Paul Loughran

Set in the north of England in Manchester, this series focuses on DCI Janine Lewis (Caroline Quentin) as she tries to juggle the responsibilities of her job with being there for her four children. And to make matters worse, her ex-husband Pete and his girlfriend Tina are trying to create the perfect family with Janine's children while she tries to get results at work, interfering with the time that she can spend with the kids. At work Lewis is helped by her all male colleagues DI Richard Mayne (Ian Kelsey), DS Butchers (Paul Loughran) and DS Shap (Nicholas Murchie). Her work mates don't make things easy for Janine, often bending the rules to get results, leaving her to cover for them.

A British soap opera. It was orginally called Emmerdale Farm but was renamed just Emmerdale in 1989. The central family on the show since the beginning has been the Sugdens.