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The Chief
The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.
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The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.
Cast
Gillian MartellDiane Lewis
Martin ShawChief Constable Alan Cade
Karen ArcherAsst. Chief Constable Anne Stewart
Dean LepleyPC Jack Sayers
Michael CochraneNigel Crimmond
Tim Pigott-SmithChief Constable John Stafford
Judy LoeDr. Elizabeth Stafford
Stuart McGuganDet. Supt. Sean McCloud · Det. Chief Supt. Sean McCloud
Tony CaunterDeputy Chief Constable Arthur Quine
Eamon BolandDet. Chief Supt. Jim Gray
T. P. McKennaColin Fowler
Ross LivingstoneTim Stafford
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Julian GloverAndrew Blake
Brian BovellPC Charlie Webb
Gillian BevanDet. Supt. Rose Penfold
Bosco HoganDep. Chief Constable Wes Morton
Erin GeraghtyFiona
Frederick JaegerMajor Selwyn Davis
Jeremy ClydeSir Anthony Maylor
Kate BinchyCllr. Rosalind Maxwell
Davyd HarriesSam Lester
David CardyMartin Stewart
John CaterCllr. Samuel Winstanley
Ayub Khan-DinCllr. Mani Shankar
Julian HollowaySir Ian Harnett MP
P.J. DavidsonChief Supt. McKay
David RyallCharlie Summers
Lesley JaggardSamantha
Wilfred HarrisonSir Alan Stourby
Sara GriffithsEmma Stafford
Gary WaldhornCllr. Alec Radcliffe
Andrew McCullochSupt. Phil Bayldon · Chief Supt. Phil Bayldon
Simon SlaterDet. Insp. Tony Pelham · David Kendal
Terence HarveyNorman Ames
Colin McCormackAsst. Chief Constable Peter Leech
Stephen TateDet. Supt. Brian Kale
Peter GuinnessDet. Chief Insp. Keith Inman · Det. Supt. Keith Inman
Susannah HitchingDiane Kelland
Paul LeonardBen Stewart
William TurnerAndy Stewart
Robin MarchalStaff Officer · Chief Supt. Parnell
Juliette MoleMarie-Pierre Arnoux
David HuntDavid Kendal
Ingrid LaceyAlison Dell
Maureen BeattieGemma Marshall
Louisa Milwood-HaighElena Belinsky
Iain MarshallDet. Sgt. Colt
Roger WinsletSgt. Roger Macklin
Chris SandersSgt. Price
Sean BlowersDet. Chief Insp. Mike Percher
Brian de SalvoRichard Pyne
Trevor ByfieldDet. Chief Insp. George Hedger
Ona McCrackenDet. Sgt. Jane Winnett
Don FellowsGen. Harald Finer
Stephen HoyeCapt. Dwight Oberlin
Dudley SuttonMartin Scobie
Ben HolmesTraffic PC · PC in Operations Room
Steve WhymentKevin Bebb · Paul O'Brien
Christopher HolmesImmigration Officer
Mark FletcherDet. Insp. Minton · Det. Chief Insp. Ray Minton
Roger Lloyd PackKenneth Rudyard
Jamie RipmanDetective Constable · DS Jones
Ricky McDonaghGary Leonard
Rowena CooperCllr. Morpeth
David AllisterInsp. Bob Morrissey
Geoffrey BatemanCommissaire Toulin
Julian FoxJulian Bacon
Bernard GallagherGovernor Miles · Judge Leyton
Sophie ThursfieldSarah Bryant · WDC Sarah Bryant
Gillian WrayJoan Kingsley · Clerk
Jem WallDC Clive Elkitt
Malcolm StorryDS Tom Jarrow
Michael GarnerDC Ken Early
Anna MackminJune Robbins
Philip CroskinDC Gresty
Michael HaugheyChief Supt. Pettit
Martin SadlerChief Supt. Nash
Jennifer PierceyMaureen Salmon
David CollingsDavid Anson
Merelina KendallMrs. Leigh · Dr. Prager
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