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Pie in the Sky

Season: 5

Episode: 1

Squashed Tomatoes

Air Date:29/06/1997

DI Crabbe's first job with his new team of PC Guthrie and WPC Morton is to guard a new housing development which has been subjected to vandalism. Nearby villagers claim that one of the houses is built in the path of a centuries old right of way. Henderson is in trouble for growing and selling varieties of tomatoes not approved by the E.E.C. And the new waitress in the restaurant gets the cold shoulder from Gary, who is missing the recently departed Nicola.

Crew

Name: Andrew Payne

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Ian Punter

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: William Webb

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Bill Pryde

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Maggie Steed

Character: Margaret Crabbe

Department: Acting

Name: Malcolm Sinclair

Character: Freddy Fisher

Department: Acting

Name: Nick Raggett

Character: Henderson

Department: Acting

Name: Robert Daws

Character: Carver

Department: Acting

Name: Oliver Ford Davies

Character: James Truman

Department: Acting

Name: Charmian May

Character: Mrs. Truman

Department: Acting

Name: Hannah Miles

Character: Liz Smiley

Department: Acting

Name: Stephen Churchett

Character: Filmer

Department: Acting

Name: Tenniel Evans

Character: Ken Wainwright

Department: Acting

Name: Una Brandon-Jones

Character: Joan Wainwright

Department: Acting

Name: Albie Woodington

Character: Dove

Department: Acting

Name: Nicholas Beveney

Character: Francis

Department: Acting

Name: David McAlister

Character: Chief Constable Willis

Department: Acting

Name: Georgina Ackerman

Character: Kelly

Department: Acting

Name: Mary Woodvine

Character: PC Jane Morton

Department: Acting

Name: Derren Litten

Character: PC Ed Guthrie

Department: Acting

Name: Caroline Loncq

Character: Jenny Drabble

Department: Acting

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Episode: 2

Ugly Customers

Air Date:06/07/1997

Henry Crabbe (Richard Griffiths) is posted to guard a jury deliberating in a fraud case, who have been sequestered in a ghastly hotel. Crabbe has to find out who is intimidating the jurors, and how the villain is getting to them. Meanwhile he comes to the aid of the hotel's talented cook (John Thomson) who is cruelly oppressed by the jobsworth manager. Back at Crabbe's restaurant an obnoxious customer is giving new waitress Sally (Marsha Thomason) a hard time.

Crew

Name: Gabe Cronnelly

Role: Stunts

Department: Crew

Name: Paul Bond

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Terence Plummer

Role: Stunts

Department: Crew

Name: Niall Leonard

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Terry Walsh

Role: Stunt Coordinator

Department: Crew

Name: Simon Massey

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Nick Hobbs

Role: Stunts

Department: Crew

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Guest Stars

Name: Keith Barron

Character: Eric Dunfries

Department: Acting

Name: John Thomson

Character: Andrew Vernon

Department: Acting

Name: Richard Garnett

Character: Robert Mellors

Department: Acting

Name: Joseph Bennett

Character: Victor Sebastian

Department: Acting

Name: Aline Mowat

Character: Anne Hennessey

Department: Acting

Name: Richard Henders

Character: Peter Wise

Department: Acting

Name: David Boyce

Character: Ernest Keane

Department: Acting

Name: T.R. Bowen

Character: Marcus Benson

Department: Writing

Name: Stephen Walters

Character: Hotel Receptionist

Department: Acting

Name: Hugo Chandor

Character: Benson's Solicitor

Department: Acting

Name: Stephen Crane

Character: Hotel Waiter

Department: Acting

Name: Barrie Jaimeson

Character: Reporter

Department: Acting

Name: Carol Harvey

Character: Reporter

Department: Acting

Name: Mary Woodvine

Character: PC Jane Morton

Department: Acting

Name: Derren Litten

Character: PC Ed Guthrie

Department: Acting

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Episode: 3

Pork Pies

Air Date:13/07/1997

Fisher sends Henry and the squad to a meat factory where animal rights protesters are demonstrating against the owner,Mr. Trubb's use of veal in his Trubbs' Thunderbolt sausages. However, Henry finds to his surprise that the sausages contain soya and are wholly meat-free. Margaret, meanwhile, is concerned when her friend Julia, a wealthy widow, falls for a pilot much younger than herself and agrees to finance a bucket shop for him.

Crew

Name: John Milne

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Nick McPhee

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Paul Bond

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: David Innes Edwards

Role: Director

Department: Directing

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Guest Stars

Name: Maggie Steed

Character: Margaret Crabbe

Department: Acting

Name: Malcolm Sinclair

Character: Freddy Fisher

Department: Acting

Name: Nick Raggett

Character: Henderson

Department: Acting

Name: Sheila Gish

Character: Julia Sutton

Department: Acting

Name: Julian Wadham

Character: Anthony Neale

Department: Acting

Name: Stephen Frost

Character: Trubb

Department: Acting

Name: Arbel Jones

Character: Landlady

Department: Acting

Name: Gabrielle Blunt

Character: Mrs. McGregor

Department: Acting

Name: Hugh Munro

Character: George McGregor

Department: Acting

Name: Kitty McGeever

Character: Protester

Department: Acting

Name: Mary Woodvine

Character: PC Jane Morton

Department: Acting

Name: Derren Litten

Character: PC Ed Guthrie

Department: Acting

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Episode: 4

Cutting the Mustard

Air Date:20/07/1997

Henry and his team are called to a private boarding school where police Commander Colin Stilwell's son Alex has been beaten up by local youths. Henry initially encounters a wall of insular hostility from the establishment before Alex points him to another pupil, who has blackmailed the Chemistry teacher into manufacturing Ecstasy tablets, which he is selling around the school. Gary meanwhile creates a new blend of mustard and attracts the attention of a large food manufacturer who offer to market it. However, they want to alter the recipe, making it taste more bland, whereupon Gary, taking a leaf from Henry's book, puts his culinary principles first and tells them that the deal is off.

Crew

Name: Ian Punter

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Rocky Taylor

Role: Stunt Coordinator

Department: Crew

Name: David Innes Edwards

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: William Webb

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Robert Jones

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Malcolm Sinclair

Character: Freddy Fisher

Department: Acting

Name: James Faulkner

Character: Ronald Quicke

Department: Acting

Name: Leo Faulkner

Character: Alex Stillwell

Department: Acting

Name: Katharine Rogers

Character: Kathryn Flynn

Department: Acting

Name: Joe Peluso

Character: Nick Hazelwood

Department: Acting

Name: Martin Delaney

Character: Benjamin Oates

Department: Acting

Name: Glyn Grain

Character: Commander Stillwell

Department: Acting

Name: Patrick Pearson

Character: Headmaster

Department: Acting

Name: Denise Coffey

Character: Carol Wisham

Department: Acting

Name: Ross McCall

Character: Dean Hazelwood

Department: Acting

Name: Grant Olding

Character: Lab. Technician

Department: Sound

Name: Mary Woodvine

Character: PC Jane Morton

Department: Acting

Name: Derren Litten

Character: PC Ed Guthrie

Department: Acting

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Episode: 5

Return Match

Air Date:27/07/1997

Henry has to solve a series of thefts from lorries and gets unexpected help from private security firm Troubleshooters. Their accuracy is such that he is suspicious of how they came to know of the crimes and believes that there is a possible informer within police ranks feeding them information for a reward. Troubleshooters are due to play the police eleven in an important football match. Both teams boast an ex-professional, in the police team's case Kirk Flowerbridge, who has a murky past and a liking for the drink. Fisher tasks Henry with minding Kirk and keeping him sober for the match. In the process of helping Kirk,Henry gets to identify the informer.

Crew

Name: Ray De-Haan

Role: Stunts

Department: Crew

Name: Nick McPhee

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

Name: Paul Bond

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Rob Evans

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Vincent Keane

Role: Stunts

Department: Crew

Name: Rocky Taylor

Role: Stunt Coordinator

Department: Crew

Name: Marc Cass

Role: Stunts

Department: Crew

Name: Andy Smart

Role: Stunts

Department: Crew

Name: Robert Jones

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

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Guest Stars

Name: Malcolm Sinclair

Character: Freddy Fisher

Department: Acting

Name: Neil Stuke

Character: Kirk Flowerbridge

Department: Acting

Name: Mark Womack

Character: Jim Cutler

Department: Acting

Name: David Hargreaves

Character: Charlie Reeves

Department: Acting

Name: Bruce Byron

Character: Terry Lees

Department: Acting

Name: Ciaran O'Doherty

Character: Moss

Department: Acting

Name: Trevor Fox

Character: Harris

Department: Acting

Name: Nicholas Lopez

Character: Police Football Player

Department: Acting

Name: Eric Mason

Character: Security Guard

Department: Acting

Name: Anna Mountford

Character: Records Clerk

Department: Acting

Name: Freddie Stuart

Character: Coach

Department: Acting

Name: Mary Woodvine

Character: PC Jane Morton

Department: Acting

Name: Derren Litten

Character: PC Ed Guthrie

Department: Acting

Name: Robert Putt

Character: Chief Constable Braithwaite

Department: Acting

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Episode: 6

The Apprentice

Air Date:03/08/1997

As Fisher launches a campaign to make the police more popular with young people a boy called Nicky comes to Pie in the Sky, claiming he is there for work experience. Henry uses him in the kitchen and he impresses everyone but then the till is robbed and Nicky, who was not sent by any school, goes missing. His mother last saw him a week earlier, the night an off-licence was robbed by a violent teenage gang. Henry tracks Nicky down to a childhood haunt and finds out that he was bullied into joining the gang and now regrets it, which he proves by leading them into a police trap.

Crew

Name: Gabe Cronnelly

Role: Stunts

Department: Crew

Name: Elaine Ford

Role: Stunts

Department: Crew

Name: Terry Walsh

Role: Stunt Coordinator

Department: Crew

Name: Ann-Marie di Mambro

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Morag Fullarton

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Richard Graydon

Role: Stunts

Department: Crew

Name: Ian Punter

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: Stuart Clark

Role: Stunts

Department: Crew

Name: William Webb

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

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Guest Stars

Name: Malcolm Sinclair

Character: Freddy Fisher

Department: Acting

Name: Nick Raggett

Character: Henderson

Department: Acting

Name: Kelly Reilly

Character: Tina

Department: Acting

Name: Kevin Bishop

Character: Nicky

Department: Acting

Name: Harry Peacock

Character: Mez

Department: Acting

Name: Gabrielle Cowburn

Character: Nicky's Mum

Department: Acting

Name: Angela Saul

Character: Mrs Beaton

Department: Acting

Name: Joanne Rafferty

Character: Lisa

Department: Acting

Name: Barry McNicholl

Character: Ben

Department: Acting

Name: Hayley Keogh-Green

Character: Schoolgirl

Department: Acting

Name: Dani Harmer

Character: Twin

Department: Acting

Name: Rosanna Mayling

Character: Twin

Department: Acting

Name: Mary Woodvine

Character: PC Jane Morton

Department: Acting

Name: Derren Litten

Character: PC Ed Guthrie

Department: Acting

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Episode: 7

In the Smoke

Air Date:10/08/1997

The Crabbes holiday in London in a flat owned by ex-policeman Nick Spencer whilst he is in America on business. However Margaret finds his packed suitcase under the bed and hears an answer-machine message from his daughter warning that her violent ex-con boyfriend Danny is on his way to see him. Henry discovers Nick in hiding whilst Margaret discovers Danny's corpse in the dust-bin, killed in self-defence by Nick. Henry's loyalty is put to the test, as is the patience of Sally and Gary when the agency staff turn out to be a quarrelsome married couple.

Crew

Name: Andrew Payne

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Paul Bond

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: David Innes Edwards

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: William Webb

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

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Guest Stars

Name: Maggie Steed

Character: Margaret Crabbe

Department: Acting

Name: Denis Lawson

Character: Nick Spencer

Department: Acting

Name: Miranda Pleasence

Character: Sarah Spencer

Department: Acting

Name: Benedict Sandiford

Character: Kevin

Department: Acting

Name: Nicola Walker

Character: Carol

Department: Acting

Name: Michael Attwell

Character: Michael

Department: Acting

Name: Anthony Trent

Character: Ken Purley

Department: Acting

Name: Jessica James

Character: Mrs Hyde

Department: Acting

Name: Anthony Green

Character: Barman

Department: Acting

Name: Rebecca Wheatley

Character: Singer

Department: Acting

Name: Terence Conran

Character: Sir Terence Conran

Department: Acting

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Episode: 8

Smelling of Roses

Air Date:17/08/1997

As Henry mysteriously loses his sense of smell he is intrigued when Fisher seems obsessed with arresting tyre exporter Peter Watson and suspects that Fisher, about to divorce his wife, is having an affair with Mrs. Watson. In fact she has discovered that her husband is defrauding her charity and is using Fisher to trap him. Having seen the case through Henry, feeling used by Fisher to catch Watson, resigns from the police and immediately regains his sense of smell. With Gary turning down the offer of work at another kitchen, Henry and his staff and colleagues have every reason to drink to the continuing success of Pie in the Sky.

Crew

Name: Andrew Payne

Role: Writer

Department: Writing

Name: Rob Evans

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Name: Ian Punter

Role: Director of Photography

Department: Camera

Name: William Webb

Role: Editor

Department: Editing

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Guest Stars

Name: Maggie Steed

Character: Margaret Crabbe

Department: Acting

Name: Malcolm Sinclair

Character: Freddy Fisher

Department: Acting

Name: Nick Raggett

Character: Henderson

Department: Acting

Name: Mary Woodvine

Character: PC Jane Morton

Department: Acting

Name: Derren Litten

Character: PC Ed Guthrie

Department: Acting

Name: Anthony O'Donnell

Character: Philip

Department: Acting

Name: John Bowler

Character: Peter Watson

Department: Acting

Name: Maureen Bennett

Character: Valerie Watson

Department: Acting

Name: Caroline Loncq

Character: Jenny Drabble

Department: Acting

Name: Robert Putt

Character: Chief Constable Braithwaite

Department: Acting

Name: Brian Hickey

Character: Dr. Wise

Department: Acting

Name: Christopher Good

Character: Dr Patterson

Department: Acting

Name: David Bond

Character: Charles Highbury

Department: Acting

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