Waterfront Beat

• John Ashton as Detective Chief Supt. Don Henderson (Series 1—2)
• Geoffrey Leesley as Det. Supt. Frank Mathews (Series 1—2)
• Bruce Alexander as Chief Supt. Alan Briscoe (Series 1—2)
• Rupert Frazer as Supt. Peter Fallows (Series 1—2)
• Denis Lill as Assistant Chief Constable Williams (Series 1—2)
• Roger Walker as DI Cyril Jacobs (Series 2)
• Mark Moraghan as DS 'Macker' McVay (Series 1—2)
• Owen Teale as DS Mike McCarthy (Series 1)
• Eve Bland as WDS Jackie Byrnes (Series 1—2)
• Helena Little as WDC Jane Long (Series 1—2)
• Stuart Golland as Sgt. Trevor Simon (Series 1—2)
• Brian McCardie as PC Ronnie Barker (Series 1—2)
• Gordon Cameron as PC Jeff Morgan (Series 1—2)
• Ray Polhill as PC 'Jacko' Jackbridge (Series 1—2)
• Philip Middlemiss as PC Barry Smith (Series 1)
• Richard Good as PC Bob 'Snake' Nelson (Series 2)
• Jane Hazlegrove as WPC Madeline Forrest (Series 1—2)
• Damien Walker as Tony Henderson (Series 1—2)
• Tommy Boyle as Denny Hagland (Series 1—2)
• Martin Matthews as Brian Dawes (Series 1—2)
• Denise Stephenson as June Henderson (Series 1)
• Gillian Kearney as Helen Collins (Series 2)

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|Title = Day Zero

|DirectedBy = Richard Standeven

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|01|6|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = Stolen cars and a murder inquiry are the least of problems for the new Divisional Commander, Don Henderson, who arrives on his first day at the unit to find that not only is his new office out of action, but that the whole building is under refurbishment.

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = Hard Cheese

|DirectedBy = Romey Allison

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|01|13|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = PC Barker discovers his first body, and deals with a hijack at a bio-engineering factory. Henderson gets attacked across the conference room table, then ends up in a siege when he takes his wife out for lunch.

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = Wild Things

|DirectedBy = Ken Horn

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|01|20|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = Henderson locks horns with ACC Williams, and Mike and Jane hunt a gang of sheep rustlers. Ronnie gets his first arrest and leaves Smithy feeling sheepish.

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|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = Tied Up

|DirectedBy = Ken Horn

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|01|27|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = The Police Underwater Recovery Team investigate after a motor cruiser is almost hit by bin bags thrown from a bridge, causing further problems for Frank, Mike and Jane. As the stolen car racket continues; Ronnie is worried when he realises his new bike is disappearing bit by bit.

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|Title = Under the Knuckle

|DirectedBy = Richard Bramall

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|02|3|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = A fraud squad raid hits Fallows and McCarthy. Henderson receives attention from the media, while Smithy ends up paying too much attention to Madeline.

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|EpisodeNumber = 6

|Title = Big Fish

|DirectedBy = Ken Horn

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|02|10|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = Ronnie is injured in the line of duty. Don and June have a dinner date with the Fallows; and Mike, Jane and Frank catch a big fish in their net.

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|EpisodeNumber = 7

|Title = Covert Operations

|DirectedBy = Richard Standeven

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|02|17|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = Don avoids an important meeting with ACC Williams to meet up with the Russians. Frank is forced to watch Hagland in the absence of Mike and Jane, who have the wine store robbers under surveillance in the Lake District.

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|EpisodeNumber = 8

|Title = Homeboy

|DirectedBy = Richard Bramall

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|02|24|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = Don moves house with June and finds a new home for his division. Ronnie is excited about his first appearance in court, and Madeline acts as a decoy in an attempt to identify the skip murderer.

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|EpisodeNumber = 1

|Title = Pirates

|DirectedBy = Robert Gabriel

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|01|2|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = The division are kept busy by a gang of pirates operating on the river, and Ronnie finds himself in engaged in the hot pursuit of a potentially volatile suspect.

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = Microlights

|DirectedBy = A.J. Quinn

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|01|9|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = An old crime is given a new twist when a group of armed robbers take to the air.

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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = Repossessions

|DirectedBy = Chris Lovett

|WrittenBy = Andy Lynch

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|01|16|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = Ronnie tries to crack a mortgage mystery.

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|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = Stake Out

|DirectedBy = Robert Gabriel

|WrittenBy = Andy Lynch

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|01|23|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = The division are in shock when the bin bag murders turn up quite a different sort of body.

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|Title = EPOS

|DirectedBy = A.J. Quinn

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|01|30|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = An armed robbery takes place at a DIY store where the fraud squad have a surveillance operation running, which results in members of the division going undercover to catch the perpetrators. Ronnie unexpectedly loses his hair.

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|EpisodeNumber = 6

|Title = Pickup

|DirectedBy = Brian Morgan

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|02|6|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = The division investigate when a young girl's body is washed up on a beach. WDC Long is volunteered to accompany DS Matthews to Rhodes, and Ronnie infiltrates a racist gang to investigate a number of attacks on a newsagent.

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|EpisodeNumber = 7

|Title = Acid Ship

|DirectedBy = Chris Lovett

|WrittenBy = Andy Lynch

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|02|13|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = A beach murder leads Jackie and Jane to an offshore acid party, leading the drugs squad to go partying undercover for a raid, but things don't go according to plan. Ronnie is finding the pressure too great after infiltrating a gang of right-wing extremists.

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|EpisodeNumber = 8

|Title = Dilemma

|DirectedBy = A.J. Quinn

|WrittenBy = Phil Redmond

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1991|02|20|df=y}}

|ShortSummary = The division are pleased with an important breakthrough in the bin-bag murders. DS McVay has a theory about stolen corpses, and Ronnie confronts the racists.

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• {{IMDb title|id=0133322|title=Waterfront Beat}}

Category:1990 British television series debuts

Category:1991 British television series endings

Category:1990s British police procedural television series

Category:BBC television dramas

Category:British English-language television shows

Category:Television shows shot in Liverpool

Category:Television shows set in Liverpool