Episode 5

Episode aired Aug 21, 2006
TV-14
52m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

691

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Crime Drama Mystery Sci-Fi

The death of a Manchester United fan may send the city into a riot when a City fan is suspected, so Sam, Gene and Annie go undercover at a pub to get clues as to the murderer.The death of a Manchester United fan may send the city into a riot when a City fan is suspected, so Sam, Gene and Annie go undercover at a pub to get clues as to the murderer.The death of a Manchester United fan may send the city into a riot when a City fan is suspected, so Sam, Gene and Annie go undercover at a pub to get clues as to the murderer.

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Trivia
Sam explains that "something horrible" could happen at a football match due to hooliganism, further explaining about treating fans "like animals" and "herding them into pens." He's referring to the Hillsborough Disaster of 15 April 1989 in which 96 Liverpool FC fans were crushed to death in a crowd rush.

Goofs
Whilst looking through evidence collected in the alleyway, DI Tyler empties items out of a clear plastic bag. Forensic evidence was and still is collected and stored in brown paper bags.

Quotes
Sam Tyler: I used to go to football with my dad. United and City fans used to walk to the match together. Our next door neighbour, he had a City flag up in his window. Kids used to play together in the street - red and blue. But then people like you came along and you took it away from us.
Pete Bond: A good punch up's all part of the game. It's about pride. Pride in your team. Being the best.
Sam Tyler: No it isn't. This is how it starts and then it escalates. It gets on the telly and in the press and then other fans from other clubs start trying to out do each other. And then it becomes about hate and then it's nothing to do with football any more. It's about gangs and scumbags like you roaming the country seeing who can cause the most trouble. And then we overreact, and we have to put up perimeter fences and we treat the fans like animals. Forty, fifty thousand people herded into pens. And then how long before something happens, eh? How long before something terrible happens and we are dragging bodies out?