[Interviewing the candidates, first on-screen appearance of Brian Lane and Gerry Standing]
Ex-DI Brian Lane, Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman.
Pullman? Sussex University. Accelerated entry, 1987. Bramshill, '92. DI, Murder Squad, '92 - '95. DCI, Armed Robbery Squad, '95 - '98.
So how's it been going Brian - retirement?
Oh, fantastic. Love it. Best thing I ever did. Get do what I want, when I want. Grandchildren, gardening, football, swimming, day trips... gardening, car, pets, dogs, the wife. Did I mention gardening?
Your days sound pretty full. I wouldn't have thought you'd want to come back.
I don't. Not as a cop. But as an investigative officer, technically a civilian, full access to files... when do we start?
[next candidate sits down - Gerry Standing]
Ah! An ahstray!
Uh, we'd rather you didn't.
But there's–
The squad will initially be quite small. Concentrating on murder cases, and then, depending on the success of the operation, expanding to encompass other–
It's her innit? Woof, woof, bang, bang.
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