The Chief (1990)
The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.
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Episode 1 - A Sudden Cause for Demonstration
Release Date: 1991-04-05Stafford returns from suspension and is immediately called upon to deal with a series of bomb threats by animal rights activists.
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Episode 2 - Walk Home
Release Date: 1991-04-12A hitchhiker is kidnapped, and Stafford has to deal with an ensuing siege. Stewart contends with vigilante security guards working on a private estate.
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Episode 3 - Jack and Jill
Release Date: 1991-04-19Stafford continues to deal with the siege at the hospital. A female officer resigns from the force, citing sexual harassment. Stewart's husband, Martin, walks out on her.
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Episode 4 - Take Care
Release Date: 1991-04-26Stafford considers whether to allow the screening of a controversial documentary about BSE. Stewart gets into hot water.
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Episode 5 - Deep Breath
Release Date: 1991-05-03Two youths throw bricks from a walkway bridge and hit a police car, killing an officer. Stafford deals with the subsequent unrest on a housing estate.
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Episode 6 - The Thunder and the Lightning
Release Date: 1991-05-10A child playing on a beach is poisoned by spillage from an oil tanker. Stafford is ordered to evict a group of environmental protesters from a ship carrying toxic waste.