Series 2 - update

When a bomb warning is reported, A-Division go on red alert. According to the caller, the IRA have brought their mainland bombing campaign to Manchester. DI Sam Tyler soon realises the bomb warning reported doesn’t fit with his understanding of IRA methods. However when Sam’s 2006 know-how fails to puts his team at risk, they turn his back on him.

As his own team’s trust in him evaporates, Sam fights to prove Gene’s theory that the IRA is to blame is too obvious. Desperate to regain the faith of his colleagues, Sam realises he must also stop a fearful, bigoted CID going after the Irish community with typical ‘Gene Hunt’ aggression. Sam begins to show his colleagues what testing times lie ahead for them and how forming genuine bonds of trust with their communities could be the only way to ensure peace in the city, a concept Gene finds hard to adopt!