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series, created and written by acclaimed author

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, adapted from her novel of the same name. The four-part series, broadcast on

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, ran from 27 November to 18 December 1992 and followed police officer Lawrence Jackson (

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), who whilst on holiday in

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, bumps into career criminal Eddie Myers (

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), who was known to have been involved a bank robbery committed several years ago, but was never caught. The officer who investigated the original case, Jimmy McKinnes (

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) assigns Jackson to go undercover and live with Myers in an attempt to finally bring him to justice.

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co-stars as Susan Jackson, Larry's long-suffering wife who has an affair whilst Larry is working on the case, and

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stars as Lola Del Moreno, one of Myers' girls who has been protecting him during his time living in Spain. For its broadcast in the

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, the series was edited down into one, feature-length special, of just 120 minutes long. It removed most of the first episode, which was filmed in Spain, and various scenes of Morrissey and Apsion from the other episodes. The series was remade in the

in 2002, starring

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and

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in the title roles. The series was produced by

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, in association with A&E Network Television and Tesauro Productions. The complete series was released on DVD on 16 January 2006.

Characters

as Eddie Myers *

as D.C.I. Jimmy McKinnes *

as D.C. Lawrence 'Larry' Jackson *

as Susan Jackson *

as Lola Del Moreno *

Trevor Cooper Trevor Cooper (born 21 September 1953) is an English actor. Background Born 21 September 1953, Cooper studied law at Kingston Polytechnic and graduated with a master's degree in law from the University of Warwick. He taught for two years at Lon ...

as D.I. Frank Shrapnel * James Findleton as Tony Jackson * Barry Findleton as John Jackson *

Rowena King Rowena in the Matter of Britain was the daughter of the purported Anglo-Saxon chief Hengist and wife of Vortigern, " King of the Britons". Presented as a beautiful '' femme fatale'', she won her people the Kingdom of Kent through her treachero ...

as Charlotte Lampton * Sheila White as Moyra Sheffield * Glyn Grimstead as D.I. Jimmy Falcon *

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as Superintendent Glycin * Wayne Foskett as D.C. Summers * Francis Johnson as D.C. Frisby * Carol Holt as Nurse Jackie

Episodes

References

External links

* {{Lynda La Plante 1992 British television series debuts 1992 British television series endings 1990s British crime television series 1990s British drama television series 1990s British television miniseries English-language television shows ITV television dramas Spanish-language television shows Television series by ITV Studios Television series produced at Pinewood Studios Television shows set in the United Kingdom Television shows set in Spain Television shows produced by Anglia Television