Juliet Bravo
Juliet Bravo was a drama that focused on two female police inspectors, neither of whom were called Juliet Bravo! These two inspectors worked in the small fictional town of Hartley, Lancashire. Jean Darblay was on the scene first and had trouble with her sexist colleagues. However she soon managed to gain their trust and prove a woman could be a successful police officer and housewife. Jean's call sign was Juliet Bravo. When she was promoted and moved on she was replaced by Kate Longton who not only took over the patch but also the headaches that went with it.
Seasons
1. Shot Gun
Air Date: 1980-08-30
A new police inspector, Jean Darbley, arrives at Hartley police station and immediately has to deal with a man who takes his daughter from her home at gunpoint.
2. Fraudulently Uttered
Air Date: 1980-09-06
An elderly tea-lady is arrested, accused of stealing large sums of money from her employer.
3. The Draughtsman
Air Date: 1980-09-13
A body is found in Hartley, and Insp Darbley helps a detective from the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad with the murder investigation.
4. Coins
Air Date: 1980-09-20
PC Bentley tells Jean he thinks a woman is involved in a burglary at Major Adams's fall-out shelter. He is almost right.
5. Trouble At T'Mill
Air Date: 1980-09-27
Insp Darbley finds herself caught up in a dispute over an old steam engine.
6. The Runner
Air Date: 1980-10-04
Insp Darbley deals with nine-year-old tearaway Jonny Duffield.
7. Coming Back
Air Date: 1980-10-11
Mick Grainger is apprehensive about leaving prison after six years and returning to his wife Judy.
8. Cages
Air Date: 1980-10-18
Police make a bizarre discovery in the yard of Szabo's fish and chip shop.
9. Rage
Air Date: 1980-10-25
Insp. Darbley tries to save a disturbed young mother and her baby.
10. The One Who Got Away
Air Date: 1980-11-01
Officers from the crime squad mount an undercover operation against a gang of international counterfeiters.
11. Expectations
Air Date: 1980-11-08
Insp Darbley goes to the rescue of an inexperienced young W.P.C.
12. Home-Grown Or Imported?
Air Date: 1980-11-15
Violence erupts in Hartley when an incomer tries to open a country club.
13. Family Unit
Air Date: 1980-11-22
A widower and father of four who is fond of a drink or two comes between Insp Darbley and her husband.
14. Oscar
Air Date: 1980-11-29
Eleven-year-old Janice claims she has been told to steal washing from a launderette by a mystery man named Oscar.
15. The Anastasia Syndrome
Air Date: 1980-12-06
Special Branch ask Insp Darbley to investigate a possible threat in advance of a planned royal visit.
16. Relief
Air Date: 1980-12-13
Insp. Darbley takes a week's leave to carry out some home-decorating.
1. New Arrivals
Air Date: 1981-09-05
Insp Darbley clashes with her new boss, Chief Superintendent Albert Hallam.
2. Arlene
Air Date: 1981-09-12
Insp. Darbley tries to help a vulnerable young woman.
3. Party Fun
Air Date: 1981-09-19
Insp. Darbley is left holding the baby when a prisoner is released from H.M.P. Parkhurst.
4. Lies and Liars
Air Date: 1981-09-26
Police investigate a pet shop owner accused of inappropriate relations with a young child.
5. A Private Place
Air Date: 1981-10-03
Insp. Darbley deals with an elderly couple who refuse to comply with an eviction order.
6. Unpicking the Stitches
Air Date: 1981-10-10
Insp. Darbley arranges safe accommodation for the sole witness in an attempted murder case.
7. Clever Boy
Air Date: 1981-10-17
Police investigate the disappearance of a teenaged boy who walks out of school just before taking his O-Level examinations.
8. Aunt Sally
Air Date: 1981-10-24
A store detective's life starts to fall apart when she is compulsorily retired.
9. Gorgeous
Air Date: 1981-10-31
A well-known and respected councillor faces scandal and ruin over the love of the wrong woman.
10. Whispers
Air Date: 1981-11-07
Information from an informant has sent a man to jail, with serious consequences for Insp Darbley's private life.
11. Barriers
Air Date: 1981-11-10
Tom Darblay attends to an illness in the family, while P.C. Gallagher has his own family crisis.
12. Journeys
Air Date: 1981-11-21
Sgt. Parrish is surprised by the revelations of a minor criminal, while Insp. Darbley tries to solve the mystery of an old woman's amazing journey.
13. Catching Up
Air Date: 1981-11-28
A man who was presumed dead after disappearing ten years earlier turns up to see Sgt. Beck.
14. The Third Man
Air Date: 1981-12-05
Insp. Darbley doubts a man who swears he is innocent of any involvement in a robbery.
1. Betrayals
Air Date: 1982-09-04
A soldier, home on leave from service in Northern Ireland, gets involved in a serious incident.
2. Heat
Air Date: 1982-09-11
Police investigate a rash of unexplained fires.
3. Amenities
Air Date: 1982-09-18
Insp. Darbley investigates when the site of a new office development is vandalised.
4. Amateur Night
Air Date: 1982-09-25
Insp. Darbley is determined to identify the practical joker behind a series of petty thefts.
5. A Breach of the Peace
Air Date: 1982-10-02
A gypsy is released from prison, reawakening a long-standing family feud.
6. Family Ties
Air Date: 1982-10-09
PC Ted Palmer challenges Insp Darbley's authority, with unhappy consequences.
7. Nothing to Report
Air Date: 1982-10-16
The police have to deal with a rowdy night at the Warmsleigh Road Social Club.
8. You Can Go Home Again
Air Date: 1982-10-23
The police have to deal with the logistics of the annual pop festival. Meanwhile, a celebrated former resident returns to Hartley to visit his daughter.
9. Past Lives
Air Date: 1982-10-30
Insp. Darbley deals with a face from the past, in a week in which the police have to cope with a robbery at the local co-op and some missing pigs.
10. Cause for Complaint
Air Date: 1982-11-07
P.C. Martin Helmshore faces a serious accusation.
11. Hartley's Midnight Cowboy
Air Date: 1982-11-14
The police deal with conflict between neighbouring farmers.
12. The Intruder
Air Date: 1982-11-21
Insp Darbley is anxious to find out what Frankie Miller is doing in Hartley, and why Dick Graydon is covering up for him.
13. Misunderstandings
Air Date: 1982-11-28
Two women struggle to cope with loneliness, with tragic consequences for one of them.
14. Where There's Muck...
Air Date: 1982-12-04
Sgt. Beck has difficulty trying to sell tickets for the annual police dance.
1. Teamwork
Air Date: 1983-09-03
The team at Hartley police station await the arrival of the new inspector. Having lost Insp. Darbley, it will be good to have a man back in charge of the place.
2. Teacher's Pet
Air Date: 1983-09-10
Insp. Kate Longton leads an urgent search to save a life after receiving an anonymouse telephone call.
3. Retribution
Air Date: 1983-09-17
Insp. Longton agrees to a meeting about a forthcoming speaking engagement, but finds herself in a perilous situation.
4. Solvent Solution
Air Date: 1983-09-24
Insp Longton tries to protect some children from a deadly habit.
5. Who's Your Friend?
Air Date: 1983-10-01
Sgt Parrish demands to know why Insp Longton has taken Sgt Beck's name off the duty sheets.
6. Mates
Air Date: 1983-10-08
P.C. Danny Sparks thinks about quitting the force, but Insp. Longton has decided to buy a house locally.
7. Bad Seed
Air Date: 1983-10-15
Insp Longton is struck by the resemblance between a missing husband and an artist's impression of a wanted man.
8. Doors
Air Date: 1983-10-22
Insp. Longton becomes involved in the case of a young foster mother accused of shoplifting.
9. Guilt
Air Date: 1983-10-29
D.S. Bernie Duckworth faces a family tragedy when his daughter is knocked down by a lorry.
10. John The Lad
Air Date: 1983-11-05
Insp. Longton enquires after John Morton, a dangerous young man who has returned to Hartley.
11. Who Says the War is Over?
Air Date: 1983-09-12
An elderly man reports hearing a threatening voice calling from outside his isolated house - in German.
12. Off Duty
Air Date: 1983-11-19
Insp. Longton attends a report of assault, and examines her relationship with John Holden.
13. Simple Simon
Air Date: 1983-11-26
Insp. Longton tries to unravel the secret behind the strange behaviour of seventeen-year-old Simon Bailey.
14. Backtrack
Air Date: 1983-12-03
Insp. Longton clashes with D.C.I. Mark Perrin over an armed robbery.
1. Attack
Air Date: 1984-09-01
D.C.I. Perrin asks Insp. Longton to help bring an important witness back on side.
2. There's None So Blind
Air Date: 1984-09-08
Insp. Longton warns local pensioners about confidence tricksters who have been posing as council officials.
3. The Day That the Circus Left Town
Air Date: 1984-09-15
A fourteen-year-old girl has gone missing along with two hundred pounds from her mother's desk.
4. Getting Away With It
Air Date: 1984-09-22
Insp. Longton investigates a road accident and tries to prove that a drink-driver was responsible.
5. No Peace
Air Date: 1984-09-29
A local newspaper encourages hostility towards a travelling community.
6. Strike the Father
Air Date: 1984-10-06
A police officer's son is arrested.
7. Lost and Found
Air Date: 1984-10-13
Insp. Longton is in court and finds her motives under attack by an aggressive defence barrister.
8. Workforce
Air Date: 1984-10-20
The manager of a dry-cleaning establishment confesses to a prior conviction for fraud and finds himself out of a job.
9. Hallowe'en
Air Date: 1984-10-27
A girl complains that a young man told her she will die on Hallowe'en.
10. Alibi
Air Date: 1984-11-03
P.C. Sparks provides someone with a defence of alibi against accusations of involvement in a series of robberies.
11. Abuse
Air Date: 1984-11-10
An anonymous telephone call leads Insp. Longton to a hopeless domestic situation and possible child abuse.
12. Ducks in a Row
Air Date: 1984-11-17
Insp. Longton needs the advice of Sgt. Beck in dealing with a troublesome freelance journalist, but he is on leave and cannot be found.
13. Resolution
Air Date: 1984-11-24
Sgt. Beck resigns when a prisoner is found dead in his cell.
14. Flowers Tomorrow
Air Date: 1984-12-01
A man confesses murder to the new vicar of Hartley then threatens to kill himself.
1. Hostage to Fortune
Air Date: 1985-09-07
A gang, disguised as a shooting party, take the wife of a bank manager hostage.
2. Scab
Air Date: 1985-09-14
Two brothers-in-law, on opposite sides during the miners' strike, are at loggerheads.
3. Chasing the Dragon
Air Date: 1985-09-21
Insp. Longton informs a woman of the death of her daughter from a drug overdose, but the mother seems to be hiding something.
4. Talk to Me
Air Date: 1985-09-28
Sgt Beck and PC Sparks respond to a call to a break-in, but the suspect makes good his escape. Beck suspects a courting couple near the scene of involvement.
5. Friends and Neighbours
Air Date: 1985-10-05
Insp. Longton finds that the demands of the job take their toll on her personal life, when responding to a report that an intruder has entered her friend's house.
6. The Cut
Air Date: 1985-10-12
A series of video thefts leads to an investigation of a rather more serious crime.
7. Keys
Air Date: 1985-10-19
Insp. Longton discovers that one of her colleagues is a thief.
8. Flesh and Blood
Air Date: 1985-10-26
Insp. Longton suspects the involvement of animal rights activists when a butcher and a pathologist are subjected to harassment.
9. Unlawful Arrest
Air Date: 1985-11-02
The police have to contend with a hymn-singing religious fanatic and a sleepless lay preacher. Insp. Longton has a heart-to-heart with D.C.I. Perrin.
10. Inspection
Air Date: 1985-11-09
Hartley Police Station prepares for a visit from the Chief Constable.
11. We Are the People
Air Date: 1985-11-16
A man detained overnight for being drunk and disorderly reports seing a young girl in chains.
12. Turbulence
Air Date: 1985-11-23
An army major asks Insp Longton to help him find a deserting corporal.
13. Girl Talk
Air Date: 1985-11-30
Insp. Longton investigates an alleged affair between a teacher and one of his pupils.
14. Jobs for the Boys
Air Date: 1985-12-07
Local residents complain about a gang of youngsters asking for work.
15. In a Man's World
Air Date: 1985-12-14
Insp. Longton is held up on her way to an interview for the post of Chief Inspector of the Juvenile Board, as she has to deal with a deranged woman threatening to harm her own children.
16. Reasons for Leaving
Air Date: 1985-12-21
The police deal with a spate of thefts of Christmas trees, while Insp. Longton considers her career options in light of her failed bid for promotion.
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Rating
5.8/10
Release Date
1980-08-30
Episodes
88 (6 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
BBC Studios