Spender

• 1991 –1993
• •
• Ended

• Crime
• Drama

★ 7.2 TMDB Rating · 4 votes

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.

Created by

Ian La Frenais, Jimmy Nail

Seasons

3

Episodes

21

Episode length

~50m

First aired

Jan 8, 1991

Networks

BBC One

Original language

English

Origin

United Kingdom