special branch

[steve56]

watched a few episodes over the weekend,now am i right they are higher up than c.i.d. / then theres a10 that investigate corruption,then theres mi5/mi6.

[mart]

MI5/6 etc. are not police steve56.
MI stands for Military Intelligence.

Mart

[steve56]

that sounds right mart,it was made over 30 years ago but still worth watching.

[paul m]

yes but that name came from the early days when first set up.it hasn't been part of the military for a long time.mi5 deals with internal security and mi6 is foreign intelligence which spies abroad.

[paul m]

yes special branch are part of the police and deal with political offences and terrorism,a bit like mi5,but sb can make arrests.

[steve56]

interesting to see some famous faces that went on to do other things too;eg dennis waterman was a guest in 1 episode i watched last night later starred in the sweeney his sister was played by stephanie turner that played his wife in the series.