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Supply and Demand

TV·1998–1998·1 season, 6 episodes·ITV1·Crime, Drama·Created by Lynda La Plante

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A by-the-rule police officer must team up with a streetwise cop and go undercover in an operation to bust a major drug ring in Manchester. This becomes the start of a continuing partnership.

Cast

Miriam MargolyesMiriam MargolyesCS Edna ColleyLarry LambLarry LambDS Simon HughesStella GonetStella GonetDCI Jane LeylandMartin KempMartin KempDI Eddie McEwanBenedict WongBenedict WongDC Frankie Li
Ade Sapara
Ade SaparaDI Carl Harrington
Susan Ellen Flynn
Susan Ellen FlynnMeryl
Andrew Charleson
Andrew CharlesonMike

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1998Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Raw Recruit: Part 1September 1, 1998—The Elite Specialist Undercover Squad are asked to provide backup for DS Barbara Hall, who has been undercover for six months and is believe
  2. S01E02Raw Recruit: Part 2September 8, 1998—When Hall is murdered, DI Brown is determined to prove that DS Hughes was somehow involved.
  3. S01E03Golden Goose: Part 1September 15, 1998—When junior secretary Peter Gleeson commits suicide after being exposed as being a homosexual, the team go undercover to investigate a priva
  4. S01E04Golden Goose: Part 2September 22, 1998—Owner Pauline Monroe's sidelines in drugs and prostitution appear to be the key to unraveling the entire scam, but Hughes and McEwan come cl
  5. S01E05Blood Ties: Part 1September 29, 1998—DS Harper comes face-to-face with an old adversary when DC Frankie Li goes undercover as a martial arts expert as the team investigates a co
  6. S01E06Blood Ties: Part 2October 6, 1998—As an important identity is finally revealed, and an attempt to rescue his granddaughter backfires, resulting in Harper taking out the prime

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