About this season
The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.
Episodes (6)
1. The Time for Change
Aired 16 April 1993 • 50 min
Stafford becomes Head of Europol, but the position gives him plenty of free time, so the Home Office asks him to tackle corruption within the Metropolitan Police as Alan Cade arrives. Anne has a promotion board for DCC, while also dealing with a major firearms incident in Norfolk.
2. Songbird
Aired 23 April 1993 • 50 min
Stafford's corruption inquiry reaches a successful conclusion, and the officer who assisted him with the case is appointed as Eastland's new chief constable.
3. A Long Cold Lonely Winter
Aired 30 April 1993 • 50 min
An American gas rig is hijacked on Alan Cade's first day, but will his choice of negotiator pay off?
4. Seeing Red
Aired 7 May 1993 • 50 min
A hospital lab tech implicates a local councillor in illegal practices. When he believes his accusations are being ignored, he dramatically breaks through the cordons during a royal visit to a school concert.
5. The Trust of Justice
Aired 14 May 1993 • 50 min
Cade allows an informant to orchestrate a drug deal while investigating a smuggling ring, only to find it led to his death.
6. Dealbreaker
Aired 21 May 1993 • 50 min
When Cade is threatened with an investigation over the death of the informer, his team closes ranks. The Home Office, preferring to have a hold on its maverick chief constable, decides not to act.