Aired Tuesday 18 August, 12:35pm - 1:35pmon ITV3

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Name: 12:35pm - Series 12 Episode 24
Start: 2026-08-26T11:35:00Z
End: 2026-08-26T12:35:00Z
Location: ITV3

Series 12 Episode 12: Bread and Circuses

Bellamy is smitten with Alice, the victim of a handbag snatch, while Merton and the others are trying to track some valuable porcelain figures stolen in Whitby when a similar theft occurs at Mr Osbourne's.

Category: Crime drama / Drama / Crime
Original air date: 29/12/2002

Cast and crew

Jonas GrimasDirector
David LonsdaleDavid Stockwell
Tricia PenroseGina Ward
William SimonsAlf Ventress
Jason Durr
Mark JordanPhil Bellamy
Geoffrey HughesVernon Scripps
Nicola King
Richard Sinnott

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