Spender
Spender
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Spender

7.0 / 10
1991
3 seasons
21 episodes
CrimeDrama

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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  • Ep 1

    1.Homecoming

    08-01-199150m

    D.S. Freddie Spender is an undercover Geordie cop but has been in London for the last 15 years. He and his partner D.S. Colin Driver are on an undercover operation which goes horri...

  • Ep 2

    2.Half a Ton of Heartaches

    15-01-199150m

    After Yelland tells Spender that he wants him to stick around for a while, he goes undercover on the oil-rigs following the suspicious death of Mr. Patel, an oil-rig worker.

  • Ep 3

    3.Double Jeopardy

    22-01-199150m

    Following a tip-off, Spender and Stick tail the glamorous Lorraine Hope. She's up to something, but what? Then Dan asks Spender to assist another undercover detective (Terry Knowle...

  • Ep 4

    4.The Candidate

    29-01-199150m

    Spender is assigned to look after a female Conservative politician named Bobby Montgomery. However, he is angered when Yelland teams up with him. However, Spender is injured when h...

  • Ep 5

    5.Iced

    05-02-199150m

    Spender's god-daughter's boyfriend is killed in a motorbike accident and he poses as an ex army buddy of a drug courier.

  • Ep 6

    6.Dance Girl Dance

    12-02-199150m

    Spender poses as an ex-shipyard worker with a load of redundancy money wanting to a nightclub for local villian, Palmer. Spender also investigates a number of dissapearances.

  • Ep 7

    7.Tough

    19-02-199150m

    Stick is in court and Spender goes with him as support. After the hearing, Spender befriends Mal Balmer, an ex-boxer. As he gets to know Balmer, he realises that Mal is now a fist...

  • Ep 8

    8.Well Well Well

    26-02-199150m

    Spender travels to London after he is summoned back by Inspector Greaves. And when he returns he's faced with the task of clearing Stick's name after he is arrested on suspicion of...

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