsis
Ex-villain Reg Grey promises his wife he's now gone straight. But he is then arrested for a crime he committed a few years before. Mrs Grey tells Mitch that the arrest came from a tip-off from regular Police informer Jack Frost.
Guest stars: Pete Postlethwaite (Jack Frost), Oliver Ford Davies (Dept. Assist. Commissioner Gradley), Philippa Urquhart (Susan), Ian Brimble (Reg Grey), Judith Bruce (Babs)
- E7 Postman's KnockOct 12, 1984 · 60 min
Synopsis
A postman is shot while apparently being a have-a-go hero and stopping some armed robbers, but Mitch finds out everything is not as clear cut as it seems.
Guest stars: Eileen Nicholas (Joyce Barlow), Paul Freeman (Harry Warren), Tom Chadbon (Jake Kingsley), Benedict Taylor (Barry Stanley), Mitzi Rogers (Mrs. Westcott)
- E8 Saturday NightOct 19, 1984 · 60 min
Synopsis
Mitch begins drinking again and attends a few parties, where he and his friends make a series of cringe-worthy jokes.
Guest stars: Jonathan Adams (Peter Allison), Kim Clifford (Jan Garske), Frank Mills (Stan Garske), Tom Cotcher (Alex)
- E9 A Family MatterOct 26, 1984 · 60 min
Synopsis
Some Asians in the area are attacked by yobbos, and Mitch's son gets a burst appendix, which brings the wife from whom he has separated back into his life.
Guest stars: Annie Hulley (Sheila), Tanveer Ghani (Zaman Khan), Saeed Jaffrey (Zahoor Ahmed), Derrick Branche (Ghulum Hussain), Ivan Beavis (Charlie Roberts)
- E10 The Nature of the BeastNov 2, 1984 · 60 min
Synopsis
Mitch goes undercover in a dangerous white supremacist group, and he doesn't fair much better in his private life.
Guest stars: Stephen Yardley (Shepherd), Gabrielle Glaister (Julie), Anthony Dutton (Miller), Ruddy L. Davis (Nightwatchman)
Cast & crew
Created by Donald Zec, Roger Marshall
John Thaw
David Calder
Clare Higgins
Gawn Grainger
