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.
5 seasons · 35 episodes
Gunfire
May 5, 199550 min
Cade's attitude on firearms is challenged after an armed robbery on a countryside mansion.
Public Outcry
May 12, 199550 min
Cade faces a dilemma after a child is killed by joyriders on a local estate.
Written in History
May 19, 199550 min
Two deadly incidents of racial hatred, more than twenty years apart, cause problems for Cade.
Nuclear
May 26, 199550 min
A large demonstration takes place at a nuclear plant while Cade's away investigating a member of the force.
Running Out of Friends
Jun 2, 199550 min
Cade leans on an old friend when he suspects the others are conspiring against him.
Internal Affairs
Jun 9, 199550 min
Emotions run high when charges of harassment are brought within – and against – the Eastland force.
Gillian Martell
Diane Lewis
Martin Shaw
Chief Constable Alan Cade
Karen Archer
Asst. Chief Constable Anne Stewart
Dean Lepley
PC Jack Sayers
Michael Cochrane
Nigel Crimmond
Tim Pigott-Smith
Chief Constable John Stafford
Judy Loe
Dr. Elizabeth Stafford
Stuart McGugan
Det. Chief Supt. Sean McCloud
Tony Caunter
Deputy Chief Constable Arthur Quine
Eamon Boland
Det. Chief Supt. Jim Gray
T. P. McKenna
Colin Fowler
Ross Livingstone
Tim Stafford
