Stand by · pulling the latest frames
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Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and unconventional methods to tackle the criminal underworld, but he must also deal with the friends, enemies and family he left behind, and never expected to return to. Sammy Johnson played Spender's sidekick Stick, while Denise Welch played Spender's wife.
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Ian La Frenais, Jimmy Nail
BBC One
Dawn Winlow
Dawn Winlow
Laura Spender
Mickey Hutton
Mickey Hutton
Spud Tate

Peter Guinness
DCS Gillespie

Paul Greenwood
Supt Yelland
Lynn Harrison
Lynn Harrison
Kate

Brendan P. Healy
Eric
James Garbutt
James Garbutt
George

Lena Headey
Emily Goodman

Malcolm Terris
Lord Mayor
Alex Hall
Alex Hall
DHSS Official

Timothy Spall
Robert Cunningham

Maurice Roëves
Mal Balmer

Val McLane
Mrs. Parkinson

Amanda Redman
Roberta 'Bobby' Montgomery

Ewan Stewart
Man from the Dene