[1] The move would also see the show axed from Scottish equivalent network STV after 25 years, although this was not done with the support of ITV themselves; this made it inaccessible without viewers paying for satellite TV.
[3] The overhaul led to the show's biggest cast cull since 2006, when executive producer Johnathan Young cleared out the bloated cast left behind by predecessor Paul Marquess; five characters were initially axed in Superintendent John Heaton, DS Stuart Turner, DC Kezia Walker and PCs Arun Ghir & Diane Noble, the latter of whom made a one-episode cameo for her exit, as actress Kaye Wragg was initially on maternity leave when she was dismissed.
[8] Gary Lucy resigned from his role as TDC Will Fletcher,[9] as did Ali Bastian as PC Sally Armstrong, the latter in order to compete on the 2009 installment of Strictly Come Dancing.
Part One: Weston leads the hunt for a missing baby girl; her nanny is pressed on her whereabouts and they discover she wasn’t at home for a short period, and when a note left on an IRV points them to her boyfriend, he is put in the frame.
Part One: Green investigates when her attempts to talk a girl down from a bridge fails, leading Roberts to heroically dive into the river for a daring rescue.
Green also asks Stamp for advice when she applies for a post at Witness Protection, while Nixon offers to help her by speaking to a friend who works there.
Masters discovers that the house was broken into by a fellow pupil who sought revenge for the alleged rape of his younger sister, and Roberts is put under pressure to find some answers.
Masters and Fletcher investigate the subsequent assault of one of the adults, a parent of a pupil at the school, and discover that he is the victim of a slanderous campaign following accusations of rape.
Part One: Gayle, Armstrong and Smith attend an armed robbery at a toy shop, with the manager shot during the raid, but a pursuit fails to prevent an escape.
Carter suspects that a woman seen arguing with an employee moments before the robbery was acting as a decoy, but while Brown is convinced of her innocence, the rogue DS is only interested in undermining her opinion.
Moss discovers Senac's daughter Salma is in a relationship with freight owner Daniel Pfeiffer, the firm importing the drugs.
With Senac bailed and suspicious of his inner circle, he sets about keeping the police out, leading to two major incidents that sidetrack the drug importation investigation.
Part One: After an assault on a woman outside a PCP lab, Webb encounters Benjamin Meadows, the victim's boyfriend, with the DCI completely unaware that his son has been released from prison.
Stone, Smithy and Carter suspect Jason Devlin is behind the arson, to get pay back on his bar manager for informing the police about an assault the day before.
Part Three- Breaking Point: Smithy and Gayle see a driver abandon a lorry containing illegal Afghani immigrants, leading to two deaths.
In attempt to win the trust of a suspicious community, Smith visits a refugee centre, but a riot breaks out on the local estate when Devlin shows up to evict the tenants.
Heaton reveals that he is to leave Sun Hill to head a specialist unit dealing with human trafficking, and makes a generous offer to Meadows.
Meadows questions Manson’s judgement, but he ends up with strong evidence suggesting the attack was as a result of mistaken identity, noticing that Julia is the spit of the nanny, and drives the exact same car.
Suspecting Fran is lying, Masters tasks Armstrong and Valentine with searching a rubbish chute, and their suspicions are proved correct when they find the heroin.
Part One- Invisible Man: Webb and Banksy attend the scene when the body of a young solicitor is recovered from the River Thames.