Piggy in the Middle

Ashton catches two men trying to commit an arson attack in the dead of night, and it is discovered to be the latest witness intimidation attack to be committed by a gang working for Kevin Butcher, brother of Terry Butcher, who is on remand for a brutal stabbing outside a pub. With two out of three key witnesses having been attacked, Holmes is next on the list, and it is not long before she receives a beating at the hands of two masked men. Meanwhile, as Butcher begins to throw his weight around, Meadows realises that Burnside's unorthodox methods have dragged CID straight into the middle of a war with a gang of drug dealers. Then Burnside discovers his main informant may be double-crossing him.
== Characters ==
DCI Frank Burnside
DCI Jack Meadows 
PC Vicky Hagen
PC George Garfield 
Sgt Matt Boyden 
DC Liz Rawton 
DC Rod Skase 
DC Tom Proctor
DS John Boulton 
DC Kerry Holmes 
PC Di Worrell 
PC Luke Ashton 
PC Polly Page 
PC Reg Hollis 
== Guest Stars: ==
* DC Scott Henderson
* DSE 
* Mike Hounslow 
* Kevin Butcher-David Shane 
* Terry Butcher 
* Keith Gardener-Christopher Wild 
* Sarah Gardener-Jan Timms
* Graham Copley-Philip McGough 
* Ellen Smith-Teresa Gallagher 
* Toby Simms-Nick Moorcroft 
* Lenny Miller-Joseph Gatt 
* Danny Archer-Damien Nash 
* Neighbour-Angela Borant 
* Gary Brown