The Worst Episodes of No Offence
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Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie – but there’s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers are all in a day’s work for this close-knit team, led by the dizzyingly capable but unquestionably unhinged DI Vivienne Deering. But when a particularly twisted serial killer emerges it leaves even the most hardened of these seasoned coppers reeling.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "No Offence" is "Episode 1", rated 7.6/10 from 314 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Episode 1" aired on 5/5/2015 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode 3".
7.6/10 314 votes#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/5/2015
DI Deering and her team must crack the case of a twisted serial killer - by whatever unconventional means possible.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 245 votes#2 - Episode 3
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/19/2015
The serial killer is showing no signs of slowing down, while local racial tensions are also running high when an Asian woman is killed in a suspected racist attack.
Director: N/A
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7.7/10 228 votes#3 - Episode 4
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/26/2015
The Friday Street team uncover a scam encouraging people in debt to sell their kidneys, while the search for another girl abducted by the serial killer leads to a big breakthrough.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 183 votes#4 - Episode 5
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2017
The race to nail the Attahs sows seeds of mistrust and secrecy between Deering, Dinah and Joy. And controversy rains when Deering recklessly co-opts mouthy Donna Calvert to infiltrate the Attah gang. Dinah has to solve a chaotic puzzle at an abortion clinic where a peaceful staff protest takes an unexpected turn and quickly starts to spiral out of control.
Director: Samira Radsi
Writer: Paul Abbott
7.8/10 264 votes#5 - Episode 2
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/12/2015
After Deering and her team lose the serial killer case, the cops see a chance to redeem themselves by investigating a dangerous new street drug. No animals were harmed in the making of this episode.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 231 votes#6 - Episode 1
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2017
On full surveillance mode, the Friday Street squad have an explosive start to the day, at the funeral of the son of notorious gangster Nora Attah. Straight back in the deep end, DI Viv Deering and the team fight to prevent the breakout of a gang war in the city. Meanwhile Joy and Tegan literally uncover a body of work to piece together a case against the dodgy crematorium owners.
Director: Catherine Morshead
Writer: Paul Abbott
7.9/10 212 votes#7 - Episode 2
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2017
As the team quell the riots that are exploding throughout Manchester, Dinah's discovery of young casualties in a gang-owned property pushes investigations in an unexpected direction. Joy is thrown into freefall after a shock discovery at Friday Street.
Director: Catherine Morshead
Writer: Paul Tomalin
7.9/10 200 votes#8 - Episode 3
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2017
The dead vape shop kids are all identified, as Dinah and Deering hunt for those aiding the Attahs in child exploitation.
Director: Sarah O'Gorman
Writer: Paul Tomalin, Mark Greig
7.9/10 190 votes#9 - Episode 4
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2017
Tensions run high between Joy, Dinah and Deering over the Attah case and the Friday Street team. And an urgent search ensues when a father reports his teenage daughter missing.
Director: Sarah O'Gorman
Writer: Jimmy Dowdall
7.9/10 186 votes#10 - Episode 6
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2017
With Deering suspended from duty, she runs rogue determined to get Nora. Back at the station, Lickberg tries to control the team, as they urgently up the manhunt for one of the Attahs' missing victims. And an unlikely alliance is agreed between Deering and Nora, who wants to stop an FGM cutter arriving on her patch - and Teegan is sent in under cover.
Director: Robert Quinn
Writer: Paul Abbott
8.0/10 225 votes#11 - Episode 5
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/2/2015
The police set up a trap for the prime suspect in the serial killer case, but their plans could be derailed entirely after a notorious child murderer's new identity is leaked on the internet.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 170 votes#12 - Episode 2
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/2018
Killer Beckett's next target is Manchester's children and Viv and the team must track down the poisoned batch of halal meat that Beckett has unleashed on the city before it's too late. In the hunt to get closer to Beckett, Dinah attempts to win the trust of the undercover cop in the midst of the far-right group Beckett used to be involved in - and uncovers explosive secrets.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 156 votes#13 - Episode 3
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/2018
Election day looms and the team is on high alert, as Beckett's reign of terror appears to be escalating when an elderly Jewish man is found dead in a graveyard. The team is right on Beckett's tail, and a meeting between getaway driver Dennis and Beckett promises to be the key to capturing him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 237 votes#14 - Episode 6
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/9/2015
Deering leads a manhunt through Manchester as the net closes in on the serial killer. Joy and Spike discover an unsettling slavery case after a brutal attack on a young homeless man.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 235 votes#15 - Episode 7
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/16/2015
The fatal shooting of a respected surgeon leads the team to an unlikely suspect. Meanwhile, Dinah and Deering make disturbing new discoveries in the serial killer case, fearing it might not be over.
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Writer: N/A
8.1/10 252 votes#16 - Episode 8
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/23/2015
In the final episode, Dinah clashes with Deering, setting off an irreversible chain of events, and an attempt to save the lives of a mother and baby goes disastrously wrong.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 148 votes#17 - Episode 4
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/2018
Paul Abbott's award-winning drama returns for a third series and sees DI Viv Deering and the Friday Street team face off against their most formidable antagonist yet: the far-right.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 156 votes#18 - Episode 5
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/2018
Caroline McCoy’s political reign brings chaos to the streets of Manchester, and catapults hardline DCI Terry Taylor into Friday Street cop shop, to bring the police in line with her agenda
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10 197 votes#19 - Episode 7
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/2017
With Deering, Dinah and Joy's friendship in jeopardy and Donna Calvert missing, the race to prevent the Attahs' escape and to bag them once and for all puts the team's lives at stake. The final action-packed showdown sees Viv at her finest, deconstructing Nora's family, and trying to repair the fractures that have crept in to her own...
Director: Robert Quinn
Writer: Paul Abbott
8.3/10 232 votes#20 - Episode 1
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/2018
A contentious mayoral election is being fought between incumbent liberal Kashif Hassan and political underdog and local-girl-done-good Caroline McCoy. Crowds gather for a mayoral debate between Hassan and political underdog McCoy - only for the hustings to end in bloodshed when an assassin strikes. As Viv Deering and her team investigate, they are forced to infiltrate the far right, and their murky world of political benefactors, if they are to catch the culprit.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.3/10 154 votes#21 - Episode 6
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/2018
The team are running out of options and their strategy is threatened when one of their own is placed in peril.
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Writer: N/A