Smithy's faced with an angry vigilante

Smithy's faced with an angry vigilante
Smithy's faced with an angry vigilante

Drug dealing on a housing estate, a vigilante, and a dedicated and trusted Pc announcing his transfer are the headaches Inspector Dale 'Smithy' Smith faces on a turbulent shift… Following several calls about drug dealing in her neighbourhood from shop owner Angie Burgess (Charlotte Palmer), Smithy leads a raid on the Manley Road estate. The officers retrieve stolen goods, nab small-time dealers and turn over brothels. But Smithy wants to nick big-time dealer Dave Clayton, who is the main cause of crime in the local community. Having kept an eye on Dave, Smithy knows just he has taken delivery of a large amount of drugs and plans to catch him red-handed. But by the time he gets to Dave’s flat the drugs are gone. Determined to get his man, Smithy holds a meeting with local residents but the only person to support him is shopkeeper Angie. When dealer Dave turns up with his brother Benny Angie makes it clear she's not afraid of him and she wants him off the estate, but teenager daughter Steph runs off. Then a shocked Smithy discovers who took the drugs from Dave's flat: it was angry Angie. And then Angie’s daughter is found stabbed in an alleyway... Can Smithy and his officers regain control of the estate without anyone else getting hurt?

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.