31st Aug 1984

The unusually caring reporter goes to a village where a 10-year old boy has been murdered, but the locals are not very sociable - even with each other.

7th Sep 1984

Mitch gets in too deep with MI6 business, and the suspicious death of a homosexual. Meanwhile, his wife is trying to get him fit by making him able to run.

14th Sep 1984

A police inspector is shot after pursuing a burglar along the street, and everyone Mitch talks to describes him as a saint.

21st Sep 1984

A series of muggings of old people are taking place, but as they are being committed by black people the police have to tread very carefully so as not to be accused of racism.

28th Sep 1984

When a petty criminal is spared a prison sentence, the two cops who sorted it for him want more than he bargained for. Can Mitch expose bent cops, or is that in too deep even for him?

5th Oct 1984

Ex-villain Reg Grey promises his wife he's now gone straight. But he is then arrested for a crime he committed a few years before. Mrs Grey tells Mitch that the arrest came from a tip-off from regular Police informer Jack Frost.

12th Oct 1984

A postman is shot while apparently being a have-a-go hero and stopping some armed robbers, but Mitch finds out everything is not as clear cut as it seems.

19th Oct 1984

Mitch begins drinking again and attends a few parties, where he and his friends make a series of cringe-worthy jokes.

26th Oct 1984

Some Asians in the area are attacked by yobbos, and Mitch's son gets a burst appendix, which brings the wife from whom he has separated back into his life.

2nd Nov 1984

Mitch goes undercover in a dangerous white supremacist group, and he doesn't fair much better in his private life.