Between The Lines - episode titles & synopsis
Below are the episode titles and synopsis to the first series of Between The Lines:
As noted elsewhere, Colin scored the incidental music for Between The Lines for the first series only (13 episodes); the main title music (intro/outro) was composed by Hal Lindes
- Episode 1 - Private Enterprise - When Scotland Yard suspects corruption on the
patch of DCI Tony Clark, the ambitious detective finds himself assigned the unenviable
task of investigating his own station. His first target is a ring of officers who are
taking kickbacks from laundered drug money
- Episode 2 - Out Of The Game - Years of resentment in a local community flare up
into violence when a youth is shot by armed police
- Episode 3 - Words Of Advice - A complaint of sexual harassment and an accusation
of bribery reveal widespread prejudice within the force. Is Tony Clark really the right
man to sit in judgement?
- Episode 4 - Lies And Damned Lies - Tony Clark follows up an allegation of police
brutality after an old man claims to have seen a prostitute attacked, but an influential
officer obstructs his inquiry. With a whiff of promotion in the air, Clark is determined
to get to the facts, whatever the cost
- Episode 5 - A Watch And Chain Of Course - Maureen Connell needs Tony's help when
her cover is blown, but he is caught up in a murder case which has personal as well as
professional implications
- Episode 6 - Lest Ye Be Judged - Tony Clark has to decide who is the real victim
when he investigates the conviction of a brutal armed robber. To complicate matters, he
becomes involved with a local reporter who is convinced that the rules have been bent
- Episode 7 - Breaking Point - Tony Clark is drafted to investigate claims of
police brutality when a full-scale riot erupts at the picket line, landing one of the
protesters in hospital in a coma. Given no help by Commander Neame, he approaches journalist
Molly Cope for information and soon begins to suspect a police cover-up
- Episode 8 - The Only Good Copper - Tony Clark is ordered to investigate complaints
against an officer killed in the course of duty. Should PC Norton be allowed to rest in
peace, or does his death hide a sinister secret?
- Episode 9 - Watching The Detectives - Clark accuses Sgt Markham of corruption.
Meanwhile his lover, PC Jenny Dean, is under pressure over her part in the Michael Carswell
affair
- Episode 10 - Nothing To Declare - Clark and his team are caught in a tangled web
of extortion, drug smuggling and illegal immigration. Jenny Deans finds herself under
investigation over the Carswell case
- Episode 11 - Nothing Personal - When a youth dies in police custody, a question
mark hangs over his apparent suicide. As Clark gets closer to the truth, he learns some
uncomfortable facts about his girlfriend, Jenny Dean
- Episode 12 - Nobody's Fireproof - When a senior police officer is arrested with a
prostitute, it sparks off a chain of events that could finish some very promising police
careers. But for WPC Jenny Dean, the consequences are even more tragic
- Episode 13 - The Chill Factor - Tony Clark is determined to avenge Jenny Dean's death. He finds that his enquiries lead back to CIB, and he finally confronts an unexpected enemy aboard HMS Belfast