Tired of being bullied, polite, intelligent 11-year-old Edgar (Guy Faulkner) organises his fellow pupils at Great Middleton Junior School into a vigilante police force – complete with ID badges, detective ranks, warrant cards, and files on suspects – and sets out to bring justice to the school.
Operating from a makeshift HQ in a derelict pub, the kids eradicate bullying and petty crime from the school, but the success of the scheme gives Edgar an unexpected sense of power, and the short arm of the law takes a sinister turn when he is publicly humiliated by unpopular teacher, Mr Acheson (Oliver Ford Davies).
The Police aired at 9.20 pm on Sunday 16 September 1990 as part of the BBC anthology drama series, Screen One. The play was written by Arthur Ellis who also wrote The Black and Blue Lamp.
Edgar Reece Guy Faulkner Dean
Andrew Morum George
Michael Bell Mr Acheson
Oliver Ford Davies Doug
Paul Collins Kevin
Alan Cave Jackie
Dawn Shrimpton Carl
Kevin Upton Roy
Jonathan Farrer Liz
Clare McIntyre Matthew
Ben Hayes Mr Mitchell
Neville Watchurst Mrs Hill
Arbel Jones Detective Sergeant Whitton
David Baukham Detective Constable Hudson
Susan Colverd Detective Inspector Russell
Derek Martin Gordon Hinks
Daniel Barrett Kenny
Shiloh McLean Keith Penn
Stuart Channer Judge
Marika Barden Kim
Annelise Ranger John
Darron Gipson Gavin
Brett Evans
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