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City Central

1998NR3 seasonsTV series

The everyday public and private lives of the detectives, policemen and policewomen who work at the inner-city Christmas Street police station in Manchester.

Crime

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Cast

Ashley Jensen
Paul Nicholls
Matthew LewisBen Morton
Jimi MistryKumar Joshi
Connie Hyde
Emily Hamilton
Ian Aspinall
Kate Gartside
Katie
Lorraine Ashbourne
Terence Harvey
Ray StevensonDI Tony Baynham
Martin WalshGary Riddell
Damian ZukLee Mackey

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Created by: Tony Jordan
First aired: April 4, 1998
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 32
Status: Ended
Network: BBC One
Original language: English

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