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Cast for season 17, episode 33 "A Week of Nights: Part 1"

New Area Car driver Des Taviner makes an instant impression on the relief when he starts work on the night shift at Sun Hill, with his no-nonsense attitude and sharp wit impressing the likes of Page and Hayward, however Stamp is wary of his rival’s methods, having briefly worked with Taviner whilst on secondment to the Robbery Squad. Taviner is paired with Worrell, but soon demands she be taken off the role as Area Car operator, saying she is "clueless". Paired with Hollis, Taviner uses his colleague’s experience and knowledge to learn the lay of the land. However, Hollis is later left doubting his new partner when Taviner chats up two girls waiting for the night bus, offering them a lift home. Two drunk girls from a hen party brought in by Stamp and Hayward give Glaze an unexpected break in a series of rapes on the Jasmine Allen estate, but it come too late to stop another attack when residents report a woman screaming on Canley Fields, leading to the entire night shift racing to the scene to track the woman down.

First appearance of PC Des Taviner, Elizabeth Berrington and Mark Monero guest star

Season 17 index | <<< S17E32 "Collateral Damage" | S17E34 "A Week of Nights: Part 2" >>>