Spender complete series 1,2,3 & Xmas Special on DVD
On eight DVD's
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SPENDER COMPLETE Season 1,2,3 & Xmas Special ON DVD - 20 EPISODES & Xmas Special
SPENDER is the kind of gritty, intelligent cop drama that's been missing from North American television screen. The BBC produced series is a positive gem, having run for 3 consecutive seasons, and spawned one film entitled "The French Collection". Starring the excellent and multi-talented Jimmy Nail ("Still Crazy", "Evita"), it has garnered a following in Canada through re-runs on Showcase Television.
The character of Spender is a tough and able cop cleaning up the streets of London with his somewhat unorthodox methods. Following a tragic incident, he's sent home, back to the North-East to his home-town of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, which had taken him 20-odd years to get out of. Now re-united with old friends and haunting ghosts from his untamed past, the loathing he feels for the city and his new assignment drives his character to push the limits, and test the powers that be that govern his jurisdiction. But once we meet Spender's family - divorced wife Frances and his two young daughters - we witness an unexpected dimension to the character: that of a father and protector of his children, who finds it awkward to work his way back into their lives.
Excellent scripts, hard-hitting drama and action accompany a wealth of talent involved in the making of this quality program. Jimmy Nail not only stars, but pens a few of those scripts. Together with his friend Tony McAnaney (who also co-stars as Keith and writes the music for the series) they combine to produce a unique and often haunting musical score which creates just the right kind of atmosphere for the program. And of course, there's the thick and sexy accents which can only come from the North-East.
Spender is definitely worth a try. If the catchy theme doesn't get to you, the high-drama will!
First Season:
1.1 "The Home Coming"
Spender is ordered to return to his native Newcastle, where he must confront an ex-wife, a murky past and local villains.
1.2 "Half a Ton of Heartaches"
Spender investigates the suspicious death of an oil-rig worker.
1.3 "Double Jeopardy"
Following a tip-off, Spender and Stick tail the glamorous Lorraine Hope. She's up to something, but what? Then Dan asks Spender to assist another undercover detective, who doesn't want his help.
1.4 "The Candidate"
Spender is assigned to look after Roberta Montgomery, a Tory candidate in a local by-election who has been getting death threats.
1.5 "Iced"
The death of a student puts Spender on the trail of a new designer drug and the people who make it.
1.6 "Dance, Girl, Dance"
Spender goes into the nightclub business to try to trap the sleazy but influential Palmer.
1.7 "Tough"
An encounter with a boy-hood hero, ex-champion boxer Mal Balmer, involves Spender in a vicious world of shady fight promoters and blackmail.
1.8 "Well, Well, Well"
Stick gets himself in serious trouble with the police. Spender is the only person who can help him but he is out of town.
Second Season:
2.1 "Here We Go Again"
Spender returns to the streets of Newcastle and is immediately off to a bad start with his new boss, his ex-wife and his imprisoned best friend.
2.2 "Fly by Night"
Spender goes undercover in a glass factory - so undercover that even his boss can't find him.
2.3 "Fee"
Stricken by an injured back, Spender is nevertheless hard at work on an investigation that leads him into a world of drug addiction and police corruption.
2.4 "Family Business"
Spender decides to escape the pressures of work by taking some leave to visit an aunt. Unfortunately Aunt Mabel has a problem which she needs Spender to solve.
2.5 "The Golden Striker"
There is trouble when soccer striker Kenny Cooper vanishes. Spender has to find him, but he must not talk to any of Cooper's colleagues or associates.
2.6 "At the End of the Day"
Spender is despised by his children when he fails to help an old man who is beaten by a gang of thieves in front of them.
Third Season:
3.1 "The More Things Change"
Spender & Stick get some good new -- depending on your viewpoint. But bad news is never far from Spender.
3.2 "Kid"
Spender is given a missing person case. You never know what will turn up when you turn over a rock though.
3.3 "Puck"
Spender & hockey -- you know all the action is not on the ice. And it definitely is not cricket!!
3.4 "Bad Company"
There is no escaping the past for any of us. Spender, his boss & Stick all find this out.
3.5 "Best Friends"
Best friends tell you the truth -- even when it hurts.
3.6 "Retreat"
Spender & Stick get some good news -- depending on your viewpoint. But bad news is never far from Spender. Series finale.
Christmas Special
"The French Collection"
Spender is sent to Marseille to escort Tommy Thornton back to the UK after he has been arrested in France. Whilst escorting his prisoner back there is an accident and Thornton is apparently killed in the crash. However, Thornton is alive and well and has staged the whole charade. Spender, along with Stick decides to investigate and track Thornton down and bring him back to Britain, and justice.