TV series · 1991
Spender
First aired 8 January 1991 Crime / Drama TMDB ↗
Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and unconventional methods to tackle the criminal underworld, but he must also deal with the friends, enemies and family he left behind, and never expected to return to. Sammy Johnson played Spender's sidekick Stick, while Denise Welch played Spender's wife.
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Paul Greenwood
as Supt Yelland
Berwick Kaler
as DS Dan Boyd
Sammy Johnson
as Stick
Peter Guinness
as DCS Gillespie
Denise Welch
as Frances Spender
Tony McAnaney
as Keith Moreland
Dawn Winlow
as Laura Spender
Mickey Hutton
as Spud Tate
Lynn Harrison
as Kate
Everyone else (16) ↓
James Garbutt
as George
Maurice Roëves
as Mal Balmer
Rodney Bewes
as Norman Ellerson
Malcolm Terris
as Lord Mayor
Geoffrey Hughes
as Kenny Coates
Clive Russell
as Albie Sloeman
Nigel Terry
as McDonna
Pauline Melville
as Judge
Jimmy Nail
as Spender
Brendan P. Healy
as Eric
Timothy Spall
as Robert Cunningham
Amanda Redman
as Roberta 'Bobby' Montgomery
Dallas Campbell
as Young College Type
Lena Headey
as Emily Goodman
Robert Pattinson
as Frank Nesbitt
Alex Hall
as DHSS Official