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Specials: Based on the BBC TV Drama Series: The complete novels in one volume
Brian Degas
Harry Robertson
This novel, based on the groundbreaking BBC TV drama series, shows how it takes both guts and a sense of humour to become a part-time policeman. It was adapted by the series’ creators from all twelve episodes, four of which are published here for the first time.‘You’ll learn what it’s like out there in the streets, and we’ll learn whether you’re competent to wear the uniform.’From nine to five, they are like the rest of us. Come the twilight, they don the blue uniform with pride, and volunteer their spare time to share the night vigil of the Bobby on the beat.BOB LOACH, a partner in a coach tour business, is ‘all grease and few graces’, with an ambition to be the first millionaire Special. ANJALI SHA is an NHS physiotherapist who treads the minefield of conflicting traditions: ‘My family think it’s a bad business for a well brought-up Hindu girl to prowl the streets at night with a man.’ JOHN REDWOOD is a solicitor with an unshakable belief in the decency of his fellow-man. VIV SMITH is a young bank clerk: ‘It might come as a surprise to you, Sarge, but not all women come with a built-in maternal expertise of how to deal with kids.’ And FREDDY CALDER, an overweight salesman of ladies’ lingerie, conceals a shy and sentimental heart under a brash exterior.Five ordinary people whose commitment makes them extraordinary.
SPECIALS
THE COMPLETE NOVELS
Created, written and produced by
BRIAN DEGAS
&
HARRY ROBERTSON
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Specials: Have a Nice Parade and Specials: Ask ’Em, Tell ’Em, Lift ’Em
first published in Great Britain by Fontana 1991
Specials: Over and Out first published in this volume 2017
Copyright © Brian Degas and Harry Robertson 1991, 2017
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A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780008260590
Ebook Edition © November 2017 ISBN: 9780008260606
Version: 2017-09-07
Table of Contents
Cover (#u66f9d39c-e767-52a4-825f-733395fa1d09)
Title Page (#u3469cb40-ccfc-5635-b9b5-a72ffc31eade)
Copyright (#ud18d754a-f844-5f76-85cb-9ba074b56ffc)
Part I: Have a Nice Parade (#uf08a41c0-d0d4-5a8b-9a5b-bb15439607c0)
Chapter 1 (#uf6f6f7b1-a616-5247-b522-cbe8d44de3fa)
Chapter 2 (#ubbcaca3c-3f6e-52da-adff-725ba05107a4)
Chapter 3 (#uc2575bc0-d7fc-5b3f-8b9d-94dd25bbd226)
Chapter 4 (#ub79b0f5f-f06d-5e54-a212-63acf31aaa49)
Chapter 5 (#u91a55ce8-7963-5060-b332-d45b8c12336c)
Chapter 6 (#u63e382fc-7733-512c-86ad-24611861bae1)
Chapter 7 (#u079db178-6cc9-5aae-87ae-249a22f8eea0)
Chapter 8 (#u5f661aee-b0a1-54d1-8da2-48c892605162)
Chapter 9 (#u4e970c4a-4d2c-52ae-afa0-8d63d6edc441)
Chapter 10 (#ue82a3f01-7e92-50ed-a9e1-7f9f1197e2f6)
Chapter 11 (#u092744f9-db30-58a0-8b06-a7fb39db5924)
Chapter 12 (#uf28032f4-4978-5f46-84b2-3ae6128806a9)
Chapter 13 (#u7328bbca-303e-55b6-8704-ed6823590faf)
Chapter 14 (#u914ba11a-e43a-5211-a07f-61558ed54a29)
Chapter 15 (#u60ab4eed-c24c-5f8f-97d1-c63eed3b76be)
Chapter 16 (#u5e162e36-aeda-510d-9313-ee0dd19e43ab)
Chapter 17 (#u62403244-79cd-5b4a-ac0b-066d8362a231)
Chapter 18 (#ue5c21762-cfba-5f3c-8977-480e6d0dc389)
Chapter 19 (#u5094aced-66de-5b07-ad2b-1f84db2c3b0c)
Chapter 20 (#u967dba61-aa80-50e4-a32c-c8f3ce66b6e4)
Chapter 21 (#u3fa1290b-1bb9-532d-aa1f-440f863d3ce8)
Chapter 22 (#u2acc8d2a-2943-5361-ac81-3fb9db27eacc)
Chapter 23 (#u3a22fc26-d25c-58bb-a975-bde904c97cc6)
Chapter 24 (#u0608313f-7cbd-545c-baeb-8dab1d32242b)
Chapter 25 (#uad244fe7-1c0e-5661-934b-4e07cbbffbcb)
Chapter 26 (#u9c1e8353-2f7d-5e43-8e88-75a383090f8f)
Chapter 27 (#u9f2821ba-393e-5072-b192-6ea59876f4f8)
Chapter 28 (#ub43d0d51-deb3-5a6c-9811-300372c5295b)
Chapter 29 (#u5590e5a5-3243-5083-806b-384ce20e31bf)
Chapter 30 (#u6f34882a-660b-5424-b886-33369c69951a)
Chapter 31 (#uba9d68ea-06b0-5150-98e1-705a7be30933)
Chapter 32 (#u1cd807a8-e333-5d5f-b900-10e879a49a51)
Chapter 33 (#u421e6846-7996-5370-b67c-c13923e0f0e5)
Chapter 34 (#u94a16323-85e2-5873-ba62-63c0995b90cb)
Chapter 35 (#ue32103f0-d7c9-55ff-8091-a191c4335707)
Chapter 36 (#u5e5d50f5-fc2e-5e00-93da-95cf824c7189)
Chapter 37 (#u1a80bc60-5638-5351-9960-7d7fb6692d48)
Chapter 38 (#ufd97cfd8-1524-5090-84f7-38b4f49feab9)
Chapter 39 (#u193294d0-e908-5e91-92ca-8ae7291402fa)
Chapter 40 (#u028c3a24-ba31-5e63-b1c7-cb636b02c51f)
Chapter 41 (#u110be211-bd56-5c70-a8f3-3fc1f89a3345)
Chapter 42 (#u65151c5e-85dc-5b87-a057-fa79a919376b)
Chapter 43 (#u65e7edcf-1434-5801-8a17-6eb91b75b63a)
Part II: Ask ’em, Tell ’em, Lift ’em (#u2262315b-2a32-5eaa-852b-824ccffabe21)
Chapter 1 (#u56301a9c-8675-549f-8010-0152ebe51034)
Chapter 2 (#ued818c37-95b7-5500-8b26-6e93168ae641)
Chapter 3 (#ub558137c-f94c-5f70-9c1e-dfd30eb40c4f)
Chapter 4 (#u7e0cbc7e-1a44-58dc-8c3f-f200eb420e6f)
Chapter 5 (#ue7831f1d-0002-5822-a6c6-84579981f12c)
Chapter 6 (#u555efc87-1d76-5460-a459-14cb5e5ed85c)
Chapter 7 (#uc82e0641-2a96-5b26-9807-f204bf51eb1c)
Chapter 8 (#u1fc99f97-31fb-5a7e-a256-233f395951d0)
Chapter 9 (#ua6864b2e-67cf-5c69-a1ed-e9a00c888610)
Chapter 10 (#u118ac8c5-acbd-5d37-b09f-eb69a8cee5a1)
Chapter 11 (#uc83e132c-b960-5d50-9495-bf26fc231182)
Chapter 12 (#u06c97bdc-f8c5-5378-aeae-c01d781caf17)
Chapter 13 (#u68a722c9-189f-52c6-a207-c4cba30e774c)
Chapter 14 (#uea3134bd-9f8f-5ec1-8caa-f40e6df7a545)
Chapter 15 (#uf9d13de3-7ae1-59ad-ab7d-0401ff958913)
Chapter 16 (#u6291ba7d-d60a-5a37-b984-6a12bb88794a)
Chapter 17 (#ud137371b-c461-5ce9-860c-872e8b13e506)
Chapter 18 (#u60c4651c-fbc2-5d6d-8265-bc67effcf7e1)
Chapter 19 (#u2c2a2cbb-dad3-58f0-bbe4-be57e935f53e)
Chapter 20 (#ubb9eb370-5d79-5db3-be3c-57541bc5dd56)
Chapter 21 (#u33964a04-3a43-5dda-ac5a-e880c3790341)
Chapter 22 (#u57c56dd6-cb93-58e8-838d-bc69ae2394f1)
Chapter 23 (#ub154ab72-d7ea-5e4e-a5ce-b9f0f174e71d)
Chapter 24 (#ud26c1372-4a56-5105-8de5-b20ef5cff14a)
