Third in a six-part drama series about a wildlife police officer, starring Jerome Flynn.

McCabe and Cassidy suspect a local criminal of killing otters and birds to protect a lake full of carp.

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Andrew Duncan interviews Jerome Flynn: page 16; Alison Graham: Review, page 116

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Jerome Flynn is settling nicely into his role as Tom McCabe, the policeman with a remit to save wildlife. His Geordie accent, mild as it is, is pretty convincing too and, all in all, he's a reassuring anchor to this new drama.

Tonight finds him and sidekick Jim Cassidy on the trail of the supplier of fake £20 notes. This gives them some nice scenes amid the glory that is Newcastle by night and brings them into contact with a villain who turns out to have more than a passing interest in carp.

On a more personal level, McCabe now has his stroppy teenage daughter Wilf living with him, and is trying to negotiate a romance with vet and single parent Steph at the same time. A complicated personal life, then, for this latest in the line of television cops.