Breaking Bad
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Spender
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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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.
Cast
Jimmy NailSpender
Sammy JohnsonStick
Berwick KalerDS Dan Boyd
Denise WelchFrances Spender
Tony McAnaneyKeith Moreland
Dawn WinlowLaura Spender
Mickey HuttonSpud Tate
Peter GuinnessDCS Gillespie
Paul GreenwoodSupt Yelland
Lynn HarrisonKate
Brendan P. HealyEric
James GarbuttGeorge
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Malcolm TerrisLord Mayor
Alex HallDHSS Official
Timothy SpallRobert Cunningham
Maurice RoëvesMal Balmer
Val McLaneMrs. Parkinson
Amanda RedmanRoberta 'Bobby' Montgomery
Ewan StewartMan from the Dene
Jean HeywoodSarah Ellis
Jean-François BalmerInspector Calliere
Michael VartanPaul Ducheyne
Stuart McGuganAlfie
Ian CullenKelley
Colin McCormackStaff Sergeant Bob Bamford
Frances TomeltyLorraine Hope
Christopher FairbankJoe Phelan
Julie PeasgoodBooney
Christian RodskaSuperintendent George Ellis
Mike ElliotPalmer
Pauline MelvilleJudge
John WoodvineBerry
Geoffrey HughesKenny Coates
Thomas CraigJim Harris
Ralph WatsonDerek Addy
Nigel TerryMcDonna
Joe CaffreyGene Hackett
Alan HockeyCuthbertson
Clive RussellAlbie Sloeman
Melanie HillSue Styles
Michelle NewellAngela Balmer
John BowlerVourne
Rodney BewesNorman Ellerson
Dallas CampbellYoung College Type
Julia TobinMiss Fitsimmons
Caspar BerryBuckskin
Elizabeth EdmondsEileen
Struan RodgerPeter the Hair
Elizabeth HeeryRose
Bobby PattinsonFrank Nesbitt
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