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City Central

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How it feels

This series follows police officers working at a busy inner-city station in Manchester. It shows their daily work and personal lives.

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What happens

City Central is a British television police procedural drama series, written and created by Tony Jordan, that first broadcast on BBC One on 4 April 1998. Described by the Radio Times as "Z Cars for the 1990s", City Central follows the everyday lives of officers based at the inner-city Christmas Street police station in Manchester. Three series of City Central were produced, with the final episode broadcasting on 19 June 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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