Underworld boss Bernie 'Tenderness' Mellick is certainly paying a heavy price for maiming Ivor Wright in a firebombing. For Wright's men have now kidnapped his eleven-year-old son Graham. Senior Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his brilliant, amoral superior ACC Desmond Iles must rescue the boy from the kidnappers before Tenderness takes his revenge in this adaptation of Bill James' novel Protection.
| Writing | James Tucker | Novel |
| Directing | Jim Hill | Director |
| Editing | Ian Sutherland | Editor |
| Writing | Dom Shaw | Screenplay |
| Sound | Philip Appleby | Music |
| Camera | John McGlashan | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jane Dauncey | Producer |
| Directing | Sean Guest | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Lowri Thomas | Location Manager |
| Directing | Pam Humphreys | Continuity |
| Directing | Celia Willett | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nicholas Wade | Third Assistant Director |
| Art | Penny Harvey | Art Direction |
| Camera | Liam Murphy | Focus Puller |
| Camera | John Rake | Grip |
| Lighting | Paul Evemy | Gaffer |
| Sound | Jeff Matthews | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Louise Hillam | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Paul Jefferies | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tim Ricketts | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eirioes Elfyn | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Davies Marshall | Costume Designer |
| Production | Jane Deitch | Casting Associate |
| Writing | Ceri Meyrick | Script Editor |
| Production | Helen Vallis | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Philip Appleby | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Jen Samson | Executive Producer |
