Season 1 • Episode 6
LatestThe Russian mafia money has arrived and Vickers is on an all-time high, blissfully unaware that Burnside is hell bent on revenge for the murder of Tony Shotton.
Burnside is a British television police procedural drama, broadcast on ITV in 2000. The series, a spin-off from ITV's long-running police drama The Bill, focused on DCI Frank Burnside, formerly a detective at Sun Hill and now working for the National Crime Squad. Burnside ran for one series of six episodes, structured as three two-part stories.
Acting
Christopher Ellison's terrifyingly charismatic antihero.
Writing
Burnside's dialogue—snarling, bitter, unexpectedly funny.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ellison played Burnside on The Bill for 14 years before this spin-off, making him one of British TV's longest-serving corrupt cops.
The National Crime Squad was real—formed 1998, merged into SOCA 2006—giving the show documentary-level police jargon authenticity.
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