EPISODE
Gin a Body, Meet a Body | |
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Season 10, Episode 18 | |
Air date | 25th February 2001 |
Written by | Brian Finch |
Directed by | Paul Walker |
Episode guide | |
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Synopsis[]
PC Bellamy faces charges and it's up to Mike and Alf to prove his innocence. Vernon launches Yorkshire's biggest taxi fleet.
Full Summary[]
Gareth North is the son of used car dealer Harry North and relies on his father's wealth to get him out of trouble. And trouble is something he gets into a lot of together with his girlfriend Gail and friend Vince. They attempt an armed robbery, but when PC Bellamy nearly catches them Gareth reports his car, which they used to get away, as stolen. The three of them even go as far as accusing Bellamy of beating up Gareth. Vernon Scripps wins a car in a poker game and decides to open a taxi service. But they do not get any customers, because they share a party line with Edith Fairley, who is always at the phone. She is hiding from her ex-husband Jack Fairley, who has just been released from prison. Bernie Scripps gets an unusual request. Minnie Bateson wants to make funeral arrangements for her husband Sydney. The unusual bit about it is that Sydney Bateson is still alive.
Cast[]
- Tom Walker as Vince Mitchell
- Vanessa Hehir as Gail Smethurst
- Matt Kennard as Gareth North
- Mark Lewis as Jack Fairly
- Geoffrey Hughes as Vernon Scripps
- David Lonsdale as David Stockwell
- Jamie Cymbal as Telephone Engineer
- Vicky Ogden as Edith Fairley
- Derek Fowlds as Oscar Blaketon
- Jason Durr as PC Mike Bradley
- Fiona Dolman as Jackie Bradley
- Tricia Penrose as Gina Ward
- Mark Jordon as PC Phil Bellamy
- Peter Benson as Bernie Scripps
- Philip Franks as Sgt Raymond Craddock
- William Simons as PC Alf Ventress
- Frankie Jordon as Vera Read
- Georgine Anderson as Minnie Bateson
- Richard Moore as Harry North
- Steve Whyment as Record Shop Owner