Set in 1981, everyone’s favourite politically-incorrect cop, flanked by his faithful sidekicks Ray and Chris, turns his attentions to taking on the criminal scum in the nation’s capital.
Now a technological whizz-kid in the squad’s surveillance team, DC Chris Skelton has clearly moved with the times, along with DS Ray Carling who’s keen to experience London’s nightlife.
Gene, however, does not expect to be thrown together with the sexy, intelligent, DCI Alex Drake. Single mother to daughter Molly, Alex has rapidly risen through the ranks of the Met and, in the modern world of 2008, skilfully uses psychological profiling to capture suspects. When Alex and her daughter are kidnapped, she makes a daring attempt at escape, resulting in an horrific accident.
Alex suddenly finds herself in 1981 interacting with familiar characters, not just from her own life time, but also from the detailed reports logged by none other than Sam Tyler, which Alex has previously spent months poring over.
Ripped from her current world of sexual equality and respect, she finds herself faced with the boorish Gene in a two-tone, New Romantic, Eighties London with a soundtrack of Adam Ant, Roxy Music and The Human League ringing in her ears.
Frustrated by each other’s stubbornness, the friction between Alex and Gene heats up. However, as the two titans collide, it becomes apparent there is more than just a professional tension emerging.
