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Thief takers

Season 3 1997

  • 1997-10-23T20:00:00Z on ITV
  • 1h
  • 8h (8 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Crime, Drama
The life and adventures of the members of The Armed Robbery Squad. Amid numerous security van robberies, bank robberies and gem heists with a lot of car chases, shouting and guns blazing, the squad members private lives are revealed in slices. From the uxorious D.I. Scott to womanizing D.S. Tate, and the sharp capable D.C.s Harris, Dryden, and Ash, every plot possibility is explored.

8 episodes

Season Premiere

1997-10-23T20:00:00Z

3x01 Shadows

Season Premiere

3x01 Shadows

  • 1997-10-23T20:00:00Z1h

Anna Dryden is desperate to prove herself as Acting DI, but her plans go wrong. Struggling to comes to terms with the loss of their leader, the squad is thrown into turmoil by a racially explosive case. As the situation spirals out of control, a trouble-shooter is brought in to manage the media, ruffling many feathers.

1997-10-30T21:00:00Z

3x02 Fashion Victims

3x02 Fashion Victims

  • 1997-10-30T21:00:00Z1h

Fashion can be a cut-throat business but it rarely descends into murder. The Flying Squad discover a gruesome side to the glamorous world of haute couture, though, when the investigate an international ring of designer clothes counterfeiters. The team is forced to take on help from Pieter Kluivert, a Dutch detective who has a personal vendetta against the ring's Mr Big. However, DI Glenn Matteo has a feeling not everything about Kluivert's role in the investigation is above board.
Armed robbers ambush a fashion show and steal thousands of pounds worth of clothes. Then a visiting Dutch detective appeals for the Flying Squad's help in tracking down an arms dealer who murdered his son and claims that the man is linked to the fashion raid.

1997-11-06T21:00:00Z

3x03 One Last Hurrah

3x03 One Last Hurrah

  • 1997-11-06T21:00:00Z1h

DCI Nick Hall finds old adversaries from his past on his patch. Matteo clashes with Hall, the new DCI, over the theft of army explosives. But when a gang war threatens to erupt, Hall is the perfect man to lead the undercover operation at the society wedding where gun-men are massing for a shoot-out.

1997-11-13T21:00:00Z

3x04 Sisters in Arms

3x04 Sisters in Arms

  • 1997-11-13T21:00:00Z1h

Heavily pregnant Carol Mason is lured into committing a raid on a jeweller by her glamorous, manipulative sister Lorraine.
The squad is baffled by a series of gem robberies, until the two sisters attempt a robbery that goes horribly wrong. The women unwittingly hold vital evidence, but can the squad reach them before tragedy occurs?

1997-11-20T21:00:00Z

3x05 Road Rage

3x05 Road Rage

  • 1997-11-20T21:00:00Z1h

The squad is shocked by the deaths of two motorway patrolmen after a shoot-out with four ruthless villains. Frustration reaches fever pitch as the villains torment them – until a last-minute tip-off leads to a final confrontation.

1997-12-04T21:00:00Z

3x06 After the Goldrush

3x06 After the Goldrush

  • 1997-12-04T21:00:00Z1h

A raid on a gold bullion warehouse leads the squad to investigate the relationship between a veteran armed robber and an Asian stripper.

1997-12-11T21:00:00Z

3x07 Black Mist (1)

3x07 Black Mist (1)

  • 1997-12-11T21:00:00Z1h

The Armed Robbery Squad have to deal with s sinister threat from the Far East. After the team foils a raid on a Japanese bank, DC Alan Oxford discovers the crime wasn't what it seemed. The investigation soon reveals the violent underworld of the Yakuza (the Japanese version of the Mafia). And the fashion-conscious Oxford has to baby-sit a vulnerable trader.

1997-12-18T21:00:00Z

3x08 Brand Loyalty (2)

3x08 Brand Loyalty (2)

  • 1997-12-18T21:00:00Z1h

As Oxford fights to save the Japanese witnessed, the squad races to his aid. With a full-scale Yakuza/Mafia war around the corner, Matteo must jeopardise personal and professional relationships to find Takahashi before the mobsters.

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