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The Thin Blue Line

BBC One · English · 1995–1996

Seasons: 2
Episodes: 14
Follower: 1

The Gasforth police station often is the scene of comic discord between the uniformed officers led by Inspector Raymond Fowler and the detectives under the supervision of Detective Inspector Derek Grim.

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Season 27 episodes · 1996

Episode 1 · 14 Nov 1996 · 21:35 · 30 min
Court in the Act
Grim and Boyle frame a drug dealer by planting evidence at the scene and Goody, having found the "evidence", is to testify and is trained by Fowler to handle the pressure.
Episode 2 · 21 Nov 1996 · 21:30 · 30 min
Ism Ism Ism
The Gasford police has to arrest an illegal immigrant. Inspector Raymond C. Fowler first makes sure his officers get an elaborate brainstorming about tolerance and non-discrimination, a particularly sensitive subject for ethnic minority Constables Frank Gladstone (Trinidadian origin) and Habib (Pakistani), so the hypothetical example is a Martian. Meanwhile shamelessly bigoted CID inspector Fowler fails to get accepted into a real masonic lodge, and pledges an absurd secret society instead.
Episode 3 · 28 Nov 1996 · 21:40 · 30 min
Fly on the Wall
The Gasforth PD are to be in a fly-on-the-wall documentary. Naturally, everyone wants to look good for the camera.
Episode 4 · 5 Dec 1996 · 21:30 · 30 min
Alternative Culture
CID plan a raid on a rave party. Meanwhile, Habib's drug-addicted little sister comes to Gasforth.
Episode 5 · 12 Dec 1996 · 21:30 · 30 min
Come On You Blues
When Gasforth Football Club reach the second round of the FA Cup, Grim looks forward to tackling some major league hooligans.
Episode 6 · 19 Dec 1996 · 21:30 · 30 min
Road Rage
Patricia joins an environmentalist group, the Dongers, who are protesting against a bypass. Soon the rest of the Gasforth police are called in.
Episode 7 · 23 Dec 1996 · 21:30 · 30 min
The Green-Eyed Monster
The promotion board will be visiting the Gasforth police station and Grim and Fowler are the most likely candidates. When Grim tells Fowler that they usually go for family men, Fowler proposes to Dawkins in a most unromantic way, causing her to break up with him.