Mitch (1984)
Synopsis
Mitch is a newspaper reporter with a difference, he cares about the people he reports.
First Air Date: 1984-08-31
Last Air Date: 1984-11-02
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 10
Created By: Donald Zec, Roger Marshall
Networks: ITV1
Top Cast
- John Thaw as Mitch
- David Calder as Ben Hall
- Clare Higgins as Jo
- Gawn Grainger as Jerry Nicholson
- Eileen Nicholas as Joyce Barlow
- Philippa Urquhart as Susan
- Pete Postlethwaite as Jack Frost
- Niall Tóibín as Sir Ralph Murie
- Oliver Ford Davies as Dept. Assist. Commissioner Gradley
- Jonathan Adams as Peter Allison
Seasons
Season 1 (1984)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Something Private
The unusually caring reporter goes to a village where a 10-year old boy has been murdered, but the locals are not very sociable - even with each other.
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Ep. 2: Sleeping Dogs
Mitch gets in too deep with MI6 business, and the suspicious death of a homosexual. Meanwhile, his wife is trying to get him fit by making him able to run.
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Ep. 3: Business as Usual
A police inspector is shot after pursuing a burglar along the street, and everyone Mitch talks to describes him as a saint.
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Ep. 4: Who Must Remain Anonymous
A series of muggings of old people are taking place, but as they are being committed by black people the police have to tread very carefully so as not to be accused of racism.
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Ep. 5: Fit Up
When a petty criminal is spared a prison sentence, the two cops who sorted it for him want more than he bargained for. Can Mitch expose bent cops, or is that in too deep even for him?
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Ep. 6: Squealer
Ex-villain Reg Grey promises his wife he's now gone straight. But he is then arrested for a crime he committed a few years before. Mrs Grey tells Mitch that the arrest came from a tip-off from regular Police informer Jack Frost.
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Ep. 7: Postman's Knock
A postman is shot while apparently being a have-a-go hero and stopping some armed robbers, but Mitch finds out everything is not as clear cut as it seems.
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Ep. 8: Saturday Night
Mitch begins drinking again and attends a few parties, where he and his friends make a series of cringe-worthy jokes.
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Ep. 9: A Family Matter
Some Asians in the area are attacked by yobbos, and Mitch's son gets a burst appendix, which brings the wife from whom he has separated back into his life.
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Ep. 10: The Nature of the Beast
Mitch goes undercover in a dangerous white supremacist group, and he doesn't fair much better in his private life.
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