Detective Inspector Sam Sterne (Ivan Kaye) was young, Jewish and divorced, and lived in a terraced house where he looked after his old-fashioned, widowed mother, Rita (Doreen Mantle) who moved in with him after she had a mild heart attack.
The £4 million Saturday night series from ITV was set in north London where – to the other coppers in his patch – Sterne was known as ‘Sam Saturday’ because he also worked on Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath.
Storylines always managed to interweave Sam’s investigations (which were usually Golders Green-connected) with Sam’s personal life and problems, mostly with his married brother (David Fleeshman) and his two daughters who lived with his ex-wife (Tracie Hart) and her wealthy husband (Gareth Marks).
Sam’s partner was the hard-working Detective Sergeant Jim Butler (Peter Armitage).
DI Sam Sterne (Sam Saturday)
Ivan Kaye DS Jim Butler
Peter Armitage Rita Sterne
Doreen Mantle Mike
Dennis Victory CDI Simpson
Michael Elwyn Michael Sterne
David Fleeshman DI Griffiths
Simon Slater Miriam Sterne
Lauren Jacobs DC Knights
Paul Opacic WPC Daniels
Helen Levien DC Enright
Geoffrey Church Susan
Sally Dexter Carol Greenburg
Tracie Hart Harry Greenburg
Gareth Marks
The £4 million Saturday night series from ITV was set in north London where – to the other coppers in his patch – Sterne was known as ‘Sam Saturday’ because he also worked on Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath.
