25. Loss (1989)
Ch. Insp. Conway wants to see P.C. Smith and W.P.C. Martella about a special assignment: going through the missing persons register and following up some of the cases. A cynical Sgt. Penny tells them the initiative is politicially-motivated. A woman who has been harassing her local MP about her missing daughter only wants her back so she can get a three bedroom house. The girl turns up dead. The wife of a missing man who has been onto the Chief Constable is found to have killed herself after seeing his ad in a lonely hearts magazine. Smith is quite excited about his new role, and is hoping to set up a specialised missing persons unit at Sun Hill, but as soon as the politically-sensitive cases are solved, Smith and Martella's unit is disbanded.
Release date: 1989-03-28
Season number: 5
Episode number: 25
Runtime: 22 minutes
Cast
Andrew Paul
as Dave Quinnan
Misha Crosby
as Ian Baker
Christopher Ellison
as Frank Burnside
Colin Blumenau
as Francis Edwards
Eric Richard
as Bob Cryer
Graham Cole
as Tony Stamp
Larry Dann
as Alec Peters
Mark Wingett
as Jim Carver
Nula Conwell
as Viv Martella
Tony Scannell
as Ted Roach
Trudie Goodwin
as June Ackland
Kevin Lloyd
as Alfred Lines
Arin Alldridge
as Phil Young
Chris Humphreys
as Richard Turnham
Eamonn Walker
as Malcolm Haynes
Huw Higginson
as George Garfield
Seeta Indrani
as Norika Datta
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Susan Majolier - Marion Layland, Vicky Gee-Dare - Suzanne Ford, Andrew Mackintosh - Alistair Greig, Mark Haddigan - Timothy Able, Peter Ellis - Charles Brownlow, Barbara Thorn - Christine Frazer, Ben Roberts - Derek Conway, Ashley Gunstock - Robin Frank, Jeff Stewart - Reg Hollis, Jon Iles - Mike Dashwood, Robert Hudson - Tony Smith, Roger Leach - Tom Penny, Mark Powley - Ken Melvin, Kelly Lawrence - Claire Brind, Nick Reding - Pete Ramsey, Lynne Miller - Cathy Marshall