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Latest Episodes

• Season 4 Episode 8: Day of Reckoning

  Larry Barton and Jackie Brown investigate the case of a 15-year-old who is conducting a relationship in an Internet chat room with a very suspicious older man, but Larry is still haunted by the memory of the girl he ran over, which leads him to become too emotionally involved in the case. Roz Kelly warns her father not to resume his life of crime, while Pete Hammond also takes an interest in Eddie Lewis's return. Unfortunately, his investigation leads him into a life-threatening confrontation with a local thug. Last in series

• Season 4 Episode 7: Distant Vices

  A woman is found murdered in a playground, and DS Kelly is sent to investigate. The victim is identified as Clare Robinson, a local student with an unblemished past. But when it becomes apparent that this seemingly innocent woman was involved in drug smuggling, Kelly is forced into a tense alliance with DI Hammond from the Drug Squad. Their inquiries initially prove fruitless, but an encounter with one of Clare's friends who is clearly hiding something leads to the truth. Meanwhile, Jim Oulton is reunited with his teenage sweetheart, who is being menaced by her vengeful ex-husband and a mysterious man is seen loitering outside the station, looking for Kelly : what secrets is she hiding from her colleagues?

• Season 4 Episode 6: Repeat Offender

  A serial rapist spreads terror in the city, and the Newton Park team are under pressure to find him before he strikes again, particularly when Jim Oulton decides to take a hands-on role in the case. It seems they've had a lucky break when young Leon Marsh claims to have witnessed the latest attack, but as Larry Barton interviews him, he begins to think the boy is making it all up : especially when the prime suspect turns out to be his mother's boyfriend. Meanwhile, Natalie Vance's brother is accused of involvement in a car theft racket, so she turns to Glenn Freeman for help and Charlie Eden becomes frustrated at the growing relationship between DI Hammond and PC Brown