This British police drama follows the exploits of the fictional Organised & Serial Crime Unit (OSC); an elite unit that investigates serious crime across England. The unit is led by Commander Stephen Enwright but our protagonist is D.C.I. Dave Creegan, an officer who has been affected by being shot and almost killed in an event prior to the series. Working under him are D.I. Susan Taylor and D.C. Mark Rivers; there are other members of the team but they are minor characters.
Over the course of three series we get eight two-part stories that see Creegan and his team investigating a number of cases, some of them are quite disturbing. These include the kidnapping of a number of young boys, a spate of unnatural deaths in a hospital and a killer haunted by things that he saw in Bosnia during the war there. Too often in series like this when one story is over the events ate forgotten about but interestingly while each story features a new case events that happened before continue to have major consequences for the characters.
The main cast does an impressive job. Robson Green is on fine form as Creegan; it is clear that he can do far more than play the light-relief character like he did in 'Soldier Soldier' of course since this he has continued to impress. Nicola Walker and Shaun Dingwall are also really impressive as Taylor and Rivers respectively. The stories were all pretty gripping and provided some shocks and some quite disturbing moments. The only thing that really bothered me about the series was that the officers of the OSC routinely carried side arms but no explanation was given as to why; given that outside specialist firearms units British police don't carry guns it made little sense. This wasn't enough to spoil the series though. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of fairly gritty police drama.
Over the course of three series we get eight two-part stories that see Creegan and his team investigating a number of cases, some of them are quite disturbing. These include the kidnapping of a number of young boys, a spate of unnatural deaths in a hospital and a killer haunted by things that he saw in Bosnia during the war there. Too often in series like this when one story is over the events ate forgotten about but interestingly while each story features a new case events that happened before continue to have major consequences for the characters.
The main cast does an impressive job. Robson Green is on fine form as Creegan; it is clear that he can do far more than play the light-relief character like he did in 'Soldier Soldier' of course since this he has continued to impress. Nicola Walker and Shaun Dingwall are also really impressive as Taylor and Rivers respectively. The stories were all pretty gripping and provided some shocks and some quite disturbing moments. The only thing that really bothered me about the series was that the officers of the OSC routinely carried side arms but no explanation was given as to why; given that outside specialist firearms units British police don't carry guns it made little sense. This wasn't enough to spoil the series though. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of fairly gritty police drama.