6.8/10106 votesLoading...#1 - Sink or Swim
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/18/2013
Determined to prove her mettle, WPC Gina Dawson's resolve is tested on her first day.
Director: Ian Barber
Writer: Dominique Moloney
7.0/1073 votesLoading...#2 - Cry, Cry, Cry
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/10/2014
The travelling fair comes to town, and WPC Dawson searches for a runaway girl.
Director: Niall Fraser
Writer: Dominique Moloney
7.1/1098 votesLoading...#3 - Memories are Made of This
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/19/2013
When another woman is attacked, Gina risks her career to prove Donald's innocence.
Director: Ian Barber
Writer: Ray Brooking
7.1/1072 votesLoading...#4 - Eye of the Storm
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/12/2014
An undercover operation threatens to expose a secret that could ruin Inspector Briggs.
Director: Niall Fraser
Writer: Dominique Moloney
7.2/1087 votesLoading...#5 - Great Pretenders
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/20/2013
Jack has a new suspect and an attack at the cafe leaves an officer's life in danger.
Director: Ian Barber
Writer: Dominique Moloney
7.2/10140 votesLoading...#6 - A Different Beat
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/9/2015
A predator has been targeting contestants in a beauty contest and new WPC, Annie Taylor, is soon on his trail. Briggs and DI Sawyer are shocked when some old foes and wrong-doings come back to haunt them.
Director: Lisa Clarke
Writer: Dominique Moloney
7.3/1080 votesLoading...#7 - Nature of the Beast
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/21/2013
The mystery deepens as Jack gets closer to finding the other missing boy.
Director: Niall Fraser
Writer: Ray Brooking
7.3/1073 votesLoading...#8 - Dead Man Dancing
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/11/2014
Max and Fenton investigate a flood of counterfeit notes, and Lenny shows his true colours.
Director: Niall Fraser
Writer: Ray Brooking
7.5/1079 votesLoading...#9 - Little Boy Lost
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/22/2013
Gina's life is put in danger when an attempt to lure the killer takes a deadly twist.
Director: Niall Fraser
Writer: Dominique Moloney
7.5/1067 votesLoading...#10 - That Old Devil Called Love
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/13/2014
Coulson's advances on Gina take a sinister turn, and Fenton's corruption is exposed.
Director: James Larkin
Writer: Ray Brooking
7.6/1068 votesLoading...#11 - The Harder They Fall
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/14/2014
Tommy meets a bullied schoolboy, and Fenton enlists help from an unlikely party.
Director: James Larkin
Writer: Dominique Moloney
7.6/10127 votesLoading...#12 - Walk the Line
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/2015
Annie's involvement in a murder case results in conflict with her father. Briggs finds it hard to be a good husband, while Susie continues to anger a lovesick Swift.
Director: Lisa Clarke
Writer: Ray Brooking
7.8/10122 votesLoading...#13 - From the Shadows
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 3/11/2015
Events end up taking a sinister turn after DI Sawyer’s missing suspect makes a sudden violent reappearance. Coulson recruits Fenton to do his dirty work. Annie and Tommy try and play cupid to Susie and Swift.
Director: Lisa Clarke
Writer: Dominique Moloney
8.0/10122 votesLoading...#14 - The Wayward Wind
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/12/2015
Coulson decides to Briggs’ misfortune to reassert his power at the police station. DI Sawyer questions a suspect with a shocking wartime story to tell.
Director: David Beauchamp
Writer: Ray Brooking
8.2/10116 votesLoading...#15 - Requiem
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 3/13/2015
A tragic event leaves the the team having to decide where their loyalties lie. Time is running out for Annie and DI Sawyer as they find it hard to unlock the dark secrets of the Petra Project.
Director: David Beauchamp
Writer: Dominique Moloney
The Worst Episodes of WPC 56
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Drama following WPC Gina Dawson, the first Woman Police Constable to join Brinford Constabulary, a fictional police force in the West Midlands, in 1956. The...
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC One
Worst Episodes Summary
"Sink or Swim" is the worst rated episode of "WPC 56". It scored 6.8/10 based on 106 votes. Directed by Ian Barber and written by Dominique Moloney, it aired on 3/18/2013. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Cry, Cry, Cry".