| EPISODE
Easy Rider | |
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| Season 8, Episode 10 | |
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| Air date | 8th November 1998 |
| Written by | Peter Barwood |
| Directed by | Garth Tucker |
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Easy Rider is the tenth episode of the eighth season.
Synopsis[]
Cyclist Paolo Ermini is found dead on the moor under mysterious circumstances. Meanwhile, Greengrass has thought up a new get-rich-quick scheme.
Plot[]
Ned Hall reports an UFO flying silently over his head one night he is collecting his sheep. He is not the only one. Sue's uncle Barry Watson and - of all people - Oscar Blaketon have made the same observation. When PCs Bellamy and Bradley investigate they find the body of cyclist Paolo Ermini near the place of Hall's sighting. Ermini was somewhat of a womanizer, and before he arrived Tony Eccles was the big name in the local bicycle club, so naturally he was not too popular with Eccles either. And there is still the UFO! Greengrass has thought up a new get very rich very quick scheme. Garden gnomes! Only much to his surprise his garden gnomes do not look very much like gnomes. More like Chairman Mao.
Cast[]
- Jason Durr as PC Mike Bradley
- Kazia Pelka as Maggie Bolton
- Bill Maynard as Claude Jeremiah Greengrass
- William Simons as PC Alf Ventress
- Mark Jordon as PC Phil Bellamy
- David Michaels as Dr Neil Bolton
- Tricia Penrose as Gina Ward
- David Lonsdale as David Stockwell
- Philip Franks as Sgt Raymond Craddock
- Keeley Forsyth as Sue Driscoll
- Derek Fowlds as Oscar Blaketon
- Bill Rodgers as Barry Watson
- David Tarkenter as Tony Eccles
- John Tearney as Paolo Tearney
- Sharon Power as Millie Watson
- Stephen Mackenna as Ned Hall
- Caroline Sudgen as Esta Somersby
- Sarah Parks as Lizzie Ermini
- Howard Crossley as Phil Robinson
- Antony Bessick as Derek Spicer
- Stephen Tomlin as Pathologist
- Keith Hukin as Post Office Driver
Songs[]
- Everlasting Love by The Love Affairs
- I'm The Urban Spaceman by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
- Something in the Air by the Thunderclap Newmam
- Il Silenzio by Eddie Calvert
- I Don't Want Our Loving to Die by The Herd
- Little Serenade by Eddie Calvert
Trivia[]
- Events from the fifth season episode Gone Tomorrow are mentioned.