History     1999

At the start of the year, DC Holmes went undercover in a women's prison (Follow Through); DS Daly suspected that DS Beech was taking bribes - but ended up in a canal for his pains (Walking on Water); and PCs Hagen and Garfield spent a day at the races looking after a jockey (The Wrong Horse). Boyden nearly ruined his career when he inadvertently slept with an under-age girl (No Love Lost); and Garfield was re-united with a local crime reporter when he tried to identify a headless corpse (Murder, What Murder?).

PC Quinnan almost died after being stabbed by a group of youths (Badlands); the relief were determined to find the perpetrators (Eyes Everywhere) and Quinnan tentatively returned to the beat (Out and About). A young teenage girl accused Ashton of making her pregnant (Kiss Chase); Boulton was suspected of murdering a villain (A Question of Trust); and Carver was forced back into uniform due to the policy of tenure and replaced by DC Glaze (Makeover).

Brownlow, Conway and Meadows went on an outward bound course (Tinderbox); and Rosie Fox returned as a Sergeant in the Murder Squad (Old Flame) in a 4-part story in which PC Santini committed a murder - Fox caused his demise. Meadows and Skase travelled to France on the trail of a double murderer (Foreign Body); PC Rickman joined the station (Borderline); and Garfield (pictured) asked Nurse Delaney to marry him (Heavy Plant Crossing) - unfortunately she only had eyes for PC Quinnan.

New arrival PC Smith locked horns with Ashton (Taxed) - subsequently Ashton decided to leave the force - blaming himself for being unable to prevent a suspect killing his daughter and then himself (Cracked Up). A bomb was planted at Sun Hill (Critical Mass); Rawton was in despair when an ex lover of hers claimed to have Aids and was trying to infect prostitutes (Ring a Ring of Roses); and Rickman skipped work for a day at the lido but ended up helping Harker (pictured) solve a case (Sun Hill Boulevard).

PC Nick Klein (pictured) arrived at the station and became rapidly involved in a tricky undercover operation to expose a racist officer at Barton Street - as a result of which he lost he girlfriend and got a nasty scare when he was almost caught buying grass (Integrity Parts 1 & 2). Poisoned oranges and peculiar theories posed a problem for new DS Claire Stanton on her first day in CID (Millennium); and Ackland, Boyden and Cryer were at each other's throats over the death of a prisoner in their custody (The Three Sergeants). Quinnan and Garfield clashed when Quinnan admitted he was having an affair with his girlfriend, Nurse Delaney (Love and War [Part One]); and Garfield, scarred by the whole situation, decided to leave the force (Love and War [Part Two]).

DCIs Burnside and Meadows took a gamble when they set up an undercover operation in a local casino (Hot Money); Boyden's estranged daughter asked him for protection (Father's Day); and Skase was the laughing stock of CID when he was abducted and robbed by a gang of teenage girls (Sweet Sixteen). Carver (pictured) lost a lot of friends when it became clear to the relief how self-interested he was; he developed a drinking problem (Denial), which Burnside later discovered (Cover Stories), as did the rest of the relief (Up In Smoke [Part One]), having to cover for him when he arrived at the station roaring drunk (Up In Smoke [Part Two]). Carver later went missing, and fears for his safety grew when a youth was arrested in possession of his credit card (Consumers). He eventually hit rock bottom when Burnside was forced to arrest him for murder. He was later cleared of the charges and went into rehabilitation (Lock In).