Specials: Based on the BBC TV Drama Series: The complete novels in one volume

This novel, based on the groundbreaking BBC TV drama series, shows how it takes both guts and a sense of humour to become a part-time policeman. It was adapted by the series’ creators from all twelve episodes, four of which are published here for the first time.‘You’ll learn what it’s like out there in the streets, and we’ll learn whether you’re competent to wear the uniform.’From nine to five, they are like the rest of us. Come the twilight, they don the blue uniform with pride, and volunteer their spare time to share the night vigil of the Bobby on the beat.BOB LOACH, a partner in a coach tour business, is ‘all grease and few graces’, with an ambition to be the first mil…