Sent to resolve a small dispute, Angel discovers an illegal weapons stash, including an old sea mine, and confiscates it.
Angel is the only officer who suspects foul play. His partner, PC Danny Butterman, whom he arrested for drink-driving, is a fan of buddy cop films and is the son of Inspector Frank Butterman, Angel's superior.Ī cloaked axe-wielding figure decapitates Martin Blower and Eve Draper, the two lead actors of an am-dram production of Romeo and Juliet, whom Angel had pulled over for speeding, and stages it as a car accident. Angel is soon frustrated by the mundanity of the village, his lazy and incompetent colleagues, and the local police and Neighbourhood Watch Alliance (NWA) commitment to low crime statistics rather than law enforcement. Plot : PC Nicholas Angel, a high-achieving Metropolitan Police officer, is promoted to Sergeant, but his resentful colleagues arrange for him to be reassigned to the small rural town of Sandford, Gloucestershire, a regular 'Village of the Year' winner.
