Continuing the re-run of the first series about the maverick
Geordie detective, created by Jimmy Nail and Ian La Frenais and starring Jimmy Nail
The Candidate. To his dismay, Spender is assigned to protect Bobby Montgomery , the Tory candidate in a local by-election, who has been receiving death threats. He is even more unhappy to learn that
Superintendent Yelland will be working closely with him.
Episode written by Jimmy Nail Producer Martin McKeand
Director Richard Standeven