Pie in the Sky - Season 5 - Eps 6: The Apprentice

1997-08-0350 min⭐ 8.4/10

As Fisher launches a campaign to make the police more popular with young people a boy called Nicky comes to Pie in the Sky, claiming he is there for work experience. Henry uses him in the kitchen and he impresses everyone but then the till is robbed and Nicky, who was not sent by any school, goes missing. His mother last saw him a week earlier, the night an off-licence was robbed by a violent teenage gang. Henry tracks Nicky down to a childhood haunt and finds out that he was bullied into joining the gang and now regrets it, which he proves by leading them into a police trap.

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About Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky

Title: Pie in the Sky

First Air Date: 1994-03-13

Last Air Date: 1997-08-17

Status: Ended

Rating: 8.4/10 (from 11 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 6

Total Episodes: 40

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.

Cast

Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

Henry Crabbe

Nicholas Lamont

Nicholas Lamont

Gary Palmer

Marsha Thomason

Marsha Thomason

Sally

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