Stingers
Stingers brings to light the life and work of an undercover police unit located in Melbourne. This dangerous work requires complete dedication, one slip can cost an operative their life.
Seasons
1. Ratcatcher
Air Date: 1998-09-29
When a Homicide investigation into the disappearance of a teenage babysitter fails to reveal any useful evidence, Church and Angie go undercover to infiltrate a sinister criminal family.
2. Hit Me
Air Date: 1998-10-06
Someone is looking to hire a hitman, so Church goes undercover. Surprisingly, his client is a woman who claims that her husband is trying to kill her. She wants him dead before he succeeds.
3. The Initiation
Air Date: 1998-10-13
A policeman has been shot. Undercover is called upon to infiltrate a suspected Romanian gang, but they don't deal with outsiders. Rocca must rely on an ex-undercover operative who could potentially jeopardize the job and the unit.
4. Show The Dead Mouse (1)
Air Date: 1998-10-20
Undercover is called in to find a serial killer. When Angie's cover is blown, Kaye becomes her replacement. Her first solo job is going well until all contact with her is lost and she vanishes.
5. Show The Dead Mouse (2)
Air Date: 1998-10-27
Following Kay's disappearance, the Unit goes into damage control, scrutinizing the surveillance footage and following up on the few leads they have - a process that provides an unexpected suspect.
6. Backlash
Air Date: 1998-11-03
Whilst undercover, Church is employed by a brutal mercenary, Cameron Fraser, to assist in the abduction of a young girl. After a botched attempt, Fraser successfully tails Church, putting the security of the unit at risk.
7. Innocents Abroad
Air Date: 1998-11-10
Following the drug-related death of a young clubber, the unit attempts to crack a large scale Ecstasy racket.
8. Blind Love
Air Date: 1998-11-17
MacKenzie is put undercover on the witness protection scheme to befriend a victim of attempted murder because of her connections with a leading politician who is suspected of corruption.
9. Jelly Babies
Air Date: 1998-11-24
While taking part in a buy/bust, Church and his dealer inadvertently get caught up in a siege instigated by three teenage criminals.
10. Nothing Personal
Air Date: 1999-02-22
The Professional Integrity Unit investigates undercover over claims of corrupt handling. After evidence leads to Rocca's suspension, the unit wants to know what's going on.
11. Ten Feet Tall And Bullet proof
Air Date: 1999-03-01
Church is forced to drop his longtime informant, Benny. Benny is outraged, but as a last hurrah, he gives Church information about a planned armoured van robbery.
12. Faking It
Air Date: 1999-03-08
Working undercover with bikies, Church sets up a buy/bust which turns sour after Stone is bashed and falls into a coma. Emotions run high as Church is forced to remain undercover.
13. Right On Target
Air Date: 1999-03-15
After Stone is nearly shot during a meeting with a dealer, Mac is worried about Stone's well-being when an informant helps Stone penetrate a gun dealing ring.
14. Without Fear Or Favour
Air Date: 1999-04-06
The Unit goes undercover to locate a charismatic prison escapee, Kane, who accuses the police of wanting him dead rather than recaptured.
15. Lunatic Fringe (1)
Air Date: 1999-04-13
Stone and Angie go undercover to infiltrate "Mother Earth," a radical environmental group suspected of stealing explosives. Church is put in prison to befriend Aaron Feilder, the psychopathic leader of the group.
16. Lunatic Fringe (2)
Air Date: 1999-04-20
Church encounters Stone as part of the environmental extremist group. Stone wants to report to the unit but Church, driven by his own agenda, insists that any contact would jeopardise the sting.
17. Talker
Air Date: 1999-04-27
Someone is killing prostitutes and when a second woman is found murdered, MacKenzie and Angie go undercover at a brothel.
18. Into The Cold
Air Date: 1999-05-04
When Church goes undercover to investigate a murder, he inadvertently ingratiates himself with the Rossis, a criminal family currently the target of an independent inquiry. Church is ordered to remain undercover.
19. Lone Hand
Air Date: 1999-05-11
With the help of the unit, Church manages to impress Dino Rossi and weaken the position of his right-hand man, who is resentful of Church being accepted into the ranks.
20. Proving Ground
Air Date: 1999-05-18
With Church recruited by the Rossis, Angie goes undercover to investigate one of Dino's contacts. Church is falling in love with Dino's sister, Christina, and may ultimately have to choose between her and the Unit.
21. Cast Off
Air Date: 1999-05-25
While the Unit learns of Church's relationship with Christina, Church is forced to come to terms with Christina's involvement with the family business and refuses to testify against Dino.
22. Dead Man’s Throw
Air Date: 1999-06-01
Information comes to light that someone is trying to sell Dino details about Church. With his identity revealed, it is a deadly race against time for Church to save his relationship and his life.
1. Brilliant Lies
Air Date: 2000-06-14
A sassy new operative arrives at the Unit just as the group go undercover to entrap a gang of teenage thieves. However, a mistake leads to as kidnapping which places everyone in jeopardy.
2. Forced Perspective
Air Date: 2000-06-21
Church goes undercover into the world of stolen art. When he discovers that the target is abusing his son, Church's repressed memories of his abusive father are triggered and he must grapple with conflicting emotions.
3. Which Bank
Air Date: 2000-06-28
A well planned sting goes horribly wrong when Church infiltrates a criminal gang who are intent on robbing a very large bank.
4. Twisted Sister
Air Date: 2000-07-01
Angie's assignment is jeopardised with the unexpected arrival of her sister. Mac is faced with a crisis when she discovers that Danni is involved with a suspect.
5. Unplaced Favourite
Air Date: 2000-07-08
Danni's future with the unit is on the line when her ex-boyfriend becomes the prime suspect in a horse-doping scam.
6. No Way Out
Air Date: 2000-07-15
Hollister asks Mac for help to capture master bank robber, Marty Stockwell. Hollister wants revenge after Stockwell fatally shot one of his men. Church and Danni go undercover to bring Stockwell to justice.
7. Necessary Force
Air Date: 2000-08-22
In court, things go horribly wrong when the Magistrate dismisses the charges against Tony Howarth for shooting Bernie Rocca. Church comes under fire from Internal Affairs after he is accused of using excessive force to obtain a confession.
8. No Pain, No Gain
Air Date: 2000-08-29
Church becomes involved in a young boy's life after he catches him trying to steal his car. Meanwhile, Angie goes undercover to expose a dentist accused of malpractice.
9. HeartLine
Air Date: 2000-09-05
Three backpackers are murdered. Stone is sent in to investigate the suspect, Evelyn Leigh but he lets his emotions cloud his judgement - a mistake that could cost him his life.
10. Mob Rules
Air Date: 2000-09-12
Mac and Church must infiltrate a neighbourhood residents group who are protesting the acquittal and return to the neighbourhood of a local teacher recently charged with the murder of a young student.
11. A Marriage to Die For
Air Date: 2000-09-12
When Church conducts a sting on a bikie gang, a simple gun deal becomes complicated after Church is hired to do a hit.
12. In Too Deep
Air Date: 2000-09-19
The undercover Unit face a psychological challenge when an operative loses his identity during a long-term assignment.
13. The Last Hit
Air Date: 2000-09-19
Church strikes up an unlikely friendship with a hitman after preventing his attempted suicide. He is drawn into the middle of a heated triangle with no simple solution.
14. Fine Details
Air Date: 2000-09-26
Danni learns the meaning of betrayal when she is forced to use an innocent to solve a murder.
15. Truly, Madly, Deeply
Air Date: 2000-10-03
MacKenzie faces a dilemma when Detective Inspector Bill Hollister is revealed as a regular client at an illegal brothel.
16. The Good Life
Air Date: 2000-10-17
Danni and the rest of the team are called in when a well-known career criminal turns Crown witness under unusual circumstances.
17. Second Chance
Air Date: 2000-10-24
MacKenzie's past comes back to haunt her when her adopted brother is released from prison.
18. Every Move You Make
Air Date: 2000-10-31
While working to exposed and armed robbery ring, Angie is stalked by an obsessed admirer. The stalker not only jeopardises Angie's sting, but threatens the security of the entire unit.
19. A Matter of Trust
Air Date: 2000-11-07
Church must put his career on the line when an old Academy buddy is implicated in a homicide.
20. Spare Parts
Air Date: 2000-11-14
A personal favour from Church becomes a case for Undercover when an illegal organ-trading scam is exposed.
21. Organised Crime
Air Date: 2000-11-21
The Undercover Unit are assigned to investigate a five-year-old unsolved bank robbery with tragic consequences.
22. Something Old, Something New
Air Date: 2000-11-21
MacKenzie and Angie face an internal Affairs investigation when an informant commits suicide.
1. Collateral Damage
Air Date: 2002-08-13
Oscar Stone's Killer is brought to trial in a situation of high security. The accused is represented by a high profile criminal barrister, Ingrid Burton.
2. The Last Dance
Air Date: 2002-08-20
When Church goes undercover as an armed robber, he is busted by a young cop. Harris is so impressed that he arranges for her to join Undercover for a trial period.
3. Teamwork
Air Date: 2002-09-03
Church's undercover assignment results in the kidnapping of a drug dealer's son. Meanwhile, Chris finds herself on what appears to be a routine surveillance job at a video store.
4. Looking After Number One
Air Date: 2002-09-10
An undercover attempt to sting a drug distributor results in tragedy, with accusations made against an undercover operative.
5. Old Scores
Air Date: 2002-09-24
Harris sends Chris undercover to infiltrate a violent gang of brothers despite Church's reservations about her inexperience.
6. Separation Anxiety
Air Date: 2002-10-01
A middle-aged woman, Helen, brings a cardboard box into police headquarters claiming it contains a bomb.
7. Slow Hand, Easy Touch
Air Date: 2002-10-08
Church's hapless pursuit of the coke happy Vidarl crew takes a turn for the worst when most of them turn up dead - victims of a bloody armed robbery.
8. Scratch Me Lucky
Air Date: 2002-10-15
Church goes undercover on a building site to investigate union corruption and the disappearance of activist Craig Shore.
9. Payback
Air Date: 2002-10-22
Church goes undercover on the construction site where Ingrid Burton's client, Steer, was murdered. Church is convinced that Harris is corrupt and goes to extreme lengths to prove it.
10. The Whole Truth
Air Date: 2002-10-29
Church and Angie continue piecing together links between Conrad, suspected drug kingpin Sting Endquist and known union basher Rick Tyson. Harris suspects Church of corruption.
11. Breakdown
Air Date: 2002-11-05
Harris is clearly losing it and is convinced that his officers are out to get him. In his paranoid state, he decides it's time to do something about Church...kill him.
12. Partners in Crime
Air Date: 2002-11-12
The cat is well and truly set among the pigeons when Church and Harris are forced to work together determined to catch two small-time dealers.
13. Revenge of the Turtles
Air Date: 2002-11-19
Church and Harris find themselves under extreme pressure to clear their names after the Police Integrity Unit are tipped off about the duo's possible involvement in a drug trade.
14. Uriel's Sword
Air Date: 2002-11-26
When drug boss Sting Endquist survives an attempt on his life, Church convinces him that the assailant was Stone's killer, Conrad.
1. Lies and Secrets
Air Date: 2003-03-25
Church's determination to find Ingrid, missing for seven days, brings him into conflict with his colleagues.
2. Pentimento
Air Date: 2003-04-01
An undercover operation investigating stolen art reveals black market dealings.
3. Cul-De-Sac
Air Date: 2003-04-08
Harris' attempts to teach a mate a lesson in crime and punishment backfire with disastrous consequences.
4. Your Cheating Heart
Air Date: 2003-04-15
When Angie is hired as a nurse by two brothers, she's forced to go on a job without back-up.
5. Don't Look Back
Air Date: 2003-04-22
Chris' future is jeopardised when she's forced to shoot a former squat mate.
6. Snakes in the Grass
Air Date: 2003-04-29
The team lose a colleague when a hostage situation erupts at Police Headquarters.
7. Aftershocks
Air Date: 2003-05-06
While investigating the murder of a friend, Church loses Angie's Heart to his boss, Luke Harris.
8. Priapus' Playground
Air Date: 2003-05-13
Church and Angie penetrate the liberated world of swinging couples and find that love really is a drug.
9. The Eighth Day
Air Date: 2003-05-20
Church fakes the murder of a security guard to infiltrate a Jewish crime family.
10. Sex & Drugs & Deep House
Air Date: 2003-05-27
Chris' relationship with a lesbian clubber turns to tragedy when her lover is suspected of murder.
11. New Blood
Air Date: 2003-06-03
The unit discover a renegade young detective who has all the qualities to become the new undercover recruit.
12. Cold War
Air Date: 2003-06-10
Rookie Leo Flynn bites off more than he can chew while investigating a drug war between two rival ice-cream vendors.
13. Acts of Love
Air Date: 2003-06-17
Harris takes an impulsive trip to Singapore in an attempt to win Angie's heart and protect her from Internal Affairs.
14. Heartbeat
Air Date: 2003-06-24
A young deaf girl arrives at PHQ declaring she's Church's daughter. When Harris uses her to solve a crime, all hell breaks loose.
15. Sons & Lovers
Air Date: 2003-07-01
The undercover unit simultaneously pursues a European war criminal and her drug dealing son.
16. It Started with a Kiss
Air Date: 2003-07-08
A sexual indiscretion of Harris' comes back to haunt him when Church is hired to kill him.
17. Wild Card
Air Date: 2003-07-15
Church makes a dangerous call when faced with a conflict of loyalty between Harris and his old boss, Bernie rocca.
18. Practice of Deceit
Air Date: 2003-07-22
Flynn endangers his life and that of his pregnant sister on a deadly assignment with two cop killers.
19. Killing Heidi
Air Date: 2003-07-29
Chris risks her life to sting a sadistic chef for murder.
20. Sleeping with the Enemy
Air Date: 2003-08-05
Church is hired at a furniture removal company suspected of a drug Courier business.
21. A Horse Is a Horse
Air Date: 2003-08-12
Masters goes undercover in order to bust a racehorse stealing, coke dealing porn king.
22. Conversations with the Dead
Air Date: 2003-08-19
Church goes undercover as a spiritual medium to hoodwink an international gun runner.
23. Free Radical
Air Date: 2003-08-26
Sophie takes Church to lunch with two of the state's biggest criminals. But will the meal be church's last?
24. Daddy's Little Diamond
Air Date: 2003-09-02
While playing nanny to the daughter of a suspected hitman, Chris is horrified by the child's revelation.
25. Time Out
Air Date: 2003-09-09
Leo finds himself in deep trouble with a group of armed robbers while Harris is having his own problems.
26. Perfect Match
Air Date: 2003-09-16
Harris is blackmailed by an adversary from his past who threatens to reveal his fire psychiatric disorder. Meanwhile, Angie receives a proposal of marriage.
27. Boosted
Air Date: 2003-09-23
Harris' blackmailer has more tricks up his sleeve which puts Angie's life on the line.
28. One Perfect Day
Air Date: 2003-09-30
Bi-polar, confused, gun-toting, groom Luke is a bundle of nerves - but not over the big day.
29. Troppo Fest
Air Date: 2003-10-07
The showdown between Harris and his blackmailer reaches a dramatic climax and Angie may pay the price.
30. Train Wreck
Air Date: 2003-10-14
Church unwillingly agrees to play Cupid for an informant and his estranged wife, until she is murdered.
31. The Thin Blue Line
Air Date: 2003-10-21
Flynn finds himself in a treacherous love triangle when he is seduced by colleague.
32. Love's Labours Lost
Air Date: 2003-10-28
A teenage love affair puts one of the team's children at risk on a major drug job.
33. Fashion Victim
Air Date: 2003-10-28
Things quickly become more complicated in Angie and Luke's marriage.
34. Total Recall
Air Date: 2004-03-09
Eight months have passed since Chris was shot by an unseen gunman, but the shooter's identity is still to be found.
35. The Wrong Man
Air Date: 2004-03-16
Church goes undercover as a hitman in a desperate attempt to save a kidnapped girl.
36. The Weakest Link
Air Date: 2004-03-23
Church's efforts to nail a high profile people smuggler are thrown into chaos by a rogue homicide detective.
37. Twilight
Air Date: 2004-03-30
Flynn wakes up in a hazy, drug-induced state next to the dead body of a prostitute.
38. The Object of My Affection
Air Date: 2004-04-06
A drug dealer offers to act as an informant in his father's drug organization. However, he has a condition: Chris must go on a date with him.
39. From Russia with Love
Air Date: 2004-04-13
Despite agreeing to help her, Church is not convinced that he can trust the daughter of one of his informants.
40. Cops and Robbers
Air Date: 2004-04-20
Working undercover, a masked Leo is forced to steal the proceeds of an illegal poker game - and the main players happens to be none other than Peter Church and Brian Gray.
1. Hammer Horror
Air Date: 2004-04-27
Flynn's old flame guides him deep into the world of body art, heroine and murder.
2. A Square Inside the Circle
Air Date: 2004-05-25
Chris suffers body blows when she is the forced to fight with her fists to nail a big time gangster.
3. Family Ties
Air Date: 2004-06-01
Harris and Angie's son, Joshua, is abducted in a tragic case of mistaken identity.
4. The River of No Return
Air Date: 2004-06-08
Angie goes undercover to hunt down a serial killer who is praying on a popular tourist hotel.
5. Brave New World
Air Date: 2004-06-15
Church risks radiation exposure in a desperate attempt to avert the detonation of a dirty bomb.
6. No Man's Land
Air Date: 2004-06-22
A stalled murder investigation forces Flynn to go undercover in a Middle Eastern consulate.
7. One More Chance
Air Date: 2004-06-29
A domestic violence victim takes the law into her own hands.
8. Break and Enter
Air Date: 2004-07-06
A hitman target Chris when she investigates the sex murders of two teenage boys.
9. House of Mirrors
Air Date: 2004-07-13
Luke Harris uses his bi-polar disorder as a cover to try and find a killer in a psychiatric clinic.
10. Roman Charity
Air Date: 2004-07-20
Apparently addicted to opium, Harris strikes a deal with a major drug dealer.
11. Starlight Hotel
Air Date: 2004-07-27
A revelation in a murder investigation suggests that the homeless are being exploited for snuff movies.
12. The Complete Package
Air Date: 2004-08-03
Harris goes undercover as a translator for a Malaysian drug cartel.
13. The Contract
Air Date: 2004-08-10
Church and Gray attempt to sting an allusive crook but they might have targeted the wrong man.
14. Vanished
Air Date: 2004-08-17
Betrayed by an old love, Church faces execution at the hand of a major drug dealer.
15. Mea Culpa
Air Date: 2004-08-23
Angie Piper pursues a personal journey of revenge for the shocking death of her sister.
16. Past Lives
Air Date: 2004-08-30
When a gay friend of Chris' commits suicide, Chris suspects he was murdered as part of a paedophile cover up.
17. I Am the Walrus
Air Date: 2004-09-07
Harris' complex relationship with his daughter threatens to implode.
18. Dream Machine
Air Date: 2004-09-14
Church hunts down a politically connected businessman importing cocaine.
19. The Good Oil
Air Date: 2004-09-21
Harris' opium addiction nearly costs him his life when he is exposed during an investigation.
20. Dirty Little Secrets
Air Date: 2004-09-28
Angie and Harris discover the shocking truth about their colleague, Megan Walsh.
21. Being Josh Brisbane
Air Date: 2004-10-03
Undercover as a hitman, Church is injured and suffers amnesia.
22. End Game
Air Date: 2004-10-19
Accused of corruption and under investigation by IA, has Church reached his use-by date?
23. Random Harvest
Air Date: 2004-10-26
Flynn and Church are undercover in rival gangs when the city erupts into violence.
24. Hunting Ground
Air Date: 2004-11-02
Angie goes undercover to bust a contract killer by posing as his long lost daughter.
25. Year of the Snake
Air Date: 2004-11-09
The murder of an illegal immigrant leads undercover to a brothel trading in sex slaves.
26. Head On
Air Date: 2004-11-30
Chris is involved in a car smash which leaves a young boys permanently disabled.
27. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Air Date: 2004-12-07
Harris' obsession with Angie's new partner spirals out of control when one of the Undercover unit falls victim to a serial killer.
28. After the Fact
Air Date: 2004-12-14
Angie frantically tries to clear her lover's name while Harris works equally hard to convict him as the serial killer.
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Rating
7.8/10
Release Date
1998-09-29
Episodes
192 (8 seasons)
Status
Ended
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