Mel is the baseline. A good, strong, uncompromising finish.
Only six episodes to take us out. It was nominated for best drama series by BAFTA for the third year running (won the previous two years).
There's a big bust, which incriminates someone higher up... but it's not followed through - and why would it be? That's a different show involving the law courts.
I don't think the creators had police backgrounds, but they did shadow the Blackburn police for three weeks. "We had access all areas. What really struck us was the futility of it. Most of the villains were just hopeless," Gardener recalled before his untimely death in 2010.
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