The elderly civilian who reported the assault suffers a fatal heart attack, and the prostitute is reluctant to make a complaint, but still the case continues.

Clark comes under severe pressure from his superiors to get a result, as his own private life becomes messier. His marriage is breaking down, and his lies are catching up with him at home.

Between the Lines is a 13-part series created by J C Wilsher, and produced by Peter Norris. Originally aired in Britain at the end of 1992, this is a dark, tight drama which ATV has inexplicably (again) decided to air in the graveyard slot of 12.50am. . But it's well worth staying up for. NYPD Blue is also occupying the late-night zone, at 12.40am on TVB Pearl - but at least this airing is a repeat of the first series.

In tonight's episode, 'Tempest in a C-Cup', Kelly (David Caruso), Sipowitz (Dennis Franz) and Martinez (Nicholas Turturro) raid the flat of a man wanted for questioning in the death and robbery of a fireman and part-time cab driver.

The suspect delivers a hard kick to Sipowitz's genital area, but Kelly eventually persuades his partner that it would be in their own best interests not to retaliate.

Once inside the station, the suspect is charged with four other cab robberies. He eventually agrees to make a confession, but only on one charge and on the condition that no other counts will be levied against him.

Still nursing his wounds, Sipowitz manages to persuade his superiors to allow him to go undercover in a topless bar. And a 'busty' woman is hired as the office secretary despite fears that she may distract the all-male staff - which, of course, she eventually does. SOUTH Beach (TVB Pearl, 9.30pm) is not actually a movie - it's the pilot for a TV drama series starring Patti D'Arbanville, John Glover and Yancy Butler, who can be seen dropping from the skies in Hong Kong cinemas at the moment in a movie called Drop Zone.

A spin-off from the movie Nikita, about a lethal female assassin recruited by the Government from the ranks of the junkies and drop-outs, South Beach is set in Miami's chic South Beach.

Kate Patrick (Butler) makes a living from conning the rich and gullible into parting with their wallets, but is spotted by a government agent (Glover) and pressed into service to solve the case of a massive jewel theft. A consignment of diamonds has been stolen by ex-Red Army commandos, and her brother is involved.

As directed by David Carson in 1993, South Beach is an average pilot to an extremely average TV series, but at least the locations are glossy. If you are looking for global settings and casts-of-thousands, however, King Vidor does it much better over on ATV World, where War and Peace, starring Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Mel Ferrer concludes at 9.35pm.

This 208-minute saga, directed by Vidor in 1956, is an Italian-American co-production and is pretty tough going, even over two nights. With huge battle sequences, monster scenes of opulent splendour contrasted with the plight of Russian peasants and interiors crammed with 'period' furniture and lavish chandeliers, War and Peace isn't exactly easy on the eyes.

Stars Hepburn and Fonda seem a little overwhelmed by it all but fans of old-style, big-scale Hollywood productions will find plenty to keep them occupied until it finally draws to a dramatic close at 11.40pm.