Backup

Seasons

1995

UK

8.1

Nine police officers of the West Midlands Operational Support Unit face high-stakes situations and intense action while supporting various operations across the region.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Not All There

OSU are sent to a pig farm to search for the remains of Carmen Logan. Eric discovers a body and fears it could be his missing sister. Farmer John Kerridge admits there are six bodies on his land. The OSU have to bring him back safely.

S1 • E2

Tender Loving Care

Insp. Harlow angers the team when his error leads to a disastrous exercise. Soldier Tony Deeley has a psychiatric episode. Harlow stops his sister talking him down and he escapes. OSU fear he will attack his sister's fiance at the wedding.

S1 • E3

Toleration Zone

Charlie Serial is on standby at a "red light district" in Woodvale. The residents organise a peaceful protest and start to block the streets. The pimps retaliate with violence. After a night out, Eric cheats on his wis wife with Gill.

S1 • E4

Mouth and Trousers

A teenager dies after 'Thug chases a stolen car which crashes in the river. OSU is assigned to Villa Park, for Vill's game against Liverpool. Shane Lacey heads to Birmingham looking for revenge on Karen, who dumped him for another man.

S1 • E5

Badlands

Pensioners, Tom and Madge Harper are victims of an aggravated burglary, on the Willowbank estate. The couple pass information on to the drug squad so Charlie Serial sent quell trouble. 'Thug'' rings Eric's wife about his affair with Gill.

S1 • E6

Happy That Way

Serial Charlie are deployed to the park to arrest flashers, junkies and males soliciting sex. Sgt. Parkin arrests D.C. Stoppard for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in car. Facing the sack he is murdered after making threats to a dealer.

S1 • E7

Clubbing

Linton McLinton is tipped off about a raid on his club but is shot dead. At DC Stoppard's Inquest, DCI Chivers makes sure she gets a suicide verdict. Supt. Hallsworth, later, learns DCI Chivers was aware Stoppard was thrown from a window.

S1 • E8

Cut and Dried

Cheetham thinks Helen Chivers may be corrupt. First she gives him a £6,000 watch now two suspicious characters call at her flat. He decides to inform Supt. Hallsworth. Hallworth fears Eamon Vernon maybe a target so Eric puts undercover.