Z-Cars

Z-Cars

Ended First aired 02/Jan/1962 United Kingdom English 12 season(s) 816 episode(s)

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.

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Season 12 · Series 12

13 episode(s) · Air date: 28/Jun/1978

Season Overview

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S12E13

Pressure

Air date: 20/Sep/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A new security shutter is being installed at the entrance to Newtown station, just in time, it seems, as an angry mob gathers outside. A stream of visitors keeps the desk duty officer busy.

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S12E12

Departures

Air date: 13/Sep/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two men face retirement, one a policeman, the other a villain. There are younger men impatient to fill their shoes. The copper has no choice about it, but the villain has other ideas.

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S12E11

Prey

Air date: 06/Sep/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Maureen Price was always complaining to the police - so much so that they'd stopped listening. The pity is that if they hadn't she might be alive today.

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S12E10

Rummage

Air date: 30/Aug/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch holds the balance between C.I.D. and the Customs & Excise as they investigate a bent businessman and a suspicious German ship. The only link between them is a showgirl.

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S12E9

Deserter

Air date: 23/Aug/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Frank Rafael Saietta has come home to Newtown. Lynch remembers him as a nice little lad, but that was years ago. Now there are different words to describe him - terrorist and murderer.

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S12E8

First Offender

Air date: 16/Aug/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sunday - kids who have nothing to do. First Lynch, then Haggar gets involved - they do have something to do.

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S12E7

Fat Freddie BA

Air date: 09/Aug/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Freddie Cowling has come out of prison a changed man. He's lost a lot of weight, he's got a degree and he's promised his wife he'll go straight from now on. But Lynch doesn't believe he's changed. Not when there's the proceeds of his last job to be collected - £40,000 hidden away and waiting...

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S12E6

Exposure

Air date: 02/Aug/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Roger Stevens is the quiet sort of copper, always there. Perhaps that's why Lynch tends to take him for granted. But sometimes it's the quiet kind one needs to worry about most of all.

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S12E5

A Woman's Place

Air date: 26/Jul/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Night duty in Newtown is a rough turn; not the place for a young policewoman. But WPC Jane Beck won't listen to the warnings of Inspector Lynch.

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S12E4

Quilley On The Spot

Air date: 19/Jul/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A policeman can only take so much. Lynch deals with the problem one way, Quilley another. Trouble is, in Quilley's case there's a woman involved.

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S12E3

Debris

Air date: 12/Jul/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Newtown Marriage Guidance Centre has been burned down, so Haggar and Bowker start investigating its clients. They are looking for a man or woman with a grudge - a man or woman who will strike again.

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S12E2

Heavenly Host

Air date: 05/Jul/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Shabnam Chowdry is a young Asian girl. Roy Grant is a young white boy. Put them together and knives are drawn - and Lynch is in the middle.

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S12E1

Driver

Air date: 28/Jun/1978 · Runtime: 50 min

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Season 11 · Series 11

13 episode(s) · Air date: 05/Apr/1977

Season Overview

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S11E13

Juvenile

Air date: 05/Jul/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

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S11E12

Domestic

Air date: 28/Jun/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Unlike his brother Terry, who's just a flat-footed scuffer, Graham Moffat is all set to wheeler-dealer his way into big business. Trouble is - the way it looks to Terry - brother Graham is all set to wheeler-dealer his way into crime.

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S11E11

Skeletons

Air date: 21/Jun/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Excavating for a swimming pool a young couple come across an old trunk buried in their garden. For the police it means old files, old memories and old wounds must all be re-opened.

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S11E10

Attack

Air date: 14/Jun/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Coppers are fair game and copper-baiting is a good sport - unless the copper you pick on happens to be an expert in unarmed combat. In that case the game's called mayhem.

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S11E9

Quarry

Air date: 31/May/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

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S11E8

Rip Off

Air date: 24/May/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

DC Bowker and Jack Crawford have met before. Their relationship is very simple: one way or another Bowker is going to nail Crawford, unless Crawford can nail Bowker first.

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S11E7

Fall Of Wiskers Castle

Air date: 17/May/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It's his first day as a sergeant and Alec Quilley's hung over. It's his first job as a sergeant, and it requires a bit of gentle persuasion. But how can you be gently persuasive to a double-barrelled sawn-off shotgun?

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S11E6

Scavengers

Air date: 10/May/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Digging a deep hole in the sand by the light of the moon isn't the sort of behaviour you'd expect from a debt collector. Not even such a strange one as Clarrie Enwright.

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S11E5

Error Of Judgement

Air date: 03/May/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lorry hi-jacks: too many, too well-planned and executed. Braithwaite goes 'under cover' as a lorry driver with a shady past. He's out in the cold - and vulnerable.

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S11E4

Transit

Air date: 26/Apr/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Crime Squad from Cardiff want Inspector Moffat to lodge a prisoner overnight in the Newtown cells - and no-one must know about it. But someone has to know, even if it's only another policeman.

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S11E3

Guilt

Air date: 19/Apr/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Quilley was at school with Chris Murray and knows he wouldn't hurt a soul. So when Chris half murders a man and pleads guilty Quilley wants to know why.

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S11E2

Rage

Air date: 12/Apr/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It's not like Arthur Scarsdale to be violent. He's normally a peaceful little villain, but in the Newtown nick it takes three policemen to hold him down - and all Bowker did was offer him a cup of tea.

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S11E1

The Man Who Killed Songbirds

Air date: 05/Apr/1977 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Young Colin's route home from school lies across a grubby parkland. Hiding in the bushes is a man with sweets... and a knife.

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Season 10 · Series 10

17 episode(s) · Air date: 05/Jan/1976

Season Overview

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S10E31

A New Broom

Air date: 12/May/1975

Summary

A series of break-ins have some peculiar traits. Haggar thinks that an old lag just out of gaol may be responsible. But what is the significance of a missing schoolboy, and why is the MO of the mystery criminal familiar?

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S10E24

Thanks But... No Thanks

Air date: 17/Feb/1975

Summary

Quilley is up for promotion, but personal circumstances may hinder his path. At the same time, a troublesome thief is causing him severe problems.

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S10E20

Snouts

Air date: 17/Feb/1975

Summary

A police informer is found badly beaten on a rubbish tip, whilst Bert Lych waits for him in a local pub. Who was responsible, and what is the connection to a rough local pub?

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S10E19

Transit

Air date: 10/Feb/1975

Summary

A mystery call out for noise down the docks perplexes Yates, and he's stuck there with DS Haggar and an irritating PC. They shoot horses, don't they?

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S10E13

Scot Free

Air date: 29/Mar/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two boys are trapped in a disused mine. Why is their friend terrified of going to the police?

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S10E12

Hunch

Air date: 22/Mar/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Which is more important - a batch of missing cameras, or a missing girl?

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S10E11

Fairground

Air date: 15/Mar/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A young girl is attacked and Lynch has to look into 'all the fun of the fair'.

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S10E10

Ringers

Air date: 08/Mar/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

In detection you need routine and instinct. But not necessarily in that order.

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S10E9

Nightwatch

Air date: 01/Mar/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Keeping surveillance on a goods yard full of empty wagons seems a pretty barren exercise - unless you know what's at stake.

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S10E8

A Preacher In Passing

Air date: 23/Feb/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A quiet Sunday and Moffat finds himself in church. But not praying!

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S10E7

Say Goodbye To The Horses

Air date: 16/Feb/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

There are plenty of ways to make sure a horse loses a race, but how do you make a horse WIN a race?

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S10E6

Kidnap

Air date: 09/Feb/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A rag week kidnap for charity starts out all right, but...

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S10E5

Contact

Air date: 02/Feb/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A man is trapped under a load of dangerous chemicals. Move him, and the lot might go up. Leave him there and...

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S10E4

The Frighteners

Air date: 26/Jan/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

An ex-villain is entitled to police protection just like anyone else - isn't he?

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S10E3

Prisoner

Air date: 19/Jan/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When a constable is ten minutes late reporting in an alert goes out. Alec Quilley hasn't been seen or heard of for over an hour.

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S10E2

Manslaughter

Air date: 12/Jan/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The public expect to be protected by the police. But if a policeman kills a member of the public in the execution of his duty, will the protector be prosecuted?

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S10E1

Guns

Air date: 05/Jan/1976 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Armed robbery is becoming almost a daily event and sooner or later somebody's bound to get hurt. But what happens if the police meet violence with violence?

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Season 9 · Series 9

32 episode(s) · Air date: 09/Sep/1974

Season Overview

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S9E32

A New Broom

Air date: 12/May/1975 · Runtime: 50 min

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S9E31

A New Broom

Air date: 12/May/1975 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The new CID Inspector is an old mate of Cecil Haggar's... isn't he?

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S9E30

Legacy

Air date: 05/May/1975 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Continuation of the two previous episodes 'Distance' and 'Ritual'. The hunt for Skinner's murderer has moved away from Newtown. So why is a London detective on his way there, in secret?

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S9E29

Ritual

Air date: 28/Apr/1975 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Continuation of the previous episode 'Distance'. Skinner has been shot dead and the Murder Squad have taken over the case. So why is Haggar meeting a mate halfway down the M6?

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S9E28

Distance

Air date: 21/Apr/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Joe Skinner fancies a bird. She seems to fancy him. So why is he investigating her background?

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S9E27

Bit Of Business

Air date: 14/Apr/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A casual enquiry about car thieves leads Skinner to suspect that someone is taking him for a ride.

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S9E26

Scapegoat

Air date: 07/Apr/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

As an act of kindness Bert Lynch gives a deadbeat tramp a cell for the night - and finds himself up to his neck in trouble.

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S9E25

Kronur

Air date: 24/Mar/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A fool and his money are soon parted - all the sooner if you don't know how much the money is worth.

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S9E24

Thanks But...No Thanks

Air date: 17/Mar/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Alec Quilley is up for promotion. He has an excellent service record, but how close an examination will his private life bear?

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S9E23

Incitement

Air date: 10/Mar/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Why should a woman want to betray her husband to the police - even before he has committed the crime?

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S9E22

Eviction

Air date: 03/Mar/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Continuation of the previous episode 'Squatters'. With Quilley in hospital, Lynch's attitude to the squatters hardens.

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S9E21

Squatters

Air date: 24/Feb/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S9E20

Snouts

Air date: 17/Feb/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Jack Melish is walking down a deserted street near the docks to keep a secret appointment with Inspector Lynch. Suddenly a car pulls up alongside him and he is bundled into the back seat. The car races off...

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S9E19

Transit

Air date: 10/Feb/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When a lock-keeper complains of strange noises coming from a disused warehouse, a routine enquiry turns into a macabre situation.

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S9E18

Tonight And Every Night

Air date: 03/Feb/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S9E17

Intervention

Air date: 27/Jan/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Just two miles from Newtown centre lies open country and another world where people settle their grievances in a different way.

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S9E16

Innocent And Vulnerable

Air date: 20/Jan/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Tempers fray among men constructing a block of flats, but for one family who actually live in a high-rise, nerves reach breaking point and an everyday flare-up develops into a police enquiry.

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S9E15

Local Knowledge

Air date: 13/Jan/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch receives a tip-off from a friend and finds himself in the middle of a delicate enquiry with his loyalties divided.

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S9E14

Boy In Blue

Air date: 06/Jan/1975 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The men at Newtown question their own stability when the past catches up with a lady called Gwen Newcombe.

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S9E13

House To House

Air date: 16/Dec/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A full-scale house to house enquiry fails to produce a witness until a mysterious night prowler and two criminals lay their own freedom on the line.

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S9E12

The Bouncer

Air date: 09/Dec/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Eddy Howarth is the over-enthusiastic bouncer at the local dance hall, but his devotion to duty and jealousy over a woman land him in trouble, and he finds himself facing a serious charge.

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S9E11

Unnecessary Force

Air date: 02/Dec/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

How did a man like Derek Murphy get beaten up by his best friend, a man half his size? A puzzle for Miller, Yates and Skinner.

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S9E10

Occupation

Air date: 25/Nov/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A factory work-in is on its last legs with the police outside the gates, keeping the peace but waiting for someone to break it.

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S9E9

Have You Seen This Child

Air date: 18/Nov/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Colin Williams haunts Inspector Lynch, and Sergeant Moffatt haunts a thief called Mulligan.

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S9E8

Pursuit

Air date: 11/Nov/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A call reporting an early morning break-in is quickly answered and Render is only minutes behind the intruder.

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S9E7

Quiet As The Grave

Air date: 04/Nov/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sunday night duty is traditionally quiet, but on this occasion it's too quiet for Miller's comfort.

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S9E6

Gardens

Air date: 28/Oct/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A quiet Sunday - and the dead body of a man, smartly dressed, slumped in an allotment shed.

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S9E5

Friends

Air date: 14/Oct/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Quilley is a good copper, but as an amateur footballer he has his limitations. Jesse Alty is a good footballer but has ambitions to be a better car thief. He and Quilley play for the same team and Gordon Glossop is a friend of both of them.

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S9E4

Night Train

Air date: 07/Oct/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch, Quilley and Braithwaite take a night train to Manchester in search of a murder suspect.

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S9E3

Mysteries

Air date: 30/Sep/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Ossie Davies is a security guard. He's a pushover. You just knock off his specs, threaten him a bit and help yourself. But Miller reckons there's more to Ossie than that.

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S9E2

Old Bones

Air date: 16/Sep/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch deals with a skeleton on the moors and Skinner with several in various cupboards.

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S9E1

Bits An' Bats

Air date: 09/Sep/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

There's a new Cash'n'Carry being built in Newtown and some odd characters work on it. One of them is on the fiddle - bits and bats to begin with.

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Season 8 · Series 8

40 episode(s) · Air date: 22/Oct/1973

Season Overview

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S8E40

Officer Material...?

Air date: 02/Jul/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E39

No Proceedings

Air date: 25/Jun/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E38

Co-Operation

Air date: 18/Jun/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E37

Mother and Child

Air date: 11/Jun/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E36

Hi-Jack

Air date: 04/Jun/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E35

The Spike

Air date: 21/May/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E34

Routine

Air date: 14/May/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E33

Mileage

Air date: 07/May/1973 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E32

Suspicion

Air date: 30/Apr/1973 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E31

The Lady and the Gentleman

Air date: 19/Apr/1973 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E30

Bowman

Air date: 12/Apr/1973 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E29

Pat

Air date: 05/Apr/1973 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E28

Family

Air date: 30/Jun/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Susan Giles wants her father back inside and uses two men to help her. One of them is Quilley, and he unwittingly ruins Skinner's work.

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S8E27

Certain Parties

Air date: 20/May/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Back in Newtown after seven years in Parkhurst, Pikey Nimmo wants to settle up with the men who put him away. Stone was one of them.

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S8E26

Pastime

Air date: 13/May/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A fire-raiser for Skinner and an extortionist for Stone and Lynch. Some people have the strangest pastimes.

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S8E25

Mugs?

Air date: 06/May/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Several well-planned robberies, but none of the suspects with brains and style enough to organise them. So who did?

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S8E24

Intruder

Air date: 29/Apr/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E23

Turnabout

Air date: 22/Apr/1974 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Mary and Fiona, two women of equal ability and opportunity. So why is one of them a criminal?

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S8E22

Losers

Air date: 10/Apr/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

DI Connor runs into Marjorie, an old flame. But what a change in her!

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S8E21

Background

Air date: 08/Apr/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S8E20

Priority

Air date: 01/Apr/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Quilley and Braithwaite have a tricky customer to deal with; Lynch has Stone, as well as a missing child and a shop break-in.

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S8E19

Rota

Air date: 25/Mar/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The same crime can be committed over and over again, unless someone decides to co-operate with the police.

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S8E18

Allegiance

Air date: 18/Mar/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Joe Skinner questions a lad about breaking into a cigarette machine, but it soon becomes apparent that he is after more than a confession.

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S8E17

Dinner Break

Air date: 11/Mar/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lunchtime - relaxation for some. But not for those on duty at Newtown Station.

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S8E16

Two Wise Monkeys

Air date: 04/Mar/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When villains like Burford and Tyndale fall out they will go to any lengths to settle a score. And somewhere along the line the police have to take drastic measures.

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S8E15

Waste

Air date: 25/Feb/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Not so much a skeleton in the cupboard - more a body, alive and kicking, in the attic.

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S8E14

Pressure

Air date: 18/Feb/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A young petty thief and a young Police Constable find themselves under a similar kind of pressure. The pressure to prove themselves.

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S8E13

Joanna

Air date: 11/Feb/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When Albert Smith goes looking for his daughter Joanna his enquiries cause trouble.

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S8E12

Two Hundred Tartan Teddy Bears

Air date: 04/Feb/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Stone and Lynch are puzzled by two cases - one involving bears and the other old ladies.

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S8E11

In Police Hands

Air date: 21/Jan/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Julie and Dave are happy: then they're in the nick. It seems that simply being in love is a crime these days.

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S8E10

Absence

Air date: 07/Jan/1974 · Time: 12:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A bank raid is in the offing and the only man who knows anything about it is Harry Dance.

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S8E9

Pressure Of Work

Air date: 17/Dec/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Goss goes out for a quiet day with a friend, but the friend ends up in a cell and a policeman ends up in hospital.

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S8E8

Cadet

Air date: 11/Dec/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Cadet Peter Preston wants nothing more than to be a policeman, and even though he's a bit of a joke at Newtown his future seems assured. Then his father takes someone for a ride.

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S8E7

The Cinder Path

Air date: 10/Dec/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Goss is back! In court he finds himself in an unfamiliar role. Against Quilley... twice!

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S8E6

Pieces

Air date: 03/Dec/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A house is broken into and Skinner grabs at the opportunity to improve his record. But he grabs too hard and a man suffers.

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S8E5

Stray Girl

Air date: 26/Nov/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Mary Mangan disappears with her baby. The worst is feared and a full scale police search is mounted.

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S8E4

Break Up

Air date: 19/Nov/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A woman is arrested for shoplifting and a thief has his alibi checked. On the face of it two routine cases. But even the most routine cases can have repercussions.

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S8E3

Escape

Air date: 05/Nov/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Some London villains spring Charlie Cotton from prison, but, too late, he cottons on to the fact that he's been sprung for a purpose.

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S8E2

Nuisance

Air date: 29/Oct/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Alexandra is always complaining to an already overworked police force about her next door neighbour Percy. But is she just a nuisance? Or should Inspector Lynch take her complaints seriously?

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S8E1

Inspector Lynch

Air date: 22/Oct/1973 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Bert Lynch has been promoted to Inspector. But is he still one of the lads?

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Season 7 · Series 7

115 episode(s) · Air date: 02/Aug/1971

Season Overview

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S7E115

Officer Material...?

Air date: 02/Jul/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It's the day of Lynch's promotion board. He's already passed his exams, so he knows his stuff. But - is he the right type to be an officer?

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S7E114

No Proceedings

Air date: 25/Jun/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Hugo Vallance, an old-fashioned Lord of the Manor, is trying to survive in a modern world - of gossip, scandal and theft.

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S7E113

Co-Operation

Air date: 18/Jun/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Understanding between husband and wife, detective and villain, Police Constable and member of the public - but what about the co-operation between Stone and Haggar?

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S7E112

Mother And Child

Air date: 11/Jun/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Joyce is very protective towards her son - even when he's in prison.

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S7E111

Hi-Jack

Air date: 04/Jun/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A stolen lorry load of meat parked on a busy road. A piece of cake for the police, unless the lorry driver's name is Houdini!

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S7E110

The Spike

Air date: 21/May/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A suspicious death. Who is and who isn't involved? And what is the fiddle going on at Munster House?

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S7E109

Routine

Air date: 14/May/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch and Quilley are on 'nights'. And a routine call to a break-in leads to a break-up that's far from routine.

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S7E108

Mileage

Air date: 07/May/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Jupp has a large family and needs to keep his job. But events pile up against him - his boss and a robbery - and he needs to keep his cool.

Open

S7E107

Suspicion

Air date: 30/Apr/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sgt. Lynch takes an interest in Susan Rawlings while her husband is in prison.

Open

S7E106

The Lady And The Gentleman

Air date: 19/Apr/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

There's a housebreaker with a difference operating in Newtown. He leaves no marks when he breaks in and he never steals anything.

Open

S7E105

Bowman

Air date: 12/Apr/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Bringing up a family in Newtown isn't easy, especially for a copper.

Open

S7E104

Pat

Air date: 05/Apr/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Pat Mason is a Salvationist and everyone likes her, particularly the regulars at Alan Doherty's pub. So why should anyone want to hurt her?

Open

S7E103

Domestic

Air date: 29/Mar/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A bitter argument, an unexpected tragedy and Sgt. Stone finds himself pushing a suspect very hard indeed.

Open

S7E102

Hard Man

Air date: 22/Mar/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Clifford Roscoe is the local hard man. He's fresh out of jail and ready and anxious to cause trouble. But Stone and Connor are ready for him.

Open

S7E101

Invention

Air date: 15/Mar/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Rowena Bishop has a reputation for storytelling. She tells Sgt. Lynch about a body down on the foreshore.

Open

S7E100

Defection

Air date: 08/Mar/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A member of a visiting Trade Delegation takes a positive step concerning th future. But Sgt. Stone's future is left for Connor and Richards to fight over.

Open

S7E99

Operation Watchdog

Air date: 01/Mar/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Connor comes back to vandalism and to conflict with some local bigwigs. And Skinner's in a spot of bother

Open

S7E98

Care

Air date: 22/Feb/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two girls with their husbands away. Maureen is the social type and likes a drink; Jill is the lonely type, but she finds something for the police to do.

Open

S7E97

Miller

Air date: 15/Feb/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A body in a canal and Miller follows a chain of enquiries that brings him face to face with... himself.

Open

S7E96

Jack The Dodger

Air date: 08/Feb/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

There's a problem for Skinner when a suspicious odd-job man takes lodgings with an old flame of Bert Lynch.

Open

S7E95

Women At Work

Air date: 01/Feb/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two working women, one admired by Lynch, the other disliked by Miller. And in the background a singular third person, badly wanted by Skinner.

Open

S7E94

Big Jake

Air date: 25/Jan/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Who gets to Big Jake first, Billy Fielden or DC Skinner? One of them wants to help him, the other just wants him. And who, or what, is Big Jake anyway?

Open

S7E93

Backwater

Air date: 18/Jan/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

All Tom Stone wants is a quiet weekend's fishing, but then he meets Sergeant Rust. Together they catch a very queer fish, but have different ideas about landing it.

Open

S7E92

Skin Game

Air date: 11/Jan/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A safe-breaker, a club owner and a farmer. All three play the same game until Miller joins in and gets under their skin.

Open

S7E91

Skinner

Air date: 04/Jan/1973 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Skinner returns to C.I.D. He's after a villain, wanted by both the Met. and DS Haggar.

Open

S7E90

Old Lag

Air date: 18/Dec/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E89

Hobo

Air date: 11/Dec/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A gullible old man, a con man, and a do-gooder. And Tom Stone is right in the middle and in need of somewhere to live.

Open

S7E88

The Amateurs

Air date: 04/Dec/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

While Austin Nuttall dreams of owning his own business Connor dreams of nailing a fence. And with two crimes unsolved, Connor demonstrates how to kill two men and two birds with one stone.

Open

S7E87

The Legacy

Air date: 27/Nov/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sgt. Stone goes to the funeral of an old and respected thief in the hope of unearthing a few skeletons. But dead men don't talk and neither will this one's grandson.

Open

S7E86

Old Acquaintance

Air date: 20/Nov/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A newly released prisoner, Dan Fowler, returns to his wife Julia and plans to fix an old enemy. But Julia has plans of her own.

Open

S7E85

Diabolical Liberty

Air date: 13/Nov/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

There's just no helping some people, as Bert Lynch finds out when Chief Inspector Logie investigates a break-in with a difference.

Open

S7E84

Old Soldiers

Air date: 06/Nov/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Old Sepp is passing through Newtown. PC Hackett is on the way out. But both are involved with Marlene.

Open

S7E83

Public Relations

Air date: 30/Oct/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

DS Haggar doesn't like Ken Knowles. ""Journalists,"" he says, ""grow fat on misrepresenting police information"". He doesn't like old Bertha either. She doesn't give information. So what chance does he stand against both of them?

Open

S7E82

Day Trip

Air date: 23/Oct/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sgt. Haggar and PC Quilley are back on the strength just at the time Dilly Watson, a clever thief, arrives in Newtown.

Open

S7E81

Damage

Air date: 16/Oct/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Night-time and a frightened house breaker. Newtown police reveal an unusual mystery.

Open

S7E80

Sins Of The Father

Air date: 09/Oct/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Wives of prisoners are easier to chat up than the prisoners themselves - and Inspector Connor wants to find the missing money from a bank robbery.

Open

S7E79

Takes All Sorts

Air date: 02/Oct/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A new Inspector arrives at Newtown, Ralph Edward Pratt by name, spruce as a pocket hanky and dripping self-confidence. He is fussy and believes in doing everything by the book. He also wants to get involved in everything that's going on, however trivial. It doesn't take long for Bert Lynch to take a violent dislike to the newcomer and to make every effort to avoid him!

Open

S7E78

Witness

Air date: 25/Sep/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Terence Nichols is in custody at Newtown police station after a wages snatch. There are three days to the trial and Stone thinks it's an open and shut case. He has a reliable witness in Sydney Adams. But one of the villains is still on the run.

Open

S7E77

The Team

Air date: 18/Sep/1972 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Inspector Connor is on trial. So is Sgt. Stone and the entire Newtown police force.

Open

S7E76

Connor

Air date: 11/Sep/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Fred Connor is the new Detective Inspector at Newtown. He has unfinished business - with a villain named Bright.

Open

S7E75

Breakage Part 2

Air date: 22/Aug/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A man with a parcel - George T. Wood - who's looking for someone; who's been kept waiting most of his life. And a derelict building, all glass and wind - and someone up on the roof. Quilley takes a big risk.

Open

S7E74

Breakage Part 1

Air date: 21/Aug/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E73

Not Good Enough Part 2

Air date: 15/Aug/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sgt. Miller wants him. So does Skinner. But Bright is clever. Miller tries the 'Chinese Water Torture'.

Open

S7E72

Not Good Enough Part 1

Air date: 14/Aug/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E71

Relative Values Part 2

Air date: 08/Aug/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

OAPs are short of cash... and then the police are involved. Stone and Skinner are looking for something old-fashioned.

Open

S7E70

Relative Values Part 1

Air date: 07/Aug/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E69

Loyalties Part 2

Air date: 01/Aug/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Stolen gear, or planted? Stone and Lynch disagree. Lynch is trying to get one over Stone. Then the punch-up happens.

Open

S7E68

Loyalties Part 1

Air date: 31/Jul/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E67

A Neighbour's Goods Part 2

Air date: 25/Jul/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

There's a dead woman and Sgt. Miller expects trouble. Then an anonymous phone call brings more surprises for him.

Open

S7E66

A Neighbour's Goods Part 1

Air date: 24/Jul/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E65

Forget It Part 2

Air date: 18/Jul/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A man with no name and no memory - or a man with something to hide?

Open

S7E64

Forget It Part 1

Air date: 17/Jul/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E63

The Wolf And The Sheep Part 2

Air date: 11/Jul/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sgt. Miller is back on duty and up against another pro. He gets some good advice.

Open

S7E62

The Wolf And The Sheep Part 1

Air date: 10/Jul/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E61

Goss

Air date: 19/Jun/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Mrs. Goss and a lawyer add up to problems for DI Goss.

Open

S7E60

Access

Air date: 12/Jun/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Quilley stops at a pub. Is it routine, or isn't it?

Open

S7E59

Sweet Girl

Air date: 05/Jun/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A lass is missing...

Open

S7E58

Playtime

Air date: 29/May/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Stone and Skinner are off duty. Then there's a jewel theft and a robbery with violence.

Open

S7E57

Hagger

Air date: 22/May/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

DS Cecil Haggar is back in Newtown. He's at a loose end, so he gravitates towards the nearest pub. There he finds trouble.

Open

S7E56

Short Cut

Air date: 15/May/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Stone arrests and charges Andy Walker as a try-on.

Open

S7E55

Operation Ascalon

Air date: 08/May/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Is Goss to blame when the operation goes wrong?

Open

S7E54

Smoke

Air date: 01/May/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E53

Keep To Yourself

Air date: 24/Apr/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two loners. Stone cops one of them, Skinner the other.

Open

S7E52

Tessa In The Woodpile

Air date: 17/Apr/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

After a robbery Tessa goes on the warpath.

Open

S7E51

Quilley

Air date: 10/Apr/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Quilley - on and off duty - with trouble on both fronts.

Open

S7E50

Missing

Air date: 06/Mar/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Mariam Ahmed makes some trouble for the police.

Open

S7E49

Week Off

Air date: 28/Feb/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch tries to get away from it all...

Open

S7E48

Canal

Air date: 21/Feb/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It's the age of fast getaways, but Frank and George are exceptions. They're villains all the same and Sgt. Miller thinks they're worth watching.

Open

S7E47

Promotion

Air date: 14/Feb/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Police life often puts a strain on a marriage, as Goss finds out. Stone is single, but that can also mean trouble.

Open

S7E46

Retirement

Air date: 31/Jan/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

An old man tries to stop a robbery...

Open

S7E45

The Attackers

Air date: 24/Jan/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A lad is walking home late at night...

Open

S7E44

Team Work

Air date: 17/Jan/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Whether it's a family trying to adjust to change or the police force mounting a big crime prevention operation a team is only as strong as its weakest member.

Open

S7E43

Lynch

Air date: 10/Jan/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Change. New people. Different methods. Some people call it progress. Bert Lynch, out on his own, is starting to feel left behind. Not the best time for his surprise visitor to call.

Open

S7E42

Last Bus To Newtown

Air date: 03/Jan/1972 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Bert Lynch has almost forgotten what life is like on the cars - out there in the thick of things.

Open

S7E41

Collation Part 2

Air date: 21/Dec/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Promotion is in the air and Goss is in with an outside chance. A sighting, plus a report from a beat man, might just add up to a feather in Goss's cap at just the right time.

Open

S7E40

Collation Part 1

Air date: 20/Dec/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E39

The Horse Dealer Part 2

Air date: 14/Dec/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

With Goss coming back Haggar wants to go out on a winner. And even he has a friend or two willing to help him.

Open

S7E38

The Horse Dealer Part 1

Air date: 13/Dec/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E37

The Wrong Odds Part 2

Air date: 07/Dec/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E36

The Wrong Odds Part 1

Air date: 06/Dec/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E35

Rules Of The Game Part 2

Air date: 30/Nov/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E34

Rules Of The Game Part 1

Air date: 29/Nov/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E33

Danny Boy's Home Part 2

Air date: 23/Nov/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Danny Baker returns to Newtown. But DS Haggar is back as well. It's not long before the two of them lock antlers.

Open

S7E32

Danny Boy's Home Part 1

Air date: 22/Nov/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E31

Who Were You With? Part 2

Air date: 16/Nov/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A hairdresser's shop is wrecked. In the middle is a frightened girl. She's alone and vulnerable and it's night time. She's no money and nowhere to go. It's not surprising that she's scared.

Open

S7E30

Who Were You With? Part 1

Air date: 15/Nov/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E29

Take Away Part 2

Air date: 09/Nov/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Nicked cars are normally just a routine job. So what makes Annette Minto's so different? At first she just wants her car back, but then something makes her change her mind.

Open

S7E28

Take Away Part 1

Air date: 08/Nov/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E27

Contact Man Part 2

Air date: 02/Nov/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Three villains are under lock and key. But where is the missing eight thousand pounds? With business problems and an expensive wife Mr. Owen has lots of reasons to be worried, but there's another reason too.

Open

S7E26

Contact Man Part 1

Air date: 01/Nov/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E25

Not Often We Have Visitors Part 2

Air date: 26/Oct/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

There's a V.I.P. visit in the offing and everyone is making plans: Newtown police, Special Branch, Headquarters. And they're not the only ones. It's a straight line from the airport to the Remand Home. And the roads should be fairly quiet.

Open

S7E24

Not Often We Have Visitors Part 1

Air date: 25/Oct/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E23

Intrusion Part 2

Air date: 19/Oct/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E22

Intrusion Part 1

Air date: 18/Oct/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E21

Ding Dong Part 2

Air date: 12/Oct/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Juvenile crime in Newtown has reached a serious level. A clean-up campaign goes into operation. Then the Sheldon mob arrive in town.

Open

S7E20

Ding Dong Part 1

Air date: 11/Oct/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E19

The Dirty Job Part 2

Air date: 05/Oct/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The Bannion family is in trouble, but at first not with the police. Bannion can possibly help Goss catch a villain. But is Goss willing to help Bannion in return?

Open

S7E18

The Dirty Job Part 1

Air date: 04/Oct/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E17

Funny Creatures Women Part 2

Air date: 28/Sep/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Night, a deserted park and a young woman on her way home. Skinner is interviewed by Goss and Stone. Then they take the keys to his quarters.

Open

S7E16

Funny Creatures Women Part 1

Air date: 27/Sep/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E15

Grandstand Finish Part 2

Air date: 21/Sep/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sunday is all quiet, but Monday brings 'Open Day' problems at the Station. But there are more urgent troubles outside.

Open

S7E14

Grandstand Finish Part 1

Air date: 20/Sep/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E13

Purely Medical Purposes Part 2

Air date: 14/Sep/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Charlie West is found with stolen property. He's in trouble, so he calls his lawyer.

Open

S7E12

Purely Medical Purposes Part 1

Air date: 13/Sep/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E11

Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 2

Air date: 07/Sep/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Liam Murphy is losing control of the gang. It's time for action.

Open

S7E10

Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 1

Air date: 06/Sep/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E9

Funny Fellah

Air date: 31/Aug/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E8

Dan, Dan... Part 2

Air date: 24/Aug/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

To get stolen goods to the public a villain has to be an organising genius, and that's not all. The police are keeping an eye on Reg Thurley, who seems to be leading a double life.

Open

S7E7

Dan, Dan... Part 1

Air date: 23/Aug/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E6

Nobody Hit Me Part 2

Air date: 17/Aug/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two grocers, one across the road from the other. Both ordinary, everyday characters. But then one of them has a fire in his shop. Goss and Stone end up with one villain and two very frightened men.

Open

S7E5

Nobody Hit Me Part 1

Air date: 16/Aug/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E4

The Mystery Part 2

Air date: 10/Aug/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A teenage girl and night time at a railway station brings a problem for PC Covill.

Open

S7E3

The Mystery Part 1

Air date: 09/Apr/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S7E2

The Stone Standard Part 2

Air date: 03/Aug/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sergeant Stone - up against militant management and militant workers. And he won't compromise.

Open

S7E1

The Stone Standard Part 1

Air date: 02/Aug/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

Season 6 · Series 6

416 episode(s) · Air date: 06/Mar/1967

Season Overview

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S6E416

Territory

Air date: 24/Jun/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A man quietly enjoying the local playground; a crowd noisily enjoying the local pub. Elsewhere work and much activity - police activity.

Open

S6E415

No Job For A Woman

Air date: 10/Jun/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Alec Quilley's girl friend drives a taxi at night - when there are some dodgy people about.

Open

S6E414

Penny Wise

Air date: 03/Jun/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Do 'holidays in the sun' link a toaster sold in a pub and a woman losing her cheque book?

Open

S6E413

Cars

Air date: 27/May/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

For the 'mobile' police everything and anything can happen on a tour of duty. And it does!

Open

S6E412

Lawbreakers

Air date: 20/May/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A man is brought in for something petty, but he refuses to speak. Is he covering up for something bigger? Then another man is brought in.

Open

S6E411

The Find

Air date: 13/May/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Gold! Mention it and their eyes go green with envy. Offer it and you get clutching hands.

Open

S6E410

The Taker

Air date: 06/May/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Patten has a record. He takes what he wants, and if someone gets in the way... So Patten goes to this club. Smedley goes to hospital. So Sgt. Stone goes after Patten.

Open

S6E409

Say Two Hellos

Air date: 29/Apr/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Skinner meets two women. He helps them for different reasons.

Open

S6E408

System

Air date: 22/Apr/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A lad walks into Newtown police station. A scared lad, who has information. So Sgt. Stone goes visiting.

Open

S6E407

Bad Tuesday

Air date: 13/Apr/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Quiet Mr. Potter's wife and daughter have disappeared.

Open

S6E406

It Can Get To Be A Habit Part 2

Air date: 06/Apr/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

""The word may go round that the police aren't hard on this patch. They need to be shown that we are"".

Open

S6E405

It Can Get To Be A Habit Part 1

Air date: 05/Apr/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S6E404

Kid's Stuff

Air date: 30/Mar/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S6E403

Influence Part 2

Air date: 23/Mar/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Perjury and corruption in the police force. Sgt. Stone talks about blackmail to Rachel, to Lil and to Superintendent Khan.

Open

S6E402

Influence Part 1

Air date: 22/Mar/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S6E401

Little Girl Lost Part 2

Air date: 16/Mar/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S6E400

Little Girl Lost Part 1

Air date: 15/Mar/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S6E399

The Snoozer Part 2

Air date: 09/Mar/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

And then there's the one about the commercial traveller, who works when everyone else has gone to bed...

Open

S6E398

The Snoozer Part 1

Air date: 08/Mar/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S6E397

Hold Up Part 2

Air date: 02/Mar/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A cafe and someone waiting, wearing a stocking mask and carrying a a gun. Two suspects, two detectives and a tough interrogation. But then there is another hold-up.

Open

S6E396

Hold Up Part 1

Air date: 01/Mar/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S6E395

Triangle Squared Part 2

Air date: 23/Feb/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

PC Covill's in dead trouble. He doesn't realise how much until Z-Victor One is involved in a car chase. A man with a record of violence comes the the station to report a murder.

Open

S6E394

Triangle Squared Part 1

Air date: 22/Feb/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S6E393

Make Yourself At Home Part 2

Air date: 16/Feb/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

""There's a sinister feller in a mac outside my flat,"" came the call. Another villain in Newtown? Maureen's heading straight for trouble and Lionel's not far behind.

Open

S6E392

Make Yourself At Home Part 1

Air date: 15/Feb/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S6E391

The More We Are Together Part 2

Air date: 09/Feb/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Newtown gets a new policeman and an unusual do-it-yourself expert. Mrs. Manley gets a shock, and so does Inspector Goss when he reconstructs the crime.

Open

S6E390

The More We Are Together Part 1

Air date: 08/Feb/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S6E389

Love's A Dead Lumber Part 2

Air date: 02/Feb/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Roy Gannon's out of prison and he's making for Newtown. His ex-wife's there - and so is Skinner

Open

S6E388

Love's A Dead Lumber Part 1

Air date: 01/Feb/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S6E387

By-Pass Part 2

Air date: 26/Jan/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A new Detective-Sergeant and Stone's old undetected crime. Something to be uncovered. A vehicle again waits near the by-pass for a victim. Another victim just waits.

Open

S6E386

By-Pass Part 1

Air date: 25/Jan/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Open

S6E385

Nobody Wins, Nobody Loses Part 2

Air date: 19/Jan/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Night duty... Newcombe and Skinner... Promotion... and trouble. Then the promotion comes out in orders and Newtown loses a policeman.

Open

S6E384

Nobody Wins, Nobody Loses Part 1

Air date: 18/Jan/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A promotion cause commotion in Newtown...

Open

S6E383

Right Of Way Part 2

Air date: 12/Jan/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Charles Warren doesn't care how he gets people away from his property. But if he breaks the law... At the station they are far too busy to worry about the promotion rumours that are going round.

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S6E382

Right Of Way Part 1

Air date: 11/Jan/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E381

Prevention Part 2

Air date: 05/Jan/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Detective Sergeant Bickford infiltrates a gang of villains and gets a jobâ€”as a murderer. (Part 2 of 2)

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S6E380

Prevention Part 1

Air date: 04/Jan/1971 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E379

Let Nothing You Dismay

Air date: 29/Dec/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Quilley and a milk float... Bagpipes... A hangover... A baby.

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S6E378

Christmas Is Coming Part 2

Air date: 22/Dec/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Some people take Christmas very very seriously. They steal twice as much. Bert Lynch is a victim - for the second time.

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S6E377

Christmas Is Coming Part 1

Air date: 21/Dec/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E376

Playing For Keeps Part 2

Air date: 15/Dec/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Teenagers need adventure and a change of scene just as much as adults. But the adventure turns sour for Anne as she realises that it isn't a game.

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S6E375

Playing For Keeps Part 1

Air date: 14/Dec/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E374

Strictly Cash Part 2

Air date: 08/Dec/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

There's one born every minute! And nobody knows that better than the tallyman. Billy and Moira intend to stay in Newtown, but Sgt. Lynch has other ideas.

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S6E373

Strictly Cash Part 1

Air date: 07/Dec/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E372

Stop Over Part 2

Air date: 01/Dec/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

John Glass has returned to the North for more than just a 'quiet life'. And Inspector Goss knows it. As events come to a head Goss decides to keep Glass at the station to stew for a while.

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S6E371

Stop Over Part 1

Air date: 30/Nov/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E370

A Little Woman Part 2

Air date: 24/Nov/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Bert Lynch tries to help Dixie Conlan's widow to go on living. Jack Streeter's no good for her and Lynch knows it. But does Maggie?

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S6E369

A Little Woman Part 1

Air date: 23/Nov/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E368

A Very High Rocket Part 2

Air date: 17/Nov/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Never stick your neck out, that's good advice. But what do you do if you suspect someone - look the other way? Alec Quilley gets tired of having mud slung and takes some action of his own.

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S6E367

A Very High Rocket Part 1

Air date: 16/Nov/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E366

Have You Seen Davie Richards? Part 2

Air date: 10/Nov/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A man has been given a day's unescorted parole from prison. But that was a year ago and he hasn't been seen since. To Goss and Stone falls the task of searching for him.

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S6E365

Have You Seen Davie Richards? Part 1

Air date: 09/Nov/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E364

Whatever Happened To The Glory Boy? Part 2

Air date: 03/Nov/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Joe Hart's out of the spotlight now, but some people still remember him. Others would sooner forget.

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S6E363

Whatever Happened To The Glory Boy? Part 1

Air date: 02/Nov/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E362

Off With The Motley Part 2

Air date: 27/Oct/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A clown is supposed to make children laugh, but he doesn't have to like them. But can you have a circus without one of the clowns?

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S6E361

Off With The Motley Part 1

Air date: 26/Oct/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E360

Talking To An Elephant Part 2

Air date: 20/Oct/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A circus comes to Newtown. It attracts the public - and trouble.

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S6E359

Talking To An Elephant Part 1

Air date: 19/Oct/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E358

The Senior Partner Part 2

Air date: 13/Oct/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Frank Livesey is an ex-prisoner who is getting on a bit. And easy money is hard to come by when you're nearly past it.

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S6E357

The Senior Partner Part 1

Air date: 12/Oct/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E356

A Big Shadow Part 2

Air date: 06/Oct/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Gerald has been discharged from a mental hospital after thirty years and he has a record of violence. Now two men have been attacked.

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S6E355

A Big Shadow Part 1

Air date: 05/Oct/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E354

To Ray - Love Anne Part 2

Air date: 29/Sep/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Raymond Pritchard doesn't have much to say for himself. Maybe he's got something to hide. Skinner has a lot of questions for Pritchard - and he wants a few answers.

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S6E353

To Ray - Love Anne Part 1

Air date: 28/Sep/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E352

The Other Arm Of The Law Part 2

Air date: 22/Sep/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Roy and Mary Chadwick are looking for people who can be persuaded to part with their money. And they've found an ideal victim.

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S6E351

The Other Arm Of The Law Part 1

Air date: 21/Sep/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E350

A Lot Of Fuss For 15 Quid Part 2

Air date: 15/Sep/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sheila Ashton has a neat line in petty thefts. She also has a partner in crime - a twelve year old child.

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S6E349

A Lot Of Fuss For 15 Quid Part 1

Air date: 14/Sep/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E348

Who's Sylvia Then Part 2

Air date: 08/Sep/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Brian Bennett talks about someone called Sylvia. He implies something terrible might have happened to the girl. Although they have no evidence that the girl ever existed the police mount a search for Sylvia.

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S6E347

Who's Sylvia Then Part 1

Air date: 07/Sep/1970 · Time: 13:00 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Brian Bennett talks about someone called Sylvia. He implies something might have happened to the girl. Although they have no evidence that the girl ever existed the police mount a search for Sylvia.

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S6E346

Give And Take Part 2

Air date: 25/Aug/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Saturday afternoon is a time for football and weddings. People are expecting a good match. But not everyone IS a good match.

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S6E345

Give And Take Part 1

Air date: 24/Aug/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E344

Bottoms Up For The Walking Dead Part 2

Air date: 18/Aug/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The Ramp is a wasteland - it is a dangerous area to be in at night alone. Doc is a native of The Ramp, and by helping the police has put himself in immediate danger.

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S6E343

Bottoms Up For The Walking Dead Part 1

Air date: 17/Aug/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E342

Weekend With Sally Part 2

Air date: 11/Aug/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

John Meaker reports his wife missing. Because of the disturbing circumstances the search is not an easy one.

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S6E341

Weekend With Sally Part 1

Air date: 10/Aug/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E340

I wouldn't give you tuppence... Part 2

Air date: 04/Aug/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A load of railway telephone wire is 'knocked off' Newtown's scrap metal merchants are questioned and something is revealed. A bobby is taking bribes.

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S6E339

I wouldn't give you tuppence... Part 1

Air date: 03/Aug/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E338

Missile Mile Part 2

Air date: 28/Jul/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A car crashes on the motorway but this is no ordinary accident. Goss thinks he is chasing someone who is lonely, brooding and probably violent. Maybe even a nutcase.

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S6E337

Missile Mile Part 1

Air date: 27/Jul/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E336

The Helpers Part 2

Air date: 21/Jul/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Church doors are open to everyone. Solace is always available - but church property isn't. The police are seeking a thief with a grudge - against religion.

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S6E335

The Helpers Part 1

Air date: 20/Jul/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E334

By Bread Alone Part 2

Air date: 14/Jul/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

An old woman is attacked and robbed and there seem to be no witnesses. Only Pearson was in a position to see anything, but there is something strange about him.

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S6E333

By Bread Alone Part 1

Air date: 13/Jul/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E332

A Couple Of Comic Turns Part 2

Air date: 07/Jul/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Bernard Spencer enjoys newspaper publicity of his crimes, but what lengths will he go to to obtain such publicity? He is staying at the Orchard Hotel. And members of the police force are there too - on unofficial business.

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S6E331

A Couple Of Comic Turns Part 1

Air date: 06/Jul/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E330

Couldn't Happer To A Nicer Girl Part 2

Air date: 02/Jun/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

June Frazer is brought in for theft; her father is brought in for drunkenness and the police find a frightened woman.

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S6E329

Couldn't Happer To A Nicer Girl Part 1

Air date: 01/Jun/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E328

If You Can't Beat 'Em Part 2

Air date: 26/May/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Money is missing in a shop. Nield is pushed for cash and he's an ex-convict.

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S6E327

If You Can't Beat 'Em Part 1

Air date: 25/May/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E326

One Bad Apple Part 2

Air date: 19/May/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Stolen goods which have disappeared; a search warrant that is useless. The villains are laughing at Newtown police - they have an informer within the ranks of the Law. Supt. Oakley suspects a member of the Newtown force.

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S6E325

One Bad Apple Part 1

Air date: 18/May/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E324

Night Out Part 2

Air date: 12/May/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two young brothers are drowned in a canal. Newcombe, Quilley and Skinner are there on a night out. Like others they want to forget their job for a while, but the evening has gone sour.

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S6E323

Night Out Part 1

Air date: 11/May/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E322

A Quiet Sort Of Lad Part 2

Air date: 05/May/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Johnny Marsh is an isolated teenager: he thinks alone, thinks of the past. A little thing, and something snaps. His obsession leads him into crime and violence. The police have to trace that obsession - back into the past.

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S6E321

A Quiet Sort Of Lad Part 1

Air date: 04/May/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E320

It's Only A Game Part 2

Air date: 28/Apr/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The 'Stiffs' - Newtown's local soccer team - have relegation problems. The last thing they need is malicious attacks from the public. The latest act of wilful damage leaves the police wondering. There are plenty of suspects and plenty of motives, but is that enough?

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S6E319

It's Only A Game Part 1

Air date: 27/Apr/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E318

In And Out Part 4

Air date: 21/Apr/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

An old lag agrees to deliver a message on his release from prison. His son is on the run from Borstal and trouble is their way of life.

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S6E317

In And Out Part 3

Air date: 20/Apr/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E316

In And Out Part 2

Air date: 14/Apr/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E315

In And Out Part 1

Air date: 13/Apr/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E314

Cruising For Burglars Part 2

Air date: 07/Apr/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A Liverpool City policeman is shot. Newtown police learn that the two men responsible could be heading for their patch, still carrying the gun. The two men are tired, frightened and dangerous.

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S6E313

Cruising For Burglars Part 1

Air date: 06/Apr/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E312

A Right Tommy Kelly Do Part 2

Air date: 24/Mar/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The Brice brothers run Clyde Street. There are frequent beatings-up but no witnesses. Then PC Quilley is invited to a wedding by a member of the Brice fraternity. There is another beating-up at the wedding and Quilley is called before Goss to explain his association with known villains.

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S6E311

A Right Tommy Kelly Do Part 1

Air date: 23/Mar/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E310

Eleanor Rigby Slept Here Part 2

Air date: 17/Mar/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Helen Carter, a nervous woman, has lived alone for too long. Then she has a 'visitor', a man who stands outside her door each night. While trying to trace the 'visitor' Lynch finds himself involved with the woman herself.

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S6E309

Eleanor Rigby Slept Here Part 1

Air date: 16/Mar/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E308

A Day Like Every Day Part 2

Air date: 10/Mar/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

""Squirts the window catch with an oil can first, then uses a knife. Vernon's style. One day he'll probably come face to face with a householder - what happens then?""

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S6E307

A Day Like Every Day Part 1

Air date: 09/Mar/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E306

For Old Time's Sake Part 2

Air date: 03/Mar/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

There have been two armed wage snatches within a couple of weeks, both of a similar pattern. Police believe it to be the work of one team. But then there is a third robbery, distinctly different from the other two.

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S6E305

For Old Time's Sake Part 1

Air date: 02/Mar/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E304

Nice Bit O' Stuff Part 2

Air date: 24/Feb/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Under the new act couples can marry at eighteen, but there are still strong family traditions. ""Wait till you're twenty-one - key of the door"". But not for Valma Yorke.

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S6E303

Nice Bit O' Stuff Part 1

Air date: 23/Feb/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E302

All Coppers Are Nanas Part 2

Air date: 17/Feb/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

There's a lot of old villains in the new flats at Alexander House. On cold nights, with the lifts out of order, they tend to stay in - but not the younger ones. Micky Pye, for instance.

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S6E301

All Coppers Are Nanas Part 1

Air date: 16/Feb/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E300

Infamous Conduct Part 2

Air date: 10/Feb/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A struck-off doctor cannot prescribe drugs or medicine and cannot sign a death certificate. What would such a doctor do if old friends and sympathisers came to him for help?

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S6E299

Infamous Conduct Part 1

Air date: 09/Feb/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E298

Lost Part 2

Air date: 03/Feb/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A nine year old by is lost on Moor Top while helping his 'uncle' look for strayed sheep. Rough weather, fading light - and another complication perhaps more serious, the boy's 'uncle' himself.

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S6E297

Lost Part 1

Air date: 02/Feb/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E296

Threats And Menaces Part 2

Air date: 27/Jan/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Frank Caunce, crippled by a roof fall during the course of an arrest by Sgt. Stone, has been released from prison. Stone feels that his disability should keep him quiet, but...

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S6E295

Threats And Menaces Part 1

Air date: 26/Jan/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E294

No Questions Asked Part 2

Air date: 20/Jan/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

With a sharp increase in petty theft having been recorded, Stone and Goss are anxious to get the top man. A policeman with the local nickname 'Mr. Fixit' comes in for heavy scrutiny.

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S6E293

No Questions Asked Part 1

Air date: 19/Jan/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E292

They Call It Justice Part 2

Air date: 13/Jan/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A child is badly injured in a road accident, a job for Traffic, not Crime. But Sgt. Lynch has a personal interest in this particular accident.

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S6E291

They Call It Justice Part 1

Air date: 12/Jan/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E290

Tune On A Bent Trumpet Part 2

Air date: 06/Jan/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

DI Bowen, once DI Goss's superior officer, has been accused of discreditable conduct and he wants Goss to help him. But the Newtown force has another problem on its plate - an escaped prisoner armed with a shotgun.

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S6E289

Tune On A Bent Trumpet Part 1

Air date: 05/Jan/1970 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E288

Score To Settle Part 2

Air date: 30/Dec/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A new police constable, Joe Skinner, is assigned to the crime cars. Kardar, a Hungarian and an expert with explosives, has a score to settle with a certain policeman.

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S6E287

Score To Settle Part 1

Air date: 29/Dec/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E286

The Best Day Of The Year Part 2

Air date: 23/Dec/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A quiet sort of Christmas. People on the move, relaxed. Bannerman goes to the theatre, DI Goss to a private do. Sgt. Lynch is on his way home for the holiday. And Buzz Bentley, hard nut from London, has come to Newtown.

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S6E285

The Best Day Of The Year Part 1

Air date: 22/Dec/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E284

Barricade Part 2

Air date: 16/Dec/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E283

Barricade Part 1

Air date: 15/Dec/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E282

None The Worse Part 4

Air date: 09/Dec/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A woman is found dead. The police get a description of the man responsible, then his name, Gleeson - the Crown's principal witness for a similar murder eight years ago.

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S6E281

None The Worse Part 3

Air date: 08/Dec/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E280

None The Worse Part 2

Air date: 02/Dec/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E279

None The Worse Part 1

Air date: 01/Dec/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E278

Quiet Day Part 2

Air date: 25/Nov/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Three honest citizens, strangers to each other, decide almost simultaneously to take the town apart. Spontaneous acts, in three separate places, yet all at the same time.

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S6E277

Quiet Day Part 1

Air date: 24/Nov/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E276

Two For The Record Part 2

Air date: 18/Nov/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A man and his wife report the theft of a strange assortment of objects from their home, and they want the thief, their son, brought to justice.

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S6E275

Two For The Record Part 1

Air date: 17/Nov/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E274

A Right Cock-n-Bull Story Part 2

Air date: 11/Nov/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sgt. Stone, with Bannerman and Newcombe, goes to the City Airport to investigate a bomb hoax. No bomb is found, but the police discover something else that is just as explosive.

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S6E273

A Right Cock-n-Bull Story Part 1

Air date: 10/Nov/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E272

Nobody Loves Us Part 2

Air date: 24/Nov/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A rock is thrown at a passenger train and the driver is injured. The Transport Union want the police to take some sort of action, but where do the police start looking for teenage vandals?

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S6E271

Nobody Loves Us Part 1

Air date: 03/Nov/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E270

Give A Dog A Bad Name Part 2

Air date: 29/Oct/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

No alibi - a criminal record - picked out on an identity parade. Is that proof enough of a man's guilt?

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S6E269

Give A Dog A Bad Name Part 1

Air date: 28/Oct/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E268

Gyppo Part 2

Air date: 21/Oct/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

'He's lived on canal boats all his life. Born on one - never been to school. Not the sort of man one can lock up in a cell.'

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S6E267

Gyppo Part 1

Air date: 20/Oct/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E266

Lost And Found Part 2

Air date: 14/Oct/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

What sort of mother abandons her two month old baby in a telephone kiosk?

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S6E265

Lost And Found Part 1

Air date: 13/Oct/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E264

A Place Of Safety Part 2

Air date: 07/Oct/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E263

A Place Of Safety Part 1

Air date: 06/Oct/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E262

Not That Sort Of Policeman Part 2

Air date: 30/Sep/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A gelignite explosion has wrecked an office and probably injured the men responsible - all for the sake of twenty pounds. But where do the police start looking for dangerous amateurs who are prepared to take risks?

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S6E261

Not That Sort Of Policeman Part 1

Air date: 29/Sep/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E260

No Time To Think Part 2

Air date: 23/Sep/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E259

No Time To Think Part 1

Air date: 22/Sep/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E258

It's Been A Long Time Part 2

Air date: 16/Sep/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Pete Simmonds is out from prison looking for the man who informed on him. But not only the informer has to live in fear of reprisals. Simmonds is strong and violent and the witnesses at his trial were promised police protection on the day of his release.

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S6E257

It's Been A Long Time Part 1

Air date: 15/Sep/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E256

The Dog Lover Part 2

Air date: 09/Sep/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Tommy Woods has a way with dogs and a way with women. There's nothing they wouldn't do for him.

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S6E255

The Dog Lover Part 1

Air date: 08/Sep/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E254

You Can't Trust Anyone Part 2

Air date: 02/Sep/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Go to your local pub for a quiet drink, chat up the barmaid, take her out and forget about crime for a while. But as Sgt. Stone discovers, a policeman can't avoid crime - it even invades his private life.

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S6E253

You Can't Trust Anyone Part 1

Air date: 01/Sep/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E252

Allegation Part 2

Air date: 26/Aug/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A serious road accident, a child missing, a drunk in the cells who won't come to. At times a police station is like a wartime command post under siege, with even the policemen themselves at breaking point.

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S6E251

Allegation Part 1

Air date: 25/Aug/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E250

Dear Old Golden Rule Days Part 2

Air date: 19/Aug/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Alec Quilley plucks up courage to contact Beth, an old flame, but for her the glow is fading. Chris, her new boy friend and old schoolmate of Quilley's, seems to be living well beyond his apparent means. Protective hackles raised, Quilley's unofficial enquiries about Chris and Goss's investigation of a series of petty thefts and minor break-ins begin to find common ground.

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S6E249

Dear Old Golden Rule Days Part 1

Air date: 18/Aug/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E248

The Shooter Part 2

Air date: 12/Aug/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

If you know the right places and you're the sort of man who needs a gun it is possible to acquire one. They cost money, but when the offer is a fiver down and a percentage of your first job you might be tempted.

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S6E247

The Shooter Part 1

Air date: 11/Aug/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E246

According To Plan Part 2

Air date: 05/Aug/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E245

According To Plan Part 1

Air date: 04/Aug/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E244

Have A Go, Joe Part 2

Air date: 29/Jul/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

In a major crime every policeman dreams of finding a key witness - but not a witness who is too scared to talk.

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S6E243

Have A Go, Joe Part 1

Air date: 28/Jul/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E242

From Information Received Part 2

Air date: 22/Jul/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Les Mitcham and Phil Andrews are working as painters on a new housing estate. Mitcham, the younger of the men, has served two short terms of imprisonment. Andrews, from the Midlands, is a more experienced criminal. They have planned a job together. As it will be Mitcham's first attempt at big-time crime they require a third man. Mitcham, anxious to ingratiate himself, says he knows someone. When the job has been pulled PC Quilley finds a source of information. ""It's teamwork that gets results,"" says Sgt. Stone. Why, then, is the job taken out of Quilley's hands?

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S6E241

From Information Received Part 1

Air date: 21/Jul/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E240

In Need Of Care Part 2

Air date: 15/Jul/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

""What sort of life will I have if I stay in Newtown? Wrapping sweets at Brownley's eight hours a day; listening to Radio One; marry some yob and get a council house if I'm lucky. Half a dozen kids in half a dozen years. D'yer call that living?""

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S6E239

In Need Of Care Part 1

Air date: 14/Jul/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E238

You've Got To Keep Them Talking Part 2

Air date: 08/Jul/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The seed of suicide is in all of us. So when an innocent old woman becomes involved with the police and becomes irrational, is this a warning light?

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S6E237

You've Got To Keep Them Talking Part 1

Air date: 07/Jul/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E236

Spare The Rod Part 2

Air date: 17/Jun/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Some teachers, like policemen, live in a jungle. Civilised men and women, living under pressure. Then something snaps...

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S6E235

Spare The Rod Part 1

Air date: 16/Jun/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E234

Double Game Part 2

Air date: 10/Jun/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sgt. Stone and Ben Stacey have an old score to settle. So why should Stacey now want to help the police?

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S6E233

Double Game Part 1

Air date: 09/Jun/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E232

Sunday...Sunday... Part 2

Air date: 03/Jun/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It's Sunday and three young tearaways have nothing to do and nowhere to go. But they have a souped-up car and they need their kicks, so if anyone gets in their way...

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S6E231

Sunday...Sunday... Part 1

Air date: 02/Jun/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E230

No Objection To Bail Part 2

Air date: 27/May/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Stand as surety for someone and you risk them running away from the law leaving you to forfeit the bail money or go to prison yourself. But a man does not expect this sort of treatment; not from a nephew he believes to be innocent.

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S6E229

No Objection To Bail Part 1

Air date: 26/May/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E228

One Of Our Own Part 2

Air date: 20/May/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

WPC Parkin is an able and efficient officer with a bright career ahead of her. So why should she risk it all by cultivating a close friendship with a known criminal?

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S6E227

One Of Our Own Part 1

Air date: 19/May/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E226

Hit And Run Part 2

Air date: 13/May/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A man walks into Newtown police station and demands to be given a breathalyser test, but does not appear to be drunk. Why then is he so insistent?

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S6E225

Hit And Run Part 1

Air date: 12/May/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E224

It's Not Against The Law Part 2

Air date: 06/May/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

PC Bannerman risks his life trying to save a child, but what kind of mother could invite such a risk in the first place? What kind of mother could leave a child alone in a house with a lighted oil heater?

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S6E223

It's Not Against The Law Part 1

Air date: 05/May/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E222

The Exiles Part 2

Air date: 29/Apr/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Even the best villains have to retire someday. But if, like Dixie Conlan, you don't want to retire, you find an apprentice: someone young and eager enough to follow in your footsteps.

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S6E221

The Exiles Part 1

Air date: 28/Apr/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E220

Snout Part 2

Air date: 22/Apr/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Officially a police informant does not exist... information is obtained from the birds. So when a snout stands in danger of reprisals who is to protect him?

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S6E219

Snout Part 1

Air date: 21/Apr/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E218

Not A Bad Lad Really Part 2

Air date: 15/Apr/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Thirty-nine break-ins in five weeks: each one on pay nights at council estates. On paper a serious setback for DI Goss's detection rate, made even more complicated by the most obvious suspect just finishing probation.

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S6E217

Not A Bad Lad Really Part 1

Air date: 14/Apr/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E216

Carbon Copy Part 2

Air date: 08/Apr/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E215

Carbon Copy Part 1

Air date: 07/Apr/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E214

All The Birds Of The Air Part 2

Air date: 01/Apr/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

With new technical resources we are half way to an automated police force, so why not automated thieves as well? Thieves with all the mechanical tricks, one step ahead of the police. The birds of the air - listening in.

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S6E213

All The Birds Of The Air Part 1

Air date: 31/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E212

Welcome To Newtown Part 2

Air date: 25/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A Dakota aeroplane with 32 passengers aboard is in difficulties. The pilot intends to make an emergency landing and Newtown prepares itself for a major incident.

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S6E211

Welcome To Newtown Part 1

Air date: 24/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E210

One End of The Road Part 2

Air date: 18/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A constable has been seriously injured. It could be that his career as a policeman is finished. There is an atmosphere in Newtown station and DI Witty is called upon to answer for the incident.

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S6E209

One End of The Road Part 1

Air date: 17/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E208

Special Duty Part 2

Air date: 11/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Special Duty can be easy or hazardous. A man can be a decoy or a sitting duck. He is alone and he cannot easily predict what action will take place. PC Roach realises this when he is assigned to such a duty. And yet he volunteered for the task, was not forced into taking it. But if your face fits...

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S6E207

Special Duty Part 1

Air date: 10/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E206

The Soft Touch Part 2

Air date: 04/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Watching... timing... speed... picking the right vehicle... quick disposal. All the ingredients of wholesale car theft, well organised and well executed. Newtown police find that they have such an organisation on their patch.

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S6E205

The Soft Touch Part 1

Air date: 03/Mar/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E204

Foggy Night Part 2

Air date: 25/Feb/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E203

Foggy Night Part 1

Air date: 24/Feb/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E202

The Lonely Place Part 2

Air date: 18/Feb/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

An attack on a courting couple in a lonely place... a man appearing and asking for a light.. a frightened girl running for help. When questioned the couple cannot, or will not, identify their attacker.

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S6E201

The Lonely Place Part 1

Air date: 17/Feb/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E200

Fear Or Favour Part 2

Air date: 11/Feb/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Like all areas Newtown has its share of vandalism. A group of youths - voices - a crash of glass - the sound of footsteps running down the street. But on this night vandalism has extended itself to robbery and physical violence. Three youths are brought in as suspects; one with a difference.

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S6E199

Fear Or Favour Part 1

Air date: 10/Feb/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E198

Lost Property Part 2

Air date: 04/Feb/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

""A man came yesterday. Said he had shared a cell with my husband. Said my Alfie was coming out of prison in the morning. Needed his overcoat. So I gave this man the overcoat and my husband's best suit. I was at the gate this morning. Nobody handed in the clothes and my Alfie's still inside...""

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S6E197

Lost Property Part 1

Air date: 03/Feb/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E196

Alibi Part 2

Air date: 28/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

""It was Saturday night when he did the break-in. Got in through a lavatory window and tore his sleeve on a nail. Then he hit the watchman. Even if I have to adjourn the Court to the old man's bedside I'll get evidence to break this damned alibi...""

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S6E195

Alibi Part 1

Air date: 27/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E194

It Works Both Ways Part 2

Air date: 21/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

""From what I know of these kids they don't go in for crime as we know it. All they want is excitement through violence. There's nothing for them to do so they make their own amusements, picking on people, six against one.""

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S6E193

It Works Both Ways Part 1

Air date: 20/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E192

Picture Of Guilt Part 2

Air date: 14/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

After a raid on a cinema a doorman is shot. A reporter from a Sunday newspaper meets Harris, an informer, in a pub. Harris has information about the raid which he will sell if the price is right. He swears he has proof - the best possible kind of proof.

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S6E191

Picture Of Guilt Part 1

Air date: 13/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E190

Unidentified Marks Part 2

Air date: 07/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E189

Unidentified Marks Part 1

Air date: 06/Jan/1969 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

On evening patrol Roach and Bannerman are curious about a man sitting alone in a parked car. When questioned the man runs and scales a ten foot wall like an athlete.

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S6E188

For Auld Lang Syne Part 2

Air date: 31/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two Scotsmen visit Newtown during the New Year celebrations to seek out an old acquaintance of theirs, a fellow villain, who, they believed, helped the police to jail them. When the Newtown police hear they've arrived they prepare themselves for trouble.

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S6E187

For Auld Lang Syne Part 1

Air date: 30/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E186

Blame It On Father Christmas Part 2

Air date: 24/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

With only two days to go until Christmas, Bobby Dawson, having returned from carol singing, tells his mother that the man at No. 52 was very generous: he gave Bobby five shillings. But the family at No. 52 have gone away for Christmas....

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S6E185

Blame It On Father Christmas Part 1

Air date: 23/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E184

Dead End Part 2

Air date: 17/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sgt. Lynch is paying a social call on an old friend, a nurse, when a man arrives at the Nursing Home breathless and frightened. He has found the body of a woman in a lay-by.

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S6E183

Dead End Part 1

Air date: 16/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E182

Will He...Won't He? Part 2

Air date: 10/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

PC Newcombe, searching for a girl who has been reported missing, learns that she is hiding out in a disused factory. When he gets there he finds more than he bargained for.

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S6E181

Will He...Won't He? Part 1

Air date: 09/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E180

Breakdown Part 2

Air date: 03/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Roach and Bannerman are called to investigate a minor theft reported by a lecturer at a Technical College. The lecturer is th guardian of Roger, a fourteen-year-old boy. Roach and Bannerman are required to interview Roger, but the boy is stone deaf.

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S6E179

Breakdown Part 1

Air date: 02/Dec/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E178

Follow The Form Part 2

Air date: 26/Nov/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Ron Bailey, a petrol pump attendant at a Newtown garage, is approached by two men who want him to help them rob a safe in the garage office. When DI Witty hears Bailey's story he is inclined to disbelieve it and senses a conspiracy.

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S6E177

Follow The Form Part 1

Air date: 25/Nov/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E176

I Know My Coppers Part 2

Air date: 19/Nov/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When the money is recovered from a raid on a security van it is placed in a cell in Newtown police station for safe keeping. But how safe is it?

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S6E175

I Know My Coppers Part 1

Air date: 18/Nov/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E174

A Proper George Washington Part 2

Air date: 12/Nov/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Eighteen year old Michael Adams says he was coming home from the pictures when his attacker came up behind him, knocked him unconscious and robbed him. Roach and Bannerman doubt the boy's story, but why should he be lying?

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S6E173

A Proper George Washington Part 1

Air date: 11/Nov/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E172

Special Relationship Part 2

Air date: 05/Nov/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Det. Supt. Oakley calls on Sgt. Stone with a request. Oakley is anxious for Stone to nail Timmy Cater, a safe-blower now living on the Newtown patch. Stone has a 'special relationship' with Cater which will make it easier to set Cater up.

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S6E171

Special Relationship Part 1

Air date: 04/Nov/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E170

Prevention Is Better Part 2

Air date: 29/Oct/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sgt. Stone sees two youths, Billy and Vic Redmond, trying car door handles in Newtown Centre. Their father is serving time in Walton jail and the two lads look like following in his footsteps. But Stone, as Crime Prevention Officer, decides to take a hand.

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S6E169

Prevention Is Better Part 1

Air date: 28/Oct/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E168

The Tip-Off Part 2

Air date: 22/Oct/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Bannerman, off duty with his girl friend, meets Ted Holmes in a pub. Holmes has some information to sell and wants cash. Bannerman senses the information is good, but is it?

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S6E167

The Tip-Off Part 1

Air date: 21/Oct/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E166

The Vigilance Part 2

Air date: 15/Oct/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E165

The Vigilance Part 1

Air date: 14/Oct/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E164

The Paperchase Part 2

Air date: 08/Oct/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A long distance lorry driver parks overnight in a Newtown car park, leaving a girl hitchhiker sleeping in the cab. Neither of them knows that a robbery is due to take place in the car park that night.

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S6E163

The Paperchase Part 1

Air date: 07/Oct/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E162

No Charge For The Estimate Part 2

Air date: 01/Oct/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Granny Wendy, an old woman who lives alone, is the victim of what appears to be a domestic accident. But when Roach and Bannerman find the old woman's purse is missing they suspect foul play.

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S6E161

No Charge For The Estimate Part 1

Air date: 30/Sep/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E160

More Ways Of Killing The Cat Part 2

Air date: 24/Sep/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E159

More Ways Of Killing The Cat Part 1

Air date: 23/Sep/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E158

Punch-Up Part 2

Air date: 17/Sep/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Bannerman enters for an inter-divisional boxing match and is curious to know why DI Witty begins to take an almost fanatical interest in his training. Then a punch-up of a far more serious nature takes place near Bartley's fairground.

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S6E157

Punch-Up Part 1

Air date: 16/Sep/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E156

You Worry Too Much, Charlie Part 2

Air date: 10/Sep/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The salesman at Mather's garage is very obliging, so if you want to buy a car there's no need to worry about the full amount of the deposit. But Charlie Dodd worries. He's a mechanic at Mather's.

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S6E155

You Worry Too Much, Charlie Part 1

Air date: 09/Sep/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E154

Attack Part 2

Air date: 03/Sep/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A shotgun is fired into the air, the action freezing the staff and customers in a sub post office. The postman is the only one to take any action at all, and he suffers from it.

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S6E153

Attack Part 1

Air date: 02/Sep/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E152

Anyone Can Make A Mistake Part 2

Air date: 27/Aug/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Roach and Bannerman are called to a cinema where a man has been caught trying to steal from a patron's handbag. The man claims he'd dropped his cigarette lighter and was searching for it in the darkness. A poor excuse, maybe, but Roach believes the man.

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S6E151

Anyone Can Make A Mistake Part 1

Air date: 26/Aug/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E150

It's A Sort Of Game Part 2

Air date: 20/Aug/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

One of those 'nice quiet nights' at Newtown station and Sgt. Stone is just preparing to leave for home. Then the window of a pet shop is broken and Z-Victor One is called to a domestic disturbance, with a report of shouts and possible screams.

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S6E149

It's A Sort Of Game Part 1

Air date: 19/Aug/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E148

He Must Be Up To No Good Part 2

Air date: 13/Aug/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Holiday fortnight for the building trades is coming up. The firms are paying a fortnight's wages and the banks are carrying extra cash. So when well-known criminal Vincent Lewis arrives in Newtown a watch is kept to find out what he's up to.

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S6E147

He Must Be Up To No Good Part 1

Air date: 12/Aug/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E146

Some Kind Of Nut Part 2

Air date: 06/Aug/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Newtown station receives a call from a man who says he has 'put a bomb in'. Sgt. Stone deduces from the man's words that this is not just another hoax and the hunt begins for the man and the bomb, which is due to explode at midnight.

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S6E145

Some Kind Of Nut Part 1

Air date: 05/Aug/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E144

A Matter For Thought Part 2

Air date: 30/Jul/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Jack Egerton has been stabbed and DI Witty rushes to the hospital in the hope of getting a statement from the man. But Egerton is in a critical condition and Witty has to look elsewhere for the circumstances of the stabbing. And what he finds out is puzzling, to say the least.

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S6E143

A Matter For Thought Part 1

Air date: 29/Jul/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E142

A Kind Of Proof Part 2

Air date: 23/Jul/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Roach and Bannerman are called to a sub-post office where the postmistress, Miss Powell, has been attacked and robbed. Miss Powell describes her attacker, and in particular the blow he dealt her - a kind of karate chop.

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S6E141

A Kind Of Proof Part 1

Air date: 22/Jul/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E140

The Luck Of The Irish Part 2

Air date: 16/Jul/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Looking into the matter of stolen copper from a building site, Roach and Bannerman meet Billy Alty, the site foreman, who rules his Irish labourers with the law of his own two fists. But the Irish have their own laws too, and trouble is brewing.

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S6E139

The Luck Of The Irish Part 1

Air date: 15/Jul/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E138

Application Part 2

Air date: 09/Jul/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The new Detective Inspector arrives at Newtown and Sgt. Stone is anxious to know the kind of man he is. He soon finds out when on their first meeting DI Witty presents Stone with a rather unexpected task.

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S6E137

Application Part 1

Air date: 08/Jul/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E136

Talk Your Way Out Of That Part 2

Air date: 18/Jun/1968 · Time: 19:05 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch is having a quiet drink in a pub when he is spotted by Danny Matthews, a villain Lynch helped put away for a long stretch. Matthews is out for revenge. But Lynch suspects him of pulling another job... and the battle of wits begins.

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S6E135

Talk Your Way Out Of That Part 1

Air date: 17/Jun/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E134

Who Was That Lady? Part 2

Air date: 11/Jun/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Angry domineering Mrs. Armitage calls at Newtown station to report her window cleaner husband as a missing person. Sgt. Lynch sympathises with Ernie Armitage's decision to 'hop it' and uses it to serve as a warning to PC Newcombe, who seems to be heading at top speed to the altar.

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S6E133

Who Was That Lady? Part 1

Air date: 10/Jun/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E132

Tomorrow's Another Day Part 2

Air date: 04/Jun/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

With DI Todd on leave and DC Kane away sick, Sgt. Stone has more than enough to do. And then just to complicate things the A.C.C. decides to arrive at Newtown station two weeks before time for his customary three months' inspection. On top of all this £200 is missing from the safe in the cashier's office of Carters Ltd., and Stone must investigate.

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S6E131

Tomorrow's Another Day Part 1

Air date: 03/Jun/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E130

Two's A Pair Part 2

Air date: 28/May/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Edna Clayton, who once had a crush on DI Todd and pursued him shamelessly, is brought into Newtown police station charged with being drunk and disorderly. Todd at first takes no notice; he has other things on his mind.

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S6E129

Two's A Pair Part 1

Air date: 27/May/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E128

At Least You Know You've Tried Part 2

Air date: 21/May/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A young engaged couple have spent six months decorating and furnishing their new home, when two weeks before their marriage someone breaks in and smashes everything up. They are the latest victims of 'the destructive thief'.

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S6E127

At Least You Know You've Tried Part 1

Air date: 20/May/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E126

The Guilty Ones Part 2

Air date: 14/May/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A fifteen year old girl is missing and when PC Culshaw finds her she begs him not to take her home.

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S6E125

The Guilty Ones Part 1

Air date: 13/May/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E124

The Witness Part 2

Air date: 07/May/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Alec Hughes is a key witness to a bank hold-up for which Chris Morgan is being charged. DI Todd is afraid there may be attempts to intimidate Hughes and so he sends him to stay with Culshaw.

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S6E123

The Witness Part 1

Air date: 06/May/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E122

The Battleground Part 2

Air date: 30/Apr/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Eleven year old Johnny Benson, unhappy at home because of his parents' constant bickering, takes refuge in religion. After being sacked as an altar boy he sets fire to an altar cloth. A visit from Sgt. Stone throws him into a panic and he runs away.

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S6E121

The Battleground Part 1

Air date: 29/Apr/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E120

Some Girls Pick 'Em Part 2

Air date: 23/Apr/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Her love for a man on the run lands a girl in trouble with the law.

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S6E119

Some Girls Pick 'Em Part 1

Air date: 22/Apr/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E118

The Man Who Was Inspector Todd Part 2

Air date: 16/Apr/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

DI Todd's wallet is stolen and with it goes his warrant card - his means of identification as a Police Officer. The thieves have the chance to work some profitable confidence tricks.

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S6E117

The Man Who Was Inspector Todd Part 1

Air date: 15/Apr/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E116

Criminal Type Part 2

Air date: 09/Apr/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E115

Criminal Type Part 1

Air date: 08/Apr/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E114

The Saint Of Concrete Canyon Part 2

Air date: 02/Apr/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The saint of the title is one Ted Crowther, who lives in a fairly new block of flats known as Concrete Canyon. He has earned his title because of his good works on behalf of the tenants. A little boy, Billy Darby, goes missing from the flats because he believes he is going to lose his pet hamster, as the Council won't allow pets in the flats. Crowther naturally is right there with the police to help look for Billy. But Crowther also runs a Savings Club for the tenants and this attracts the interest of DI Todd.

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S6E113

The Saint Of Concrete Canyon Part 1

Air date: 01/Apr/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E112

Blind Alley Part 2

Air date: 26/Mar/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E111

Blind Alley Part 1

Air date: 25/Mar/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E110

Hudson's Way Part 2

Air date: 19/Mar/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E109

Hudson's Way Part 1

Air date: 18/Mar/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E108

A Hobby You Might Say Part 2

Air date: 12/Mar/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E107

A Hobby You Might Say Part 1

Air date: 11/Mar/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E106

Person To Person Part 2

Air date: 05/Mar/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E105

Person To Person Part 1

Air date: 04/Mar/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E104

What D'Yer Mean - Charity? Part 2

Air date: 27/Feb/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E103

What D'Yer Mean - Charity? Part 1

Air date: 26/Feb/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E102

Out Of The Frying Pan Part 2

Air date: 20/Feb/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E101

Out Of The Frying Pan Part 1

Air date: 19/Feb/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E100

Aren't Policemen Wonderful Part 2

Air date: 13/Feb/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E99

Aren't Policemen Wonderful Part 1

Air date: 12/Feb/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E98

Honour Among Thieves Part 2

Air date: 06/Feb/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E97

Honour Among Thieves Part 1

Air date: 05/Feb/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E96

Inside Information Part 2

Air date: 30/Jan/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The Newtown police are baffled by a series of burglaries. The thief's method of entry is undetectable, but the chaos in the houses he visits points to the work of an amateur. DI Todd is baffled and it is DC Kane, working on the case with Sgt. Stone, who stumbles on the crook's ingenious method of entry.

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S6E95

Inside Information Part 1

Air date: 29/Jan/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E94

Nothing To Report Part 2

Air date: 23/Jan/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E93

Nothing To Report Part 1

Air date: 22/Jan/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E92

Take It With A Pinch Of Salt Part 2

Air date: 16/Jan/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E91

Take It With A Pinch Of Salt Part 1

Air date: 15/Jan/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E90

You Can't Win Em All Part 2

Air date: 09/Jan/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E89

You Can't Win Em All Part 1

Air date: 08/Jan/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E88

Should Auld Acquaintance Part 2

Air date: 02/Jan/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E87

Should Auld Acquaintance Part 1

Air date: 01/Jan/1968 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E86

Family Affair Part 2

Air date: 26/Dec/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E85

Family Affair Part 1

Air date: 25/Dec/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E84

The Collector Part 2

Air date: 19/Dec/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E83

The Collector Part 1

Air date: 18/Dec/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E82

A Right To Live Part 2

Air date: 12/Dec/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E81

A Right To Live Part 1

Air date: 11/Dec/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E80

Too Quiet For Sunday Part 2

Air date: 05/Dec/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E79

Too Quiet For Sunday Part 1

Air date: 04/Dec/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E78

The Victim Part 2

Air date: 28/Nov/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E77

The Victim Part 1

Air date: 27/Nov/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E76

They're Not Supposed To Do That - Are They? Part 2

Air date: 21/Nov/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E75

They're Not Supposed To Do That - Are They? Part 1

Air date: 20/Nov/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E74

Saturday Night Was Murder Part 2

Air date: 14/Nov/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E73

Saturday Night Was Murder Part 1

Air date: 13/Nov/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E72

Granny, the Swings Part 1

Air date: 07/Nov/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E71

Granny, the Swings Part 1

Air date: 06/Nov/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E70

Invasion Of Privacy Part 2

Air date: 31/Oct/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E69

Invasion Of Privacy Part 1

Air date: 30/Oct/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E68

All In A Day's Work Part 2

Air date: 24/Oct/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E67

All In A Day's Work Part 1

Air date: 23/Oct/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E66

A Handful Of Dust Part 2

Air date: 17/Oct/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E65

A Handful Of Dust Part 1

Air date: 16/Oct/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E64

The Nose On Your Face Part 2

Air date: 10/Oct/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E63

The Nose On Your Face Part 1

Air date: 09/Oct/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E62

Sauce For The Goose Part 2

Air date: 03/Oct/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E61

Sauce For The Goose Part 1

Air date: 02/Oct/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E60

Calling The Tune Part 2

Air date: 26/Sep/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E59

Calling The Tune Part 1

Air date: 25/Sep/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E58

A Litte Bit Of Respect Part 2

Air date: 19/Sep/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E57

A Litte Bit Of Respect Part 1

Air date: 18/Sep/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E56

If I Can't Have Him Part 2

Air date: 12/Sep/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E55

If I Can't Have Him Part 1

Air date: 11/Sep/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E54

It's Easy Once You Know How Part 2

Air date: 05/Sep/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E53

It's Easy Once You Know How Part 1

Air date: 04/Sep/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E52

First On The Scene Part 2

Air date: 29/Aug/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E51

First On The Scene Part 1

Air date: 28/Aug/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E50

The Great Art Robbery Part 2

Air date: 22/Aug/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E49

The Great Art Robbery Part 1

Air date: 21/Aug/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E48

Play It Hot, Play It Cool Part 2

Air date: 15/Aug/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E47

Play It Hot, Play It Cool Part 1

Air date: 14/Aug/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E46

Boy Part 2

Air date: 08/Aug/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E45

Boy Part 1

Air date: 07/Aug/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E44

Prejudice Part 2

Air date: 01/Aug/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E43

Prejudice Part 1

Air date: 31/Jul/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E42

All Through The Night Part 2

Air date: 25/Jul/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E41

All Through The Night Part 1

Air date: 24/Jul/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E40

The Sledgehammer And The Nut Part 2

Air date: 18/Jul/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E39

The Sledgehammer And The Nut Part 1

Air date: 17/Jul/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E38

It Was Doing Nothing Part 2

Air date: 11/Jul/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E37

It Was Doing Nothing Part 1

Air date: 10/Jul/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E36

Never Give A Copper An Even Break Part 2

Air date: 04/Jul/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E35

Never Give A Copper An Even Break Part 1

Air date: 03/Jul/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E34

I Never Mean't To Drop Him Part 2

Air date: 27/Jun/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E33

I Never Mean't To Drop Him Part 1

Air date: 26/Jun/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E32

Don't Wrap It Up, I'll Take It With Me Part 2

Air date: 20/Jun/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E31

Don't Wrap It Up, I'll Take It With Me Part 1

Air date: 19/Jun/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E30

The Placer Part 2

Air date: 13/Jun/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E29

The Placer Part 1

Air date: 12/Jun/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E28

She's Not Yours, She's Mine Part 2

Air date: 06/Jun/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E27

She's Not Yours, She's Mine Part 1

Air date: 05/Jun/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E26

Sheena Part 2

Air date: 30/May/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E25

Sheena Part 1

Air date: 29/May/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E24

When Did You Last See Your Father? Part 4

Air date: 23/May/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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The men who patrol their beats in the little Panda cars are not supposed to poach on the preserves of the C.I.D., but that's exactly what Alec May does. It's a case which involves an outbreak of safe-stealing from farms and a deaf and dumb little boy who likes to watch trains. May's own part in the affair looks like having serious consequences for his career.

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S6E23

When Did You Last See Your Father? Part 3

Air date: 22/May/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E22

When Did You Last See Your Father? Part 2

Air date: 16/May/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E21

When Did You Last See Your Father? Part 1

Air date: 15/May/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E20

Finch And Sons Part 2

Air date: 09/May/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E19

Finch And Sons Part 1

Air date: 08/May/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E18

The Nesbitts Are Back Part 2

Air date: 02/May/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E17

The Nesbitts Are Back Part 1

Air date: 01/May/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E16

Standard Procedure Part 2

Air date: 25/Apr/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E15

Standard Procedure Part 1

Air date: 24/Apr/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E14

Who Said Anything About The Law Part 2

Air date: 18/Apr/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E13

Who Said Anything About The Law Part 1

Air date: 17/Apr/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E12

All They Have To Do Is Spend It Part 2

Air date: 11/Apr/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E11

All They Have To Do Is Spend It Part 1

Air date: 10/Apr/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E10

Gelignite Part 2

Air date: 04/Apr/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E9

Gelignite Part 1

Air date: 03/Apr/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E8

The Great Fur Robbery Part 2

Air date: 28/Mar/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E7

The Great Fur Robbery Part 1

Air date: 27/Mar/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E6

You Want 'Em - You Find 'Em Part 2

Air date: 21/Mar/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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DCS Miller has forced DI Hudson, under the threat of being sent back to a little desk job at H.Q., to tell him about an armed attempt to 'knock off' a prison van and release its occupant.

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S6E5

You Want 'Em - You Find 'Em Part 1

Air date: 20/Mar/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E4

Ever Seen A Happy Cop Part 2

Air date: 14/Mar/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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While on his beat PC Tate finds the gate of a local timber yard open. Over the pocket radio he informs HQ. From the station Sgt. Lynch warns him: ""A Z-Car is on its way - don't try to earn a medal.""

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S6E3

Ever Seen A Happy Cop Part 1

Air date: 13/Mar/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

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S6E2

I Don't Want Evidence Part 2

Air date: 07/Mar/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A fire has killed the whole Bohn family - and it didn't start accidentally.

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S6E1

I Don't Want Evidence Part 1

Air date: 06/Mar/1967 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A fire that killed an entire family is determined to have been deliberately set. (Part 1 of 2)

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Season 5 · Series 5

12 episode(s) · Air date: 05/Oct/1965

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S5E12

That's The Way It Is

Air date: 21/Dec/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

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S5E11

But The Crying ...

Air date: 14/Dec/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

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When Brian Logan unlawfully courts two women at the same time, the end can only mean unhappiness, not to mention problems for Smith and Weir. Lynch has to finish the case, but without much help from Barlow, who has promotion and transfer on his mind.

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S5E10

Celebration

Air date: 07/Dec/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

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Sgt. Blackitt takes his wife Alice out to dinner to celebrate his 25 years on the force. He has reason to celebrate, but events force him to realise that over-zealous attention to duty can have serious consequences.

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S5E9

The Good Life

Air date: 30/Nov/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A night watchman's hut is heaven to Patsy and Alfie, but it's back to earth with a bump when Fancy Smith turns up a card.

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S5E8

Contrary To Regulations

Air date: 23/Nov/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

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What happened to Jean Roe, who is found unconscious on the floor in an upstairs flat? To Graham and Walker it looks like a straightforward case of assault. But this is only the beginning and soon they find themselves involved in a case of drug addiction.

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S5E7

A Morning's Sport

Air date: 16/Nov/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

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Three boys are bashing away at a piano which has been left on the street. Watt thinks he knows which bunch of practical jokers put it there. But the whole resources of Newtown station are rushed to the marshes at Seaport where a pair of 'sportsmen' get trapped by their own ignorance and folly.

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S5E6

Routine Inquiries

Air date: 09/Nov/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Is a man lying? Lynch has to decide for himself and act accordingly.

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S5E5

Inspection

Air date: 02/Nov/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Newtown nick is awaiting an official visit by H.M. Inspector of Constabulary. The station is spick and span, gleaming with polish, when in walks a miner, straight from the coal face, dripping coal dust over everything. He wants to confess to his part in the theft of a forty feet long shed the previous night. Blackitt is furious and desperately tries to persuade the miner to come back later. The argument is at its height when H.M. Inspector arrives.

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S5E4

The Hard-Face Grabber

Air date: 26/Oct/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It's all very well taking in a stray, but Sgt. Blackitt thinks this one might bite the hand that feeds it.

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S5E3

Cop And Blow

Air date: 19/Oct/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The Lucky 13 Club opens in Seaport. It is lush and plush with its professional dealers and croupiers, but it is not crooked. But it attracts its share of mugs - and a frightened woman.

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S5E2

Wilful Destruction

Air date: 12/Oct/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

PC Walker joins Dave Graham in Z-Victor Two - and finds himself thrown in at the deep end.

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S5E1

With A Pin

Air date: 05/Oct/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

There is a local race meeting on and Barlow, as befitting his rank, has been assigned to keep an eye on Tattersall's. Lynch is less fortunate: his beat is the car park, so far distant from the course that his chances of picking up useful information are limited. A suitably dressed Blackitt, off duty, is present as a private punter. Smith and Weir are cruising in Z-Victor One as usual.

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Season 4 · Series 4

43 episode(s) · Air date: 09/Sep/1964

Season Overview

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S4E43

Warning Shots

Air date: 30/Jun/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It is PC Ken Baker's last day on Z-Victor Two. He has been selected for further training at Police College. He is looking forward to a peaceful day and a quiet drink with his mates after his shift. However, when two shots are fired his farewell to Newtown is anything but peaceful.

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S4E42

One Good Turn

Air date: 23/Jun/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Watt, Blackitt and Smith try to help Benny Dunn. Benny's mam won't let him into the house; he has nowhere to go, no money for food and there's something about him that softens even a policeman's heart.

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S4E41

Under Cover

Air date: 16/Jun/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The police have to deal with depravity in all its guises - both of the body and of the mind.

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S4E40

Error of Judgement

Air date: 09/Jun/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

PC Foster, helped by ex-boxer Len Phillips, breaks up a gang of youngsters blocking the pavement. His unnecessarily rough treatment of the rowdies comes to the attention of Sgt. Blackitt, who sets about putting his house in order.

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S4E39

Market Square

Air date: 06/Jun/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Victor Division prepares for a Royal visit, but crime doesn't stop for the occasion. Lynch makes a mistake and is left fumbling for excuses and a need for action. His conscience will not easily let him forget his day in Market Square.

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S4E38

Another Fairy Tale

Air date: 26/May/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When two masked men terrorise the wife of a bookmaker and rob his safe it looks like a local job, and only hours after his release from prison Henry McNeil is picked up in a stolen car. But as Barlow remarks, a pro like McNeil will be caught only with his hands in the till.

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S4E37

Checkmate

Air date: 19/May/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Three suspects arrive in the Newtown area. Graham and Baker are instructed to warn them off. Lynch, using a different approach, finds himself drinking with them all evening. Then two of the interlopers are found in a crashed car surrounded by very valuable antiques. The case is important enough to keep Barlow working on his day off.

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S4E36

The Share-Out

Air date: 12/May/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It's time for the share-out from one of Newtown's holiday savings clubs. £18,000 is in club funds. John Watt has to give protection to the money overnight. PCs Walker and Foster take turns in standing guard, but when the dawn comes and the money leaves for the share-out all is not well.

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S4E35

Suspected Murder

Air date: 05/May/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Graham and Baker set out to look for a stolen car but instead come upon a far less trivial incident. Someone has disappeared and the disappearance may be permanent. Barlow has no choice but to call in the 'heavy brigade' from Headquarters.

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S4E34

Snakes Alive

Air date: 28/Apr/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Some people will pinch anything - and sometimes they get more than they bargained for!

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S4E33

The Soft Game

Air date: 21/Apr/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Toby, a man high up on the ledge of a derelict warehouse, is likely to jump off at the mere sight of a uniform. It is up to Bert Lynch, desperately anxious not to reveal himself as a policeman, to gain Toby's confidence and talk him down.

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S4E32

Sound An Alarm

Air date: 14/Apr/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Personal radio comes to Newtown - with disastrous results.

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S4E31

The Mice Will Play

Air date: 07/Apr/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A particularly nasty wave of 'flu has decimated the staff at Newtown with Barlow and Blackitt among the victims. To add to the problems Weir and Baker are away sitting examinations, so a temporary team of Smith and Graham are manning Z_Victor One. They investigate when a baby is found abandoned in a cafe, while Watt and Lynch cope with a mysterious outbreak of garden gate stealing on the North Estate.

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S4E30

You Got To Have Class

Air date: 31/Mar/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A child witnesses a crime against her father, but her mother refuses to co-operate with the police. Fancy's always uncertain temper reaches boiling point.

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S4E29

The Fanatics

Air date: 24/Mar/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Baker and Graham take time out for a snack, but there's no let up when the division is invaded by Scots football fans. Jock Weir becomes more than usually involved.

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S4E28

Partners

Air date: 17/Mar/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A doctor is accused of indecent assault, and Barlow is faced with the problem of evidence. And when a jailbird is found in possession of a stolen watch it looks to Lynch like an open and shut case. In both cases, however, there is a lack of conclusive evidence.

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S4E27

Window Dressing

Air date: 10/Mar/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When No. 18 alarm bell rings in Newtown station Watt and Blackitt brace themselves for trouble. For No. 18 is Mercer's Universal Stores and Mr. Mercer is a notoriously difficult character.

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S4E26

A Shame To Take The Money

Air date: 03/Mar/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two men carry off a mechanical shovel from a building site.

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S4E25

Teething Trouble

Air date: 24/Feb/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A child cries, and family man PC Baker finds himself getting too involved.

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S4E24

The Long Spoon

Air date: 17/Feb/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Barlow accepts a favour from a local trader - and his integrity becomes suspect.

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S4E23

Give A Dog A Name

Air date: 10/Feb/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A lost constable, but Sgt. Watt refuses to join his colleagues in jumping to conclusions. PC Boyle has been transferred to Newtown with a black mark on his record. Everyone knows why, and only John Watt is convinced of Boyle's good character.

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S4E22

A Matter Of Give And Take

Air date: 03/Feb/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The suspicions of a canal lock-keeper bring Z-Victor One into contact with the canal community and eventually lead to the investigation of a more serious crime.

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S4E21

Brotherly Love

Air date: 27/Jan/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

In any community you'll find a few people who are out of alignment - and all too often they find themselves involved with the police.

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S4E20

I Love You Bonzo

Air date: 20/Jan/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch is on the trail of an artist of a thief who broke into the Seaport Supermarket.

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S4E19

The Luck Of The Game

Air date: 13/Jan/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Some parents' trouble is that they protect their children too much.

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S4E18

Think On

Air date: 06/Jan/1965 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A bus load of witnesses - and not one with a voice. Pub closing time in Newtown has come to mean more than the problem of drunken passengers for the men who crew the buses on route no. 86. It has come to be a time to be feared - a time when violence strikes.

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S4E17

First Foot

Air date: 30/Dec/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

New Year's Eve in Newtown means a three-line whip for the lads on the cars. Everyone has to be on the job to cope with the drunks, the rowdy parties and aggression in the pubs. Then there is the thief using the occasion to carry out some quiet breaking and entering, and the teenage girl, daughter of a loveless home, looking for brief happiness by running away with a sailor.

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S4E16

If He Runs - Grab Him

Air date: 23/Dec/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

An old lady is assaulted and robbed. She manages to struggle home to her companion and soon both the cars and DCI Barlow are on the scene.

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S4E15

Bring Back The Cat

Air date: 16/Dec/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It's a lively evening for Smith and Weir. First they have to try and cope with a woman who is charging her husband with an unusual theft. Then they have to intervene when two dockers engage in a punch-up, deal with a pensioner who thinks that the police are trying to steal his money, and finally confront a Scots tearaway who is handy with a shovel but is more interested in the works of Sir Walter Scott.

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S4E14

One Day In Spring Street

Air date: 09/Dec/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

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Investigating a reported disturbance, Dave Graham finds it is one more skirmish in a running war fought with stones between the boys of a local school and old Lewis, an eccentric character who lives in the house opposite. It's not long before Sgt. Blackitt appears on the scene. When he is followed by Sgt. Watt Graham has little to do but sit in the car and watch.

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S4E13

You Pays Your Money

Air date: 02/Dec/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When the only witnesses disagree Sergeant Watt settles for the most likely suspect - with surprising results.

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S4E12

No Stone Unturned

Air date: 25/Nov/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A sudden death in Newtown brings the new man, Detective Superintendent Prentiss, from Headquarters. And before the investigation is closed he makes his presence very much felt.

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S4E11

In A Day's Work

Air date: 18/Nov/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A friendly call on a neighbour turns into a sudden nightmare for a young housewife. She dials 999. Fancy Smith, alone in Z-Victor One, is sent to investigate and finds himself in a situation that would tax the patience of a priest and a psychologist combined.

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S4E10

Welcome Home, Jigger

Air date: 11/Nov/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Sgt. Blackitt sets off to give a first aid demonstration at a youth club where trouble is in the air. Jigger Daniels, released from Borstal, is back in town and has a few old scores to settle. Meanwhile Lynch has his own problems. Someone is going around Newtown stealing transistor radios from parked cars, and Barlow is in one of his 'leave no stone unturned' moods.

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S4E9

Two In The Bush

Air date: 04/Nov/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two crimes - same place, same time - and Smith and weir are ready and able to deal with them.

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S4E8

The Hunch

Air date: 28/Oct/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A passing car and a radio message lead Graham and Baker to a particular club with interesting results. DC Lynch, meanwhile, has the job of finding the leader of a gang specialising in quick break-ins and small but profitable hauls of liquor and cigarettes. It is his most important case yet and he pins his hopes on a hunch that takes him to London.

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S4E7

Charity Begins ...

Air date: 21/Oct/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

""What's all the fuss about then?"" asks Fancy Smith when he and Jock Weir are called to a case of shoplifting. ""Cause maybe there's something else too,"" replies Jock. And as the men of Z-Victor One discover, something else, something much more sinister, there most certainly is.

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S4E6

Somebody Said...

Air date: 14/Oct/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

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S4E5

Soft Spot

Air date: 07/Oct/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Alby Rafferty, an over-zealous car enthusiast, is not past redemption according to John Watt. But Watt is not the only influence in Alby's life. So when Mr. Cull's shiny new white car is driven off from under his nose, it is not for use in a robbery - just Alby indulging his passion.

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S4E4

Lucky Partners

Air date: 30/Sep/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

To the young Mrs. Napier the man at the door seems anything but sinister, just buying old gold. But his method of purchase leaves something to be desired.

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S4E3

Finders Keepers

Air date: 23/Sep/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The grimy cafe down by the docks is keeping pretty busy as usual. The juke-box is giving out the latest sounds of the Mersey Beat at full volume; the youngsters are sitting around drinking strong tea out of thick mugs. But there is one customer at McKinley's who doesn't seem to fit in. That is Brayne, the old tramp. He has no money for tea, but he is wearing an expensive overcoat and a business gent's bowler hat. Smith and Weir get really involved when they try to find the reason.

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S4E2

What A Main Event!

Air date: 16/Sep/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two men in a parked car - and the beginning of a night Lynch and Graham will talk about all their lives. The eventual haul is so good it even induces Barlow to stand drinks for the duo.

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S4E1

The Dark Side Of The Road

Air date: 09/Sep/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Outside in the dark a girl screams. Inside the tall flats she is heard and ignored. It is half an hour before one man puts out a reluctant hand to dial 999.

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Season 3 · Series 3

42 episode(s) · Air date: 04/Sep/1963

Season Overview

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S3E42

A Place Of Safety

Air date: 24/Jun/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Smith and Weir are called to a disturbance in a tenement block. An unemployed black man has attacked a bailiff with an axe, then barricaded himself in his flat with his wife and children. Barlow is called and eventually persuades the man to come out, whereupon he is promptly arrested. It looks like an open and shut case of attempted murder, but Barlow is not satisfied. Later that evening Smith and Weir find the man's wife and children sleeping in a bus shelter: they have been evicted without notice.

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S3E41

Family Reunion

Air date: 17/Jun/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When Danny Sullivan, boisterous and irresponsible, returns to Newtown Z-Victor Two is alerted. When he goes into the used car business there is trouble.

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S3E40

Cage Until Tame

Air date: 10/Jun/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Arty Timmins is out of jail. Chief Supt. Robins put him away when he was an Inspector and Sgt. Blackitt was a constable. With Barlow away on a course Robins makes it his personal business to keep a close watch on one of the hardest characters ever to cross his path. For there are three citizens of Newtown who, even after ten years, have good cause to be frightened.

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S3E39

Somebody ... Help

Air date: 03/Jun/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Frank Wood is a homosexual, unable to go to the police when a man sets out to blackmail him. If he does go to the police he faces trial, possible conviction, even prison, not to mention local scandal and the end of his business career.

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S3E38

Happy Birthday

Air date: 27/May/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A wrist-watch and a camera. Not unusual gifts for a twenty-first birthday, but they make a busy Saturday for Smith and Weir and upset a wedding.

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S3E37

You Get All Kinds

Air date: 20/May/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A baby is taken from a pram near a bingo hall. Graham and Lynch are involved in a long search.

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S3E36

Centre Of Disturbance

Air date: 13/May/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A brutal mid-afternoon shooting in the middle of a shopping area leaves a store full of people dumbfounded and the Newtown police force shaking its head in disbelief.

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S3E35

Seconds Away

Air date: 06/May/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It is a routine job - a break-in at a jeweller's shop. But Barlow believes the owner is in danger.

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S3E34

First-Class Citizen

Air date: 29/Apr/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Old Eli Mosscrop was once the best spiderman in the north. Now no-one will employ him. When he tries to show his skill he makes a problem for John Watt, who has no head for heights.

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S3E33

Whistle, And Come Home

Air date: 22/Apr/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two children are the only witnesses of a robbery. It seems that the men concerned will get away with it - until Barlow takes over.

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S3E32

The Whole Truth...

Air date: 08/Apr/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

'Punchy' Palmer is not too bright. When he tries to help Newtown police it isn't easy to know what is truth and what is daydreams. In this guesswork lies the answer to a series of crimes.

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S3E31

Clues Are What You Think

Air date: 01/Apr/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The search area is wide and time is short - for Barlow is in charge of a murder enquiry for the first time. He places his faith in two seemingly harmless questions.

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S3E30

Inside Job

Air date: 25/Mar/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A mail van raid - a quick getaway - and no description of the raiders. When an easy arrest is made Barlow finds a new angle on the 'inside job'.

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S3E29

Happy Families

Air date: 18/Mar/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A mother finds her schoolboy son in possession of pornographic photographs. Then the lad goes missing and Smith and weir have the job of finding him. Meantime Barlow tracks down the source of the photographs. John Watt deals with his marital problems. JOSS ACKLAND appears here as the villain: four years later he became a cast regular as DI Todd.

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S3E28

A Straight Deal

Air date: 11/Mar/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When Josh Tansfield tries to make a deal with the police John Watt is worried - but Barlow gets the best of a good bargain.

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S3E27

A Man...Like Yourself

Air date: 04/Mar/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When a young offender escapes from custody he is seen hiding on a roof and DC Hicks is detailed to bring him down.

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S3E26

Fun And Games

Air date: 26/Feb/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When a seemingly harmless practical joke goes wrong and leads to a disturbance Lynch finds himself involved in a very personal problem.

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S3E25

A Question Of Storage

Air date: 19/Feb/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Barlow's attendance at a police conference starts a spring cleaning at Newtown station. But the arrest of an elderly drunk by Smith and Weir upsets the efficiency drive.

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S3E24

Profit By Their Example

Air date: 12/Feb/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A mysterious meeting at a sports pavilion attracts the attention of Z-Victor Two. John Watt investigates. When a sharp warning to a friend is unheeded Watt finds himself at the centre of hostilities.

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S3E23

No Malice

Air date: 05/Feb/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Barlow loses a case against a known criminal. He believes the man is guilty but he is ordered to re-investigate the crime and finds a problem he doesn't want to face.

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S3E22

A Stroll Along The Sands

Air date: 29/Jan/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A chance encounter is soon forgotten by Lynch and Graham. But remembering a face becomes vital when Barlow orders a search for missing money - and a missing man.

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S3E21

I Mean...Where Does It Stop?

Air date: 22/Jan/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Weir finds that being a policeman doesn't stop when he goes off duty, particularly as his girl friend Sally has shady connections.

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S3E20

Promise Made

Air date: 15/Jan/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It can't possibly be blackmail - the old lady seems much too innocent and can have nothing to hide. But Lynch and Graham are sure that something has happened and Barlow decides to set a trap.

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S3E19

Happy-Go-Lucky

Air date: 08/Jan/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When a happy-go-lucky thief refuses to confess to a simple breaking and entering job Barlow continues enquiries. This starts an avalanche of evidence and soon Barlow fears that everyone in Newtown is implicated somewhere along the line.

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S3E18

.. And A Happy New Year

Air date: 01/Jan/1964 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The revelry of New Year's Eve has its normal problems for the Newtown police and its special opportunities for a lone marauder in the streets. Sgt. Blackitt, leaving PC Sweet on the desk, is on the beat himself for a change. Down by the canal is a nurse from the Cottage Hospital and she is out on a cold night without a cloak over her uniform.

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S3E17

It Never Rains ...

Air date: 25/Dec/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

On Christmas Eve Lynch and Graham are as full of goodwill to all men as any police officers can be - with a garage robbery to deal with and other people's celebrations getting in the way.

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S3E16

Wait For It

Air date: 18/Dec/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Some crimes are solved by logic. Barlow finds one but Smith and Weir look like upsetting him in their persistent search for a stolen purse.

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S3E15

Supper In The Morning

Air date: 11/Dec/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Dave Graham is used to sorting out the problems of other people, but only as a policeman. He finds it much more difficult to cope with a crisis in his own home.

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S3E14

Tuesday Afternoon

Air date: 04/Dec/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A case of shoplifting, the disappearance of 3,000 bricks and some unbuilt houses give Barlow and the boys in Z-Victor One a busy day.

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S3E13

Choose Your Partners

Air date: 27/Nov/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A report of breaking and entering at Mallory Hall and soon Lord Tenterden's home is swarming with policemen from the ACC right down to Fancy Smith. The thieves have taken something far more valuable than the money they were after. Is espionage involved?

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S3E12

Running Milligan

Air date: 20/Nov/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Freddy Milligan is servinga prison sentence for robbery with violence. With six weeks of his sentence to run, he is given compassionate parole to attend his wife's funeral. He fails to report back, and the Newtown police get the job of bringing him in.

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S3E11

Daylight Robbery

Air date: 13/Nov/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When a Newtown pillar box begins to belch smoke Graham's first reaction is that someone has been posting red hot love letters. But by the time thirteen pillar boxes have been burned out he and Lynch are on the trail of an unusual kind of pyromaniac. Meanwhile Sgt. Watt is keeping an eye on Oliver Snow, a visitor from London who goes out of his way to be offensive.

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S3E10

Remembrance Of A Guest

Air date: 06/Nov/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Complaints about a fast-moving, fast-talking door-to-door salesman give Weir and Smith a busy day, while Sgt. Watt prepares the trap.

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S3E9

Special Duty

Air date: 30/Oct/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch and Graham investigate a domestic tragedy. And for Barlow there's the urgent problem of saving a man's life.

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S3E8

The Kiter

Air date: 23/Oct/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

An outbreak of thefts from offertory boxes, a flood of dud cheques - and Victor Division's crime figures begin to soar. Barlow and Watt try to identify a petty criminal with an interest in churches.

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S3E7

Hide - And Go Seek

Air date: 16/Oct/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A young rookie constable cannot hold his liquor. In his cups he reveals the whereabouts of a 'safe house' holding a vital witness, with disastrous consequences.

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S3E6

Hit And Run

Air date: 09/Oct/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A slight collision between two cars, a bad-tempered blow, and a young man finds himself involved in serious trouble - both for himself and for those close to him.

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S3E5

A Quiet Night

Air date: 02/Oct/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

PCs Lynch and Graham find that a quiet night can be just as busy as any other, but for some of the people they encounter it is also a night of tragedy.

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S3E4

Light The Blue Paper

Air date: 26/Sep/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The bang is loud in the night. The conspiracy of silence which follows is more sinister. When an explosion destroys Bill Webster's betting shop CID runs up against a blank wall. No clues and there is nobody willing to talk. Webster himself stubbornly maintains it was an accident, but Barlow is convinced there is a connection between the explosion and the fact that Webster intends to compete with his rivals by opening more shops in the area.

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S3E3

A La Carte

Air date: 18/Sep/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Chief Inspector Barlow is known locally as something of a gourmet, but not even the chef believes that he is interested only in food.

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S3E2

Made For Each Other

Air date: 11/Sep/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two arrests, two court cases - and also two people, in one of whom Fancy Smith takes a personal interest.

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S3E1

Lucky Accident

Air date: 04/Sep/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

An attempted burglary and a hit-and-run accident - PC Lynch sees the connection first. Proving it is a job for the whole of Victor Division.

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Season 2 · Series 2

42 episode(s) · Air date: 19/Sep/1962

Season Overview

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S2E42

Police Work

Air date: 03/Jul/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The Coroner's demand for the presence of a witness sends Smith and Weir to a lonely cottage, to be greeted with a kind of violence even they do not expect.

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S2E41

The Whizzers

Air date: 26/Jun/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A team of pickpockets and the attempt to track them down leads Jock Weir into serious trouble with the public and with the Chief Constable.

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S2E40

Come On The Lads

Air date: 19/Jun/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

In soccer mad Newtown tickets for the big match are at a premium. Everyone wants to go, villains and police alike. Con man Johnson has eight tickets to distribute to people who might be useful to him, but mistakenly hands them to Paddy, a fixer who has his own ideas about who to give them to. Lynch and Graham also have tickets and are on their way to the stadium when they come into violent contact with a gang of men in a stolen lorry.

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S2E39

Caught By The Ears

Air date: 12/Jun/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Cattle are identified by marks on their ears. Sgt. Watt and Z-Victor One have to find their own way of identifying the people responsible for a large-scale fraud.

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S2E38

Scare

Air date: 05/Jun/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The crew of a merchant ship about to dock at Seaport are looking forward to shore leave. They have money to burn and an itch to burn it in Rosie's Club. When a smallpox scare leads to all leave being stopped, two sailors have other ideas and sneak ashore. Lynch and Graham have to find them to prevent a possible smallpox epidemic.

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S2E37

Quiet Confidence

Air date: 29/May/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Fancy Smith's devotion to duty takes him, on his night off, to visit a young offender's father, with results that make him bitterly and furiously angry.

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S2E36

A Try By Weir

Air date: 22/May/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It's the night after a big rugby football match. Lynch and Graham get a surprise when they are sent to investigate a spot of trouble at a pub on the Newtown to Seaport road, for there they find Jock Weir. He is having a drink with friends to celebrate playing on the winning side, but with the arrival of Lynch and Graham the evening turns out to be anything but a happy one.

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S2E35

Alarm Call

Air date: 15/May/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The alarm rings and the police dash to the scene. This is the reflex action a clever crook can calculate on - except when PC Jock Weir decides to take charge.

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S2E34

Nothing Serious

Air date: 08/May/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A vicious bunch of thugs and a young couple in love. Lynch and Graham are involved with both while their own working relationship reaches flash point. PC Sweet and the relative newcomer DC Hicks also get caught up in the action.

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S2E33

By The Book

Air date: 01/May/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

""Crimes like this, there's always two, always. I've never known it otherwise"". And DCS Robins is talking about murder.

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S2E32

Train Of Events

Air date: 24/Apr/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A mailbag robbery in Newtown and Barlow is in his element as the masterly organiser at the centre of operations. He sends Lynch and Graham to set up a road block, chivvies John Watt into scouting for information and reminds Sgt. Blackitt of the golden rule: ""Can't afford to let things stop or get bogged down"".

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S2E31

The Birds Of The Air

Air date: 17/Apr/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Only when the birds have flown does Z-Victor One get called to the Atlantic Hotel, where a man and woman are wanted for not paying their bill. Barlow has to set snares to catch them.

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S2E30

The Peterman

Air date: 10/Apr/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A big bump in the night and the hunt for the safebreakers is on. But the safebreakers are hunting too - for the expert.

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S2E29

Pay By Results

Air date: 03/Apr/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Glossop is a name all too familiar to Newtown CID. His record includes larceny, assault, shopbreaking, gaming and assault on police. So when he escapes from prison and is reported to be back in Newtown Barlow makes it his personal business to find him. But knowing Glossop's reputation, the informers are reluctant to talk.

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S2E28

Enquiry

Air date: 27/Mar/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Despite all the anger and resentment they arouse nothing must deflect Inspector Bamber from the most difficult enquiries of his career - into suspicions that Victor Division contains a policeman who is a thief.

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S2E27

The Bad Lad

Air date: 20/Mar/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

In an attempt to improve the crime statistics Barlow has Smith and Weir devoting valuable time to the theft of a bicycle lamp and John Watt is set to clear up an affair of lead castings pilfered from a factory. Both seem trivial, but Barlow thinks that they are worth some trouble - and as usual he is proved right in the end.

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S2E26

Matter Of Conviction

Air date: 13/Mar/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A serious crime has to be reported to Headquarters. Barlow's main worry is that the crime may not have been committed at all.

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S2E25

Members Only

Air date: 06/Mar/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The men want the new club to be peaceful and palatial. John Watt's concern is with the way it is being financed and furnished.

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S2E24

Follow My Leader

Air date: 27/Feb/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The trail of counterfeit notes begins in a chemist's shop. Following it is more complicated than Lynch and Graham would ever have believed.

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S2E23

The Main Chance

Air date: 20/Feb/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Cock-fighting is cruel, bloody and illegal. Its promoters have to work in secret, and so do the police in trying to catch the perpetrators.

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S2E22

The Listeners

Air date: 13/Feb/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch goes out on patrol with PC Dave Graham, the former dog-handler who has been chosen to replace Bob Steele. With Lynch missing the companionship of Steele, the relationship between the new pair is not easy. They quickly run into trouble - with each other and with a pair of thieves with an ear to police business.

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S2E21

Act Of Vengeance

Air date: 06/Feb/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The act is sudden, brutal and corroding. The problem facing Barlow is what the victim has done to warrant it.

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S2E20

A Simple Case

Air date: 30/Jan/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Bob Steele is late for work. And because of this he becomes accidentally involved in a case concerning a petty thief. He is going through the town's shopping centre when a middle-aged woman comes running out of one of the stores, closely pursued by a security guard. She has apparently been shoplifting. But what seems at first sight to be a 'simple case' confronts Steele with the biggest decision of his life. (This was Jeremy Kemp's last appearance as PC Bob Steele.)

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S2E19

The Hitch-Hiker

Air date: 23/Jan/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A casual lift as the rain pours down - and for Winnie Parker it means a drive of terror. Her kindness in persuading her husband to pick up a hitch-hiker puts her in danger and gives a long night of anxiety and work for Smith and Weir.

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S2E18

Five And A Match

Air date: 16/Jan/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Export cigarettes are being imported into the Newtown area. Lynch and Steele pick up some fag-ends of information.

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S2E17

Trumpet Voluntary

Air date: 09/Jan/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Eddie plays the trumpet badly and on the streets, so his contacts with the police are frequent. This time, however, there is more than music involved.

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S2E16

All Up By Seven

Air date: 02/Jan/1963 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Arrest usually pile up at night - except in this case that involves a safe, the Army, a divorce and a potted plant.

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S2E15

Search

Air date: 26/Dec/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When a child is reported missing on Christmas Day Smith and Weir are first in what becomes a countrywide hunt for him. They search all day and into the night in a desperate attempt to find him.

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S2E14

Five Whistles

Air date: 19/Dec/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A quantity of drink and five suits are missing. Steele and Lynch spend a long night looking for the drink while the rest of the Newtown police are at the Christmas party.

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S2E13

Business Trip

Air date: 12/Dec/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A London gang move north. They plan a short and profitable visit to Newtown. Smith and Weir spend a busy night trying to cut down their profits and lengthen their stay.

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S2E12

The Navigators

Air date: 05/Dec/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch and Steele are called to a pub fight. Who started it? As Geraghty said: ""Hollis is always starting fights. Too clever for himself this time, though - far too clever"".

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S2E11

Known To The Police

Air date: 28/Nov/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Hilda Simmons reports that her car has been stolen. But she omits to tell the police that the man who took it is her husband. Smith and Weir have the task of rounding up the 'thief' only to find that the charge has been withdrawn. However, Sgt. Watt recognises Simmons of old, and soon tumbles to what is happening.

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S2E10

Ambush

Air date: 11/Nov/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Dick Davis comes out of Walton jail and immediately plans his first job. But after two years in prison Davis cannot match the quality of his planning with the quality of his new accomplices.

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S2E9

Person Unknown

Air date: 14/Nov/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Detective Superintendent Miller, aggressive as ever, leads the local Newtown force as they attempt to find a man who has attacked several young girls.

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S2E8

Johnny Sailor

Air date: 07/Nov/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Johnny attacks a man in a pub - the wrong man. Steele and Lynch have to find him before he finds the right man.

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S2E7

The Thin Girl

Air date: 31/Oct/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A neat operation in car stealing begins to go wrong when the thief tries mixing business with pleasure.

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S2E6

Corroboration

Air date: 24/Oct/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch and Steele investigate a break-in at a factory where the night watchman has been attacked and injured. They bring in a man the Newtown police have long wanted to see behind bars. But bringing him in is one thing, keeping him in is another.

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S2E5

Friendly Relations

Air date: 17/Oct/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The trail of a walk-in thief leads Smith and Weir to a locked room in Newtown and on to a night in Blackpool - but not to see the illuminations!

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S2E4

Information Received

Air date: 10/Oct/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Z-Victor Two gets an alarm call to a jeweller's shop. Sgt. Watt gets the information that leads to an arrest, but the case is not as simple as it seems.

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S2E3

Truth Or Dare

Air date: 03/Oct/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The violent death of a small shopkeeper brings Supt. Miller into Victor Division and into conflict with Barlow, who has his own solution to offer.

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S2E2

Full Remission

Air date: 26/Sep/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A pretty girl out alone and late at night leads Steele and Lynch to a robbery and to a tearaway more dangerous than any they have encountered before.

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S2E1

On Watch - Newtown

Air date: 19/Sep/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Both crews are forced to realise the narrow margin between life and death on a busy night in which Barlow and Twentyman miss one crime and catch two criminals.

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Season 1 · Series 1

31 episode(s) · Air date: 02/Jan/1962

Season Overview

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S1E31

Unconditional Surrender

Air date: 31/Jul/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Barlow initiates a campaign against the Cruddock brothers and their gang. The Z-Cars engage in 'Operation Harassment' and a state of total war develops.

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S1E30

Sunday Morning

Air date: 24/Jul/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

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S1E29

Assault

Air date: 17/Jul/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Barlow is investigating a case of assault. Betty Ancoats accuses four youths of attacking her, but one of them, Hogan, who has a reputation for violence, denies any knowledge of the crime.

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S1E28

Appearance In Court

Air date: 10/Jul/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Catching a thief is only the beginning as far as the police are concerned. When Smith and Weir have to justify their action in court the truth is made to look slightly less than the whole truth.

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S1E27

Teamwork

Air date: 03/Jul/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Just when the crime figures are levelling out one man pushes them up and up with a series of aimless break-ins. When Steele and Lynch lay hands on him but let him escape Barlow, Watt and Dunn are ready to lay hands on them!

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S1E26

Contraband

Air date: 26/Jun/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The prospect of a 'finder's reward' in a dockland smuggling case makes Smith and Weir eager volunteers for extra duty.

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S1E25

Affray

Air date: 19/Jun/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Two men claim the same prize and trouble begins. When Lynch and Steele are called there is an unexpected development and a policeman dies.

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S1E24

Day Trip

Air date: 12/Jun/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A charabanc outing, a halt at a pub and an exponent of the three-card trick: this is how a day at the seaside begins. It ends in violence.

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S1E23

Never On Wednesday

Air date: 05/Jun/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

For two years Barlow has been trying to catch a Newtown thief. When DCS Robins takes a personal interest the pressure is on for everyone - particularly Steele and Lynch.

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S1E22

Incident Reported

Air date: 29/May/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Fancy Smith first meets Stan Carron in the Tabernacle pub where Carron is causing a disturbance. They have an argument. The second time they meet Carron is in no state to argue and Smith starts a long night's work.

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S1E21

Hi-Jack!

Air date: 22/May/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

At Pete's Caff Steele and Lynch report ""off watch for refreshments"". While they are eating and talking to Steele's friend Les Fielding his lorry is hi-jacked.

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S1E20

People's Property

Air date: 15/May/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

It's a busy night for Smith, Weir and Sergeant Watt when burglary is rife.

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S1E19

Winner Takes All

Air date: 08/May/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A race track tout forgets to pay his alimony, and Steele and Lynch discover an ingenious fraud to beat the bookies.

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S1E18

Further Enquiries

Air date: 01/May/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Weir stops a car driving without lights, the first event in a night which brings 'important' people in the county to Newtown police station.

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S1E17

Down And Out

Air date: 24/Apr/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A drunk causes a disturbance, two thieves break into a pet shop - and Steele and Lynch end the night at knife-point.

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S1E16

Invisible Enemy

Air date: 17/Apr/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When a gas meter is broken into in a big block of flats Weir and Smith think their hunt is only for a petty thief. What they encounter, though, is someone much more dangerous.

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S1E15

The Best Days

Air date: 10/Apr/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Lynch and Steele have their hands full when a gang of boys break into a school and smash up the headmaster's study. But the hooliganism doesn't stop there. When they are disturbed by the caretaker the oldest member of the gang attacks him and leaves him seriously injured.

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S1E14

Found Abandoned

Air date: 03/Apr/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

Smith and Weir answer a call and find an abandoned baby. They bring it along to the station, where Inspector Dunn is in charge in Barlow's absence.

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S1E13

Sudden Death

Air date: 27/Mar/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When a case of murder is reported Lynch and Steele are the first policemen on the scene. But the main responsibility for organising the hunt for the killer falls on Barlow, whose toughness is backed by vast experience and an intuitive mind.

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S1E12

What Kind Of Hero?

Air date: 20/Mar/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A young man risks his life to save that of an accident victim trapped under an overturned road tanker, then disappears quietly. One of the bystanders, a retired army officer, pesters Barlow to trace the man and see that he gets the recognition he deserves. Barlow eventually finds the reluctant hero, only to discover that he is an army deserter wanted by the Military Police!

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S1E11

Jail Break

Air date: 13/Mar/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

What is a mysterious stranger from Soho doing in Victor Division? John Watt would like to know, and keeps a close watch on him. Smith and Weir are heavily involved in the tracking down of money previously stolen in a mailbag robbery. Both events are triggered by a successful jail break.

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S1E10

Threats And Menaces

Air date: 06/Mar/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

In Victor Division the police often live next door to unruly members of the community. Bob and Janey Steele find that this can have unpleasant, even dangerous, consequences.

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S1E9

Fire!

Air date: 27/Feb/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The report of a burning barn takes Smith and Weir into the country, searching for a fire-raiser.

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S1E8

Family Feud

Air date: 20/Feb/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When two feuding families go to war Lynch and Steele find themselves in the front line.

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S1E7

Suspended

Air date: 13/Feb/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The crew of Z-Victor One waste no time in arriving at the scene of a burglary. Their reward is to be suspected of theft themselves.

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S1E6

Friday Night

Air date: 06/Feb/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

""It's going to be one of those nights"", pronounced Sgt. Percy Twentyman, and he wasn't far wrong. Steele and Lynch have to cope with the aftermath of a traffic accident in which a drunken driver has killed a motor cyclist and his pillion passenger. Small time felon Grandpa Maddigan blows up the safe in the Gas Company office, Watt and DCS Robins are hot on the trail of the notorious Comber gang, and Twentyman himself gets more than he bargained for when he tries to break up a free-for-all in the Tabernacle pub.

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S1E5

Big Catch

Air date: 30/Jan/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

When the whalers hit Seaport after a good season Smith and Weir have their work cut out to keep trouble to a minimum.

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S1E4

Stab In The Dark

Air date: 23/Jan/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A wounding case brings top brass into Victor Division to investigate. Lynch and Steele work overtime to find the villain.

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S1E3

Handle With Care

Air date: 16/Jan/1962 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

An explosion in a quarry disturbs two lovers. It also disturbs Detective Sergeant John Watt when he finds out what caused it.

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S1E2

The Limping Rabbit

Air date: 09/Jan/1962 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

A girl disappears, and Steele and Lynch are faced by a conspiracy of silence in her broken family.

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S1E1

Four of a Kind

Air date: 02/Jan/1962 · Time: 20:30 · Runtime: 50 min

Summary

The search is on for four young men to ""crew"" the new cars in the tough and troubled district of Newtown, a North of England overspill estate. A mixed community, displaced from the larger towns by slum clearance, has been brought together and housed on an estate without amenities.

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Cast

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Michael Forrest

Colin Welland

PC David Graham

Sgt. Bob Blackitt

Geoffrey Whitehead

Geoffrey Whitehead

John Barrie

Sebastian Breaks

PC Susan Parkin

Bernard Holley

PC Bill Newcombe

Jennie Goossens

Jennie Goossens

Paul Angelis

PC Bruce Bannerman

Douglas Fielding

Sgt. Alec Quilley

James Ellis

Joseph Brady

PC John "Jock" Weir

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Frederick Knapman

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Production Design

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Alan Bridges

Alan Gibson

Anthony Page

Barry Letts

Brian Parker

Christopher Baker

Christopher Barry

Christopher Barry

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Quick Facts

Seasons 12

Episodes 816

Year 1962

Status Ended

Runtime 50 min

Language English

Country United Kingdom

Release Info

Schedule Wednesdays (50 min)

Timezone Europe/London

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Network United Kingdom BBC One (1962 - 1978)

External Links

Website 8110 tt0129723

Schedule Wednesdays (50 min)

Timezone Europe/London

Network United Kingdom BBC One (1962 - 1978)

Official Website

TVMaze 8110

IMDb tt0129723

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