The Riff Raff Element + Civvies

The Riff Raff Element was an early 90's comedy-drama serial with a solid cast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Riff_Raff_Element
Unfortunately, the video tape of Ep 2.5 is messed up from start to finish. Watchable, but annoying.

Civvies was a Lynda La Plante thing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182008/