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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nTwo best mates. Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters star as a dynamic cop duo in Universal TV\u2019s new blockbuster drama. The show unites big, emotional stories with blood pumping stunt sequences as it follows Bishop and Pike, two cops who are best friends and bonded by the same moral code, despite their very different backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Set in London, it\u2019s a fun, authentic, action-packed ride around the city as Bishop and Pike tackle the bad guys in their own uncompromising style, all while maintaining their friendship, their relationships and taking on ghosts from the past. Lead Characters<\/p>\n\n\n\n Senior Officer Ronnie Pike (Ashley Walters)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pike is the stable half of the duo. He\u2019s a family man from a good background and, charming and widely admired, he\u2019s set to follow in the footsteps of his successful father and climb the ranks of the police. But he is torn between his love for his wife and daughters and his addiction to his job, and the high-speed chases, undercover work and gun battles that come with it. And Bishop, who\u2019s an inextricable part of that. Family aside, it\u2019s what he loves the most. But he\u2019s worried it\u2019s going to kill him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Senior Officer Aaron Bishop (Noel Clarke)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bishop is a bit of a drifter. Abandoned as a child and brought up by mild mannered foster parents, he is unpredictable, full of fire and, without a rudder to direct him, a walking time bomb. The one person he has faith in \u2013 the only one that has never let him down \u2013 is Pike. That is until the pair are tested to the max by their desire for security, by life-and-death situations and the true horror of the criminal world. In the course of series one, the very fabric that binds Bishop and Pike is torn apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Director General Of The NCA, Ronald Pike Snr (Clarke Peters)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A decorated and accomplished officer, Pike Snr is as comfortable running a major police operation as he is at the head of the dinner table surrounded by family and friends. He spends a lot of time with his sonPike and his family, and is close to the deputy mayor, Charlotte Carmel. He is looked up to and admired by Pike, but he wishes his son would show more ambition and leave his current job \u2013 and, crucially, Bishop \u2013 behind to climb the ladder. As the series unfolds and past secrets come to light, cracks begin to show in the relationship between Pike Snr and his son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lead Officer Sarah Tanner (Lindsey Coulson)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tanner has hand selected the bright young things in her unit and she\u2019s a mentor as well as a leader to them. If any of them are hurt on the job, she takes it personally. She has to balance the top brass and red tape with letting her guys get on with policing the streets their way \u2013 especially Bishop and Pike, who often take their own path to getting the job done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Episode 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pike attends an award ceremony for his police chief father Ronald Pike Snr alongside his godmother Charlotte Carmel, the deputy mayor of London. Bishop meanwhile, is buying the food for a family lunch. But their plans are interrupted when an informant is killed and they uncover a crime ring stealing luxury cars. While staking out a warehouse, two of the team are kidnapped, and after a car chase towards the docks\u00a0a shoot-out leaves one of them being rushed to A&E. Bishop and Pike take down the gang but it\u2019s a hollow success, and as Pike goes home to his family, Bishop heads to the hospital. But his world\u2019s about to be blown apart. Bishop\u2019s holding it together on the job, but Pike senses something is wrong. Still, the boys head to work when notorious criminal Michael Sharp, who\u2019s been in Spain for decades, turns up in London. They tail him to a heist at a safety deposit box facility and after a gun battle on the streets catch one of the robbers, Barton. But Sharp \u2013 along with dozens of deposit boxes \u2013 is gone. Further investigations lead the pair to more surprises, and just when they think they\u2019re making progress, they\u2019re forced to flee a hail of bullets in a nerve-shredding chase through the forest. The boys are outraged when the Sharp case is moved to another unit. Sent to follow a drug gang instead, a stake-out descends into a zombie knife being pulled and Bishop and Pike chasing down a 14-year-old dealer called Ryan. And it\u2019s not long before the case leads the team into another life-and-death operation: a huge raid on a cannabis farm. Meanwhile, Arjana needs money to fund a big opportunity at work, meaning Pike must swallow his pride and ask his dad for help. And there\u2019s a shock in store as Pike and Bishop ignore orders and head to the prison to talk to Barton. Arjana has a surprising meeting. Meanwhile, Pike assures Pike Snr the boys are no longer investigating the Sharp case, before he and Bishop head out to visit a gun supplier they believe may be connected to it. It seems to be a dead end, but as they are leaving they make a gruesome discovery. The situation gets even more grave as they take a man to the station for questioning and there\u2019s a disturbing revelation. And then, after a devastating turn of events, things become very personal for Pike. Pike\u2019s wife and kids are in danger, he and Bishop are at odds and the case is taking its toll \u2013 so much so that, as his family are moved into a safe house, he finally gives in to his dad and accepts a desk job away from the unit. Bishop, left to find the truth about the Sharp case on his own, scours old case files and uncovers a name connecting Sharp\u2019s previous arrests: Graham Borlock. He chases the lead but hits a brick wall \u2013 until he receives a package that contains something that rocks him to his core. Meanwhile, Arjana continues to push through Charlotte\u2019s development deal,\u00a0but finds something she doesn\u2019t like. The contents of the package have changed everything, and Bishop and Pike are more determined than ever to find answers. They pay a visit to the heavily fortified house of a scared Borlock,\u00a0and promise to protect him if he tells them everything he knows about Sharp. Borlock opens up and the secrets that he spills \u2013 as well as a prison break, a car chase involving an ambulance and a tense hostage situation \u2013 put Bishop and Pike in a race against time to get to the culprits. The case doesn\u2019t end without heartache and changes things forever. 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Two very different pasts.
One rollercoaster mission.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nBlood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family. These two have got each other\u2019s backs, no matter what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Bulletproof-Ashley-Walters-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\")
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