| Genre: | Crime drama |
| Creator: | Barry Simner Rob Pursey |
| Starring: | Ken Stott Caroline Catz David Harewood Marc Warren Rosie Marcel Tim Pigott-Smith Mel Raido Tamzin Malleson |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Series: | 5 |
| Num Episodes: | 28 |
| Producer: | Stephen Smallwood |
| Runtime: | 60–120 mins (inc. adverts) |
| Company: | Carlton Television Touchpaper Television |
| Network: | ITV |
The Vice is an ITV police drama about the Metropolitan Police Vice Unit, which ran for five series of varying lengths between 4 January 1999 and 1 July 2003. The main cast included Ken Stott, Caroline Catz and David Harewood, as well as Rosie Marcel, Marc Warren and Tim Pigott-Smith. The show experimented with different formats, two series of two-part, one-hour episodes; two series of ninety-minute episodes, and then a final series of self-contained one-hour episodes. The Portishead track "Sour Times" was used as the theme music to the show.
"Hooked", although often referred to as the first episode of series five, and broadcast in 2003 prior to the broadcast of series five, was officially classified as the last episode of series four as it featured the last appearance of Pat Chappel, and was filmed during the filming block of series four. It was also the last episode to be ninety-minutes long, before the transfer to one-hour episodes, and it was also the last time that the original title card and sequence were used.
| Cast member | Character | Episode duration |
|---|---|---|
| Ken Stott | Inspector Pat Chappel | "Daughters (Part One)" (Ep. 1) - "Hooked" (Ep. 22) |
| Caroline Catz | Police Constable Cheryl Hutchins | "Daughters (Part One)" (Ep. 1) - "Lust" (Ep. 28) |
| David Harewood | Sergeant/Inspector Joe Robinson | |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | Detective Sergeant/Inspector/Chief Inspector Frank Vickers | "Out of Mind" (Ep. 15), "Falling" (Ep. 18), "Hooked" (Ep. 22) - "Lust" (Ep. 28) |
| Marc Warren | Police Constable Dougie Raymond | "Daughters (Part One)" (Ep. 1) - "Walking on Water (Part Two)" (Ep. 10) |
| Rosie Marcel | Police Constable Kirsty Morgan | "Out of Mind" (Ep. 15) - "Lust" (Ep. 28) |
| Mel Raido | Police Constable Adam Parkes | "Hooked" (Ep. 22) - "Lust" (Ep. 28) |
| Tamzin Malleson | Police Constable Lorraine Johnston | "Control" (Ep. 23) - "Lust" (Ep. 28) |
| Jake Nightingale | Sergeant Stuart Cole |
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