The Chief
A seasoned police chief navigates the shifting tides of political pressure and public expectation as he leads his force through the challenges of modern crime in a rapidly changing East Anglia.
The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.
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Andy Serkis
as 1 episode
Dean Lepley
as PC Jack Sayers
Eamon Boland
as Det. Chief Supt. Jim Gray
Gillian Martell
as Diane Lewis
Karen Archer
as Asst. Chief Constable Anne Stewart
Michael Cochrane
as Nigel Crimmond
Tim Pigott Smith
as Chief Constable John Stafford
Stuart Mcgugan
as Det. Chief Supt. Sean McCloud
Judy Loe
as Dr. Elizabeth Stafford
Tony Caunter
as Deputy Chief Constable Arthur Quine
Norman Fisher Nm11061932
as 1 episode
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