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    Drama TV Shows - 1990s 1 Min Read

    Spender

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    This streetwise 90s police show from the BBC starred Geordie actor Jimmy Nail (who had previously played Oz in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet).

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    Episodes followed the undercover Detective Sergeant Freddie Spender (Nail) – transferred back to Newcastle after 15 years by a Met unhappy with his impolitic attitude – through a drab Tynescape in search of crims from corrupt industrialists to drug traffickers, with the story powered along by a rock soundtrack reminiscent of US cop series Miami Vice.

    Spender reconnected with his friends and criminal sidekick, ‘Stick’ (Sammy Johnson) – but also his estranged wife Frances (Denise Welch) and daughters (Dawn Winlow and Lynn Harrison) who lost contact with their husband/father due to his work and location.

    In addition to playing the title role, Nail also co-created the show (with Ian La Frenais) and contributed screenplays.

    DS Freddie Spender
    Jimmy Nail
    Kenneth Norman “Stick” Oakley
    Sammy Johnson
    Frances Spender
    Denise Welch
    DS Dan Boyd
    Berwick Kaler
    Laura Spender
    Dawn Winlow
    Kate Spender
    Lynn Harrison
    DCS Gillespie
    Peter Guinness
    Keith Moreland
    Tony McAnaney
    Supt Yelland
    Paul Greenwood

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