Three retired cops are called back into action as a unit to give new attention to unsolved old cases.
Show Details:
Start date: Apr 2004
End date: Oct 2015
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 107 eps
Genre(s): Crime/Mystery, Drama
End date: Oct 2015
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 107 eps
Genre(s): Crime/Mystery, Drama
Credits:
- Dennis Waterman as Gerry Standing
- Amanda Redman as DS Sandra Pullman [ 1-10 ]
- Alun Armstrong as Brian Lane [ 1-10 ]
- James Bolam as Jack Halford [ 1-8 ]
- Denis Lawson as Steve McAndrew [ 9-12 ]
- Nicholas Lyndhurst as Danny Griffin [ 10-12 ]
- Tamzin Outhwaite as DCI Sasha Miller [ 10-12 ]
- Larry Lamb as Ted Case [ 12 ]
- Tracy Ann Oberman as Fiona Kennedy [ 12 ]
- Anthony Calf as DAC Robert Strickland [ recurring ]
- Susan Jameson as Esther Lane [ recurring ]
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 01 Apr 04 | ID Parade |
| 2. | 1-2 | 08 Apr 04 | Painting on Loan |
| 3. | 1-3 | 15 Apr 04 | 1984 |
| 4. | 1-4 | 22 Apr 04 | Good Work Rewarded |
| 5. | 1-5 | 29 Apr 04 | Home Truths |
| 6. | 1-6 | 06 May 04 | Talking to the Dead |
| Season 2 | |||
| 7. | 2-1 | 09 May 05 | A Delicate Touch |
| 8. | 2-2 | 16 May 05 | Family Business |
| 9. | 2-3 | 23 May 05 | Trust Me |
| 10. | 2-4 | 30 May 05 | Old and Cold |
| 11. | 2-5 | 06 Jun 05 | Creative Problem Solving |
| 12. | 2-6 | 13 Jun 05 | Eyes Down for a Full House |
| 13. | 2-7 | 20 Jun 05 | Fluke of Luck |
| 14. | 2-8 | 27 Jun 05 | 17 Years of Nothing |
| Season 3 | |||
| 15. | 3-1 | 17 Apr 06 | Lady's Pleasure |
| 16. | 3-2 | 24 Apr 06 | Dockers |
| 17. | 3-3 | 01 May 06 | Old Dogs |
| 18. | 3-4 | 08 May 06 | Diamond Geezers |
| 19. | 3-5 | 15 May 06 | Wicca Work |
| 20. | 3-6 | 22 May 06 | Bank Robbery |
| 21. | 3-7 | 29 May 06 | Ice Cream Wars |
| 22. | 3-8 | 05 Jun 06 | Congratulations |
| Season 4 | |||
| 23. | 4-1 | 09 Apr 07 | Casualty |
| 24. | 4-2 | 16 Apr 07 | God's Waiting Room |
| 25. | 4-3 | 23 Apr 07 | Ducking and Driving |
| 26. | 4-4 | 30 Apr 07 | Nine Lives |
| 27. | 4-5 | 07 May 07 | Powerhouse |
| 28. | 4-6 | 14 May 07 | Buried Treasure |
| 29. | 4-7 | 21 May 07 | Father's Pride |
| 30. | 4-8 | 28 May 07 | Big Topped |
| Season 5 | |||
| 31. | 5-1 | 07 Jul 08 | Spare Parts |
| 32. | 5-2 | 14 Jul 08 | Final Curtain |
| 33. | 5-3 | 21 Jul 08 | Face for Radio |
| 34. | 5-4 | 28 Jul 08 | Loyalties and Royalties |
| 35. | 5-5 | 04 Aug 08 | Couldn't Organise One |
| 36. | 5-6 | 11 Aug 08 | Magic Majestic |
| 37. | 5-7 | 18 Aug 08 | Communal Living |
| 38. | 5-8 | 25 Aug 08 | Mad Dogs |
| Season 6 | |||
| 39. | 6-1 | 16 Jul 09 | The War Against Drugs |
| 40. | 6-2 | 23 Jul 09 | The Truth Is Out There |
| 41. | 6-3 | 30 Jul 09 | Fresh Starts |
| 42. | 6-4 | 06 Aug 09 | Shadow Show |
| 43. | 6-5 | 13 Aug 09 | Death of a Timeshare Salesman |
| 44. | 6-6 | 20 Aug 09 | The Last Laugh |
| 45. | 6-7 | 27 Aug 09 | Blood Is Thicker Than Water |
| 46. | 6-8 | 03 Sep 09 | Meat Is Murder |
| Season 7 | |||
| 47. | 7-1 | 10 Sep 10 | Dead Man Talking |
| 48. | 7-2 | 17 Sep 10 | It Smells of Books |
| 49. | 7-3 | 24 Sep 10 | Left Field |
| 50. | 7-4 | 30 Sep 10 | Dark Chocolate |
| 51. | 7-5 | 08 Oct 10 | Good Morning Lemmings |
| 52. | 7-6 | 15 Oct 10 | Fashion Victim |
| 53. | 7-7 | 22 Oct 10 | Where There's Smoke |
| 54. | 7-8 | 29 Oct 10 | Coming Out Ball |
| 55. | 7-9 | 05 Nov 10 | Gloves Off |
| 56. | 7-10 | 12 Nov 10 | The Fourth Man |
| Season 8 | |||
| 57. | 8-1 | 04 Jul 11 | Old Fossils |
| 58. | 8-2 | 11 Jul 11 | End of the Line |
| 59. | 8-3 | 18 Jul 11 | Lost in Translation |
| 60. | 8-4 | 25 Jul 11 | Setting Out Your Stall |
| 61. | 8-5 | 01 Aug 11 | Moving Target |
| 62. | 8-6 | 08 Aug 11 | Object of Desire |
| 63. | 8-7 | 15 Aug 11 | The Gentleman Vanishes |
| 64. | 8-8 | 22 Aug 11 | Only the Brave |
| 65. | 8-9 | 29 Aug 11 | Half Life |
| 66. | 8-10 | 05 Sep 11 | Tiger Tiger |
| Season 9 | |||
| 67. | 9-1 | 27 Aug 12 | A Death in the Family |
| 68. | 9-2 | 03 Sep 12 | Old School Ties |
| 69. | 9-3 | 10 Sep 12 | Queen and Country |
| 70. | 9-4 | 17 Sep 12 | The Girl Who Lived |
| 71. | 9-5 | 24 Sep 12 | Body of Evidence |
| 72. | 9-6 | 01 Oct 12 | Love Means Nothing in Tennis |
| 73. | 9-7 | 08 Oct 12 | Dead Poets |
| 74. | 9-8 | 15 Oct 12 | Blue Flower |
| 75. | 9-9 | 22 Oct 12 | Glasgow UCOS |
| 76. | 9-10 | 29 Oct 12 | Part of a Whole |
| Season 10 | |||
| 77. | 10-1 | 30 Jul 13 | The Rock Part 1 |
| 78. | 10-2 | 06 Aug 13 | The Rock Part 2 |
| 79. | 10-3 | 13 Aug 13 | The Sins of the Father |
| 80. | 10-4 | 20 Aug 13 | The Little Brother |
| 81. | 10-5 | 27 Aug 13 | Cry Me a River |
| 82. | 10-6 | 03 Sep 13 | Into the Woods |
| 83. | 10-7 | 10 Sep 13 | Things Can Only Get Better |
| 84. | 10-8 | 17 Sep 13 | The One That Got Away |
| 85. | 10-9 | 24 Sep 13 | Roots |
| 86. | 10-10 | 01 Oct 13 | Wild Justice |
| Season 11 | |||
| 87. | 11-1 | 18 Aug 14 | Bermondsey Boy |
| 88. | 11-2 | 25 Aug 14 | Tender Loving Care |
| 89. | 11-3 | 01 Sep 14 | Deep Swimming |
| 90. | 11-4 | 08 Sep 14 | Ghosts |
| 91. | 11-5 | 15 Sep 14 | London Underground |
| 92. | 11-6 | 22 Sep 14 | Romans Ruined |
| 93. | 11-7 | 29 Sep 14 | In Vino Veritas |
| 94. | 11-8 | 06 Oct 14 | The English Defence |
| 95. | 11-9 | 13 Oct 14 | Breadcrumbs |
| 96. | 11-10 | 20 Oct 14 | The Queen's Speech |
| Season 12 | |||
| 97. | 12-1 | 04 Aug 15 | Last Man Standing - Part One |
| 98. | 12-2 | 11 Aug 15 | Last Man Standing - Part Two |
| 99. | 12-3 | 18 Aug 15 | The Curate's Egg |
| 100. | 12-4 | 25 Aug 15 | The Wolf of Wallbrook |
| 101. | 12-5 | 01 Sep 15 | Prodigal Sons |
| 102. | 12-6 | 08 Sep 15 | The Fame Game |
| 103. | 12-7 | 15 Sep 15 | The Russian Cousin |
| 104. | 12-8 | 22 Sep 15 | Lottery Curse |
| 105. | 12-9 | 29 Sep 15 | Life Expectancy |
| 106. | 12-10 | 06 Oct 15 | The Crazy Gang |
| Specials | |||
| S01. | 1-0 | 27 Mar 03 | The Chinese Job |
DVDs are available in the U.K. only:
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Season 1 (3 discs) ![]() |
Season 2 (3 discs) ![]() |
Season 3 (3 discs) ![]() |
Season 4 (3 discs) Jan 7 ![]() |



