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Spender
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.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 8 episodes (January 8, 1991)
- Season 2 — 6 episodes (January 7, 1992)
- Season 3 — 7 episodes (January 5, 1993)
Cast
- Jimmy Nail as Spender
- Sammy Johnson as Stick
- Berwick Kaler as DS Dan Boyd
- Denise Welch as Frances Spender
- Tony McAnaney as Keith Moreland
- Dawn Winlow as Laura Spender
- Mickey Hutton as Spud Tate
- Peter Guinness as DCS Gillespie
- Paul Greenwood as Supt Yelland
- Lynn Harrison as Kate
Details
- Created by
- Ian La Frenais and Jimmy Nail
- First aired
- January 8, 1991
- Episodes
- 21
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Network
- BBC One
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 7.2 / 10 from 4 votes
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