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Spender

1991-01-08 · 50 min / episode · ★ 7.2

Crime · Drama

Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and unconventional methods to tackle the criminal underworld, but he must also deal with the friends, enemies and family he left behind, and never expected to return to. Sammy Johnson played Spender's sidekick Stick, while Denise Welch played Spender's wife.

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Ian La Frenais, Jimmy Nail
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Status
Ended

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Jimmy NailJimmy NailSpender
Sammy JohnsonSammy JohnsonStick
Berwick KalerBerwick KalerDS Dan Boyd
Denise WelchDenise WelchFrances Spender
Tony McAnaneyKeith Moreland
Dawn WinlowLaura Spender
Mickey HuttonSpud Tate
Peter GuinnessPeter GuinnessDCS Gillespie
Paul GreenwoodPaul GreenwoodSupt Yelland
Lynn HarrisonKate

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