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Burnside is a British television police procedural drama, broadcast on ITV in 2000. The series, a spin-off from ITV's long-running police drama The Bill, focused on DCI Frank Burnside, formerly a detective at Sun Hill and now working for the National Crime Squad. Burnside ran for one series of six episodes, structured as three two-part stories.
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2000-08-10
S1E6 — Trial By Fire (2)
The Russian mafia money has arrived and Vickers is on an all-time high, blissfully unaware that Burnside is hell bent on revenge for the murder of Tony Shotton.
Billed Cast
Christopher Ellison
DCI Frank Burnside
Zoë Eeles
DC Sam Phillips
Justin Pierre
DS Dave Summers
Paul Nicholas
Ronnie Buchan
Shane Richie
Tony Shotton
Tony Selby
Jim Summers
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