Season 3 • Episode 10
LatestDetective Superintendent Tony Clark is an ambitious member of the Complaints Investigation Bureau, an internal organisation that investigates claims of corruption inside the police in England and Wales. Along the way Clark overcomes strong influence from his superiors and problems in his private life, most notably the break-up of his marriage following an affair with WPC Jenny Dean.
Acting
Neil Pearson's slippery ambition masks genuine conflict
Writing
J.C. Wilsher's institutional detail feels exhaustingly real
Production
Pre-glossy London, all beige offices and bad coffee
Creator
J.C. Wilsher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Between the Lines arrived post-Scarman Report, when British policing faced genuine scrutiny about institutional racism and corruption — it captured that specific late-Thatcherite anxiety about authority.
Neil Pearson later became better known for Drop the Dead Donkey's Dave — same actor, utterly different energy, which makes his Clark feel even more unsettling in retrospect.
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