Written by Peter Gibbs, Directed by Michael Kerrigan

Cruising down the street, Ackland and Stamp notice a considerable disturbance outside a travel agency. This becomes the main theme of the episode although the secondary storyline (Stringer and Marshall attempting to locate an illegal immigrant) is also given a fair amount of screen-time.

Although the travel agency story has its serious side (the dead body of one of the partners is discovered in the upstairs office) there’s also a comic side at play since Tony (like all the disgruntled punters milling outside) booked his holiday here and now that the company’s gone bust has lost both his money and his holiday ….

He’s hopeful that this news won’t get out, as he’s only too aware of the mickey-taking he’ll have to endure if it does. Hmm, I wonder how that’ll work out for him?

Holidays seem to be a theme today, as Hollis is keen to book some time off to spend it with a “girl-friend, well woman-friend. She’s going on a cruise and wants me to join her, all expenses paid”. The mind boggles at this, but – alas – Cryer turns the request down. Undaunted, he later returns – keen to take Tony’s place on the holiday rota (after all, he reasons, Tony won’t be needing it now). And he’s not the only one to express an interest in Tony’s holiday allocation ….

Both storylines click along quite nicely, without either really engaging that much. However, it was nice to see a brief appearance by Tariq Yunis, whose television credits (the likes of House of Cards, Angels, Shoestring, Terry & June, Dick Emery, The Professionals, Doctor Who, Father Brown) were numerous and varied.