Drama concerning a pair of female private detectives, Pearl Parker (Buki Armstrong) and Finn Gallagher (Rosie Rowell) operating within the bustling multicultural communities of South London. The series was renowned for affording opportunities to new talent, women and people of colour both in front of and behind the cameras.
South Of The Border (Season 2)
Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Writer: Tony Dennis
Air date: 1990-05-11
Overview: Eddie has invented a new type of aerial which can be used to infiltrate any device. his ex Irene Chalk's children's home is abruptly closed down by the council. Irene is suspicious when she spots someone using Eddie's now stolen aerial to spy on her.
Episode 2 (Episode 2)
Writer: Tony Dennis
Air date: 1990-05-18
Overview: Eddie vanishes after learning Irene's children's home is holding up the major development of a new supermarket. Finding him murdered, Finn and Pearl investigate
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Writer: Kwabena Manso
Air date: 1990-05-25
Overview: Returning from visiting a client in Paris, Milly is arrested at the aiport in possession of Class A drugs. It's up to Pearl and Finn to prove her innocence
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Writer: Barbara Machin
Air date: 1990-06-01
Overview: Milly is asked to help Anna get a divorce from her brutal husband Michael. She wants to keep the children but fears being in a lesbian relationship will go against her.
Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Writer: Barbara Machin
Air date: 1990-06-08
Overview: Pearl and Finn are looking for art student Lisa Stone but the case becomes personal when Pearl discovers that Lisa's father is also her own father.
Episode 6 (Episode 6)
Writer: Jon Paul Morgan
Air date: 1990-06-15
Overview: Dr Manci has a seriously ill patient from Sri Lanka stricken with Ebola from the lab she's been working at illegally. Pearl and Finn must break into the lab and steal the antitode before the virus kills her
Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Writer: Michael Ellis
Air date: 1990-06-22
Overview: When right wing councillor John MacVerney is stabbed, the Carnival organiser Julian Henry is accused. Though the councillor subsequently backtracks, Finn learns that Henry did indeed stab him and that the pair had been lovers. Henry is later found murdered

Seasons

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Episodes 7