Softly, Softly

1. Off Beat

Air Date: 1966-01-05

2. A Local Touch

Air Date: 1966-01-12

3. The Misinformer

Air Date: 1966-01-19

4. It Doesn't Grow On Trees

Air Date: 1966-01-26

5. Talk To Me

Air Date: 1966-02-02

6. Screws And Drivers

Air Date: 1966-02-09

7. Take Over

Air Date: 1966-02-16

8. Over Take...

Air Date: 1966-02-23

9. Don't Push Too Hard

Air Date: 1966-03-02

10. The Key

Air Date: 1966-03-09

11. Tickle On Wheels

Air Date: 1966-03-16

12. A Spot Of Leave

Air Date: 1966-03-23

13. A - Z

Air Date: 1966-03-30

14. Blind Man's Bluff

Air Date: 1966-04-06

15. All The Flowers

Air Date: 1966-04-13

16. Do You Believe In Ghosts?

Air Date: 1966-04-20

17. There's A Lot Of It About

Air Date: 1966-04-27

18. The Gentle Touch

Air Date: 1966-05-04

19. The Short Cut

Air Date: 1966-05-11

20. Made In Britain

Air Date: 1966-05-18

21. Round Trip

Air Date: 1966-05-25

22. Extraction

Air Date: 1966-06-01

23. Best Out Of Three

Air Date: 1966-06-08

24. I Know What I Said

Air Date: 1966-06-15

25. Conspiracy (1) To Rob

Air Date: 1966-06-22

26. Conspiracy (2) To Corrupt

Air Date: 1966-06-29

1. Inside Out

Air Date: 1966-11-02

The regional Crime Squad has moved from Gloucester to Di John Watt's building in Wyvern. The move does not please Watt or his detectives as it brings them directly under the eyes of their bosses. Meantime a crime has been committed by a man the Squad has every reason to believe cannot have committed it.

2. All That Glitters

Air Date: 1966-11-09

Three apparently unrelated facts turn out to have a fascinating connection. A former criminal, now crippled, lives like a lord but has no visible means of support. A film unit arrives in the area to make a television documentary. And a mysterious and ambiguous note arrives on John Watt's desk.

3. The Jackpot

Air Date: 1966-11-16

A new gambling club is due to open and already the manager has been 'invited' to pay protection money to a man from a firm that supplies fruit machines. The Squad investigate, and they don't like what they find.

4. Murder Reported

Air Date: 1966-11-23

Barlow's manpower diplomacy is strongly tested as Detective Superintendent Arthur Jones leads a murder hunts for only the second time in his career.

5. Sleeping Dogs

Air Date: 1966-11-30

6. Heart Of Brass

Air Date: 1966-12-07

DI Watt and DC Box look into the affairs of Sammy Roach and his girl friend Josie.

7. Find The Lady

Air Date: 1966-12-14

Barlow and Hawkins feel that many of their problems will be solved if only they can 'find the lady'.

8. Barlow Was There (1) Allegation

Air Date: 1966-12-21

9. Barlow Was There (2) Enquiry

Air Date: 1966-12-28

10. Barlow Was There (3) Mischief

Air Date: 1967-01-04

11. Sing A Song Of Friendship

Air Date: 1967-01-11

12. James McNeil, Aged 23

Air Date: 1967-01-18

13. The Next Voice You Hear

Air Date: 1967-01-25

14. An Eye For An Eye

Air Date: 1967-02-01

15. What Colour A Wolf ?

Air Date: 1967-02-08

Stolen objects seem to be disappearing into thin air immediately after their removal from private collections. DC Dwyer has been found to have run up a large debt to a local bookie. He has to leave the force: now he's out of a job and mixing with some very dubious characters.

16. Somebody Important

Air Date: 1967-02-15

17. The Informant (1) Rough Justice

Air Date: 1967-02-22

When Billie Greave is found injured in a factory storeroom it seems obvious to the police that he has fallen while attempting to blow a safe. Barlow is disappointed and angry, for Billie is one of his most trusted informers and has assured him that he is now going straight.

18. The Informant (2) The Man Inside

Air Date: 1967-03-01

19. The Same The Whole World Over

Air Date: 1967-03-08

The Regional Crime Squad is on the trail of a gang of robbers.

20. Selection

Air Date: 1967-03-15

21. Appointment In Wyvern

Air Date: 1967-03-22

22. The Investors

Air Date: 1967-03-29

23. A Piece Of Waste Ground

Air Date: 1967-04-05

24. Proof Positive

Air Date: 1967-04-12

25. Cash On Deliverance

Air Date: 1967-04-19

26. On The Side Of The Law

Air Date: 1967-04-26

27. The Linkman

Air Date: 1967-05-03

28. Blackitt's Round

Air Date: 1967-05-10

29. See You Tomorrow

Air Date: 1967-05-17

30. The Hole (1) In the Road

Air Date: 1967-05-24

31. The Hole (2) In the Head

Air Date: 1967-05-31

1. The Target (1) Sighted

Air Date: 1967-10-04

2. The Target (2) Point Blank

Air Date: 1967-10-11

3. Material Evidence

Air Date: 1967-10-18

4. Pieces Of Silver

Air Date: 1967-10-25

5. Something Unusual

Air Date: 1967-11-08

6. Never Forget A Face

Air Date: 1967-11-15

7. Inducement

Air Date: 1967-11-22

8. The Mind Of The Beholder

Air Date: 1967-11-29

9. The Hunt

Air Date: 1967-12-06

10. Measure Of Tolerance

Air Date: 1967-12-13

11. Who's Mr Smith?

Air Date: 1967-12-20

12. The Bombay Doctor

Air Date: 1967-12-27

13. Cause Of Death

Air Date: 1968-01-04

14. In Bulk

Air Date: 1968-01-11

15. Complaint

Air Date: 1968-01-18

16. Landing Whispers

Air Date: 1968-01-25

17. Major Incident

Air Date: 1968-02-01

There is tragedy as an accident involving two road tankers causes the death of a number of children on their way home from school. The harrowing experience of identification and informing next of kin will leave its mark indefinitely on every member of the Wyvern squad.

18. Quicker By Rail

Air Date: 1968-02-08

19. The Good Girl

Air Date: 1968-02-15

20. Identity Unknown

Air Date: 1968-02-22

21. Unfinished Business

Air Date: 1968-02-29

22. Finger Of Suspicion

Air Date: 1968-03-07

For seven weeks a safe has been blown at the rate of one a week on Barlow's patch.

23. If I Can Help Somebody

Air Date: 1968-03-14

24. Don't Tell Me, Let Me Guess

Air Date: 1968-03-21

25. Fortune On The Move (1) Payment

Air Date: 1968-03-28

26. Fortune On The Move (2) Refund

Air Date: 1968-04-04

1. Theory

Air Date: 1968-09-12

The No. 11 District squad has just completed a rearrangement of their Headquarters accommodation, taking over the house next door to provide extra space; and to bring Gilbert and Barlow into closer proximity with Watt and his team.

2. Proof

Air Date: 1968-09-19

3. Bird Of Passage

Air Date: 1968-09-26

4. See The Rabbit

Air Date: 1968-10-03

5. Take Them In Singles

Air Date: 1968-10-10

6. Red Herring

Air Date: 1968-10-17

7. Five Pairs O' Hands

Air Date: 1968-10-24

8. Minor Incident

Air Date: 1968-10-31

9. An Old Song

Air Date: 1968-11-07

10. Big Boats, Little Boats

Air Date: 1968-11-14

11. For A Rainy Day

Air Date: 1968-11-21

12. Assistance

Air Date: 1968-11-28

13. Equal Status

Air Date: 1968-12-05

14. Obstruction

Air Date: 1968-12-12

15. Going Quietly

Air Date: 1968-12-19

16. On Christmas Day In The Morning

Air Date: 1968-12-27

17. Departure

Air Date: 1969-01-02

18. Cross Reference

Air Date: 1969-01-09

19. Run For The Hills

Air Date: 1969-01-16

20. Pressure

Air Date: 1969-01-23

21. A Quantity Of Gelignite

Air Date: 1969-01-30

22. Critical Path

Air Date: 1969-02-06

23. Persistence

Air Date: 1969-02-13

24. Second Chance

Air Date: 1969-02-20

25. How's The Wife Then ?

Air Date: 1969-02-27

26. Right To Search

Air Date: 1969-03-06

27. Proved Connection

Air Date: 1969-03-13

1. Recovery

Air Date: 1969-09-11

DC Morgan receives information that a big art robbery will take place. The squad acts... but so does the thief.

2. Flash Point

Air Date: 1969-09-18

Barlow is enjoying a pint at the pub when Watt's girl friend, Dr. Jean Morrow, tells him about an old lady who has been brutally attacked for the sake of a few pounds. Jean's story shocks Barlow into involving the squad in immediate action.

3. In At the Death

Air Date: 1969-09-25

When the head of a successful firm dies there is always someone waiting to step into his shoes. In this case the dead man's business venture is believed to be crooked and DS Hawkins is closely concerned as to who will fill his place.

4. Error of Judgement

Air Date: 1969-10-02

A race meeting at Chepstow; and incompetent amateur pilot; a lonely field near Wyvern; why is Barlow interested in these three things? Who is it that Barlow wants to set a trap for? The answer lies in unfinished business from Barlow's past. Will he ever complete it?

5. Dead Aboard

Air Date: 1969-10-09

A prostitute is found murdered in a quiet backwater quay at Wyvern. Who is the killer? Barlow and his team make every effort to find out.

6. One Thing Leads To Another

Air Date: 1969-10-16

When Harry Hawkins and Barbara Allin visit a gambling joint it is not just for the purpose of spending their own money. Their main interest is in the easy money that flows, and the club owner, Dino Frankitt, who has the reputation of making HIS easy money in devious ways.

7. General Post

Air Date: 1969-10-23

When a crime occurs on the doorstep of Headquarters the local force thinks it's funny. But Barlow is not amused. He is aware the incident could be a prelude to a much bigger crime - but what? And why is John Watt even less amused than Barlow?

8. Wild Goose

Air Date: 1969-10-30

What is a criminal like Jack Carter doing in Wyvern? Barlow hopes to find out by surveillance and is furious when Digby inadvertently makes the squad's interest apparent.

9. We Shall Miss You

Air Date: 1969-11-06

Barlow and watt travel to Thamesford and back - but not together - in pursuit of important changes in their careers. While they wait to hear the results of their journeys they join forces again in pursuit of one more criminal.

10. Write Off

Air Date: 1969-11-13

Why is DS Allin so interested in the leisure activities of the elite of Wyvern? And why does a car involved in a minor accident unaccountably burst into flames? The subsequent enquiries are not to Watt's liking.

11. Arrival

Air Date: 1969-11-20

Barlow's first day at Thamesford is rounded off with a telephone call that involves him in his first major investigation as head of C.I.D.

12. Exercise

Air Date: 1969-11-27

13. Diversion

Air Date: 1969-12-04

Routine enquiries into a series of minor break-ins become a major hunt for a dangerous criminal.

14. The Spoilt Ones

Air Date: 1969-12-11

15. To Protect The Innocent

Air Date: 1969-12-18

16. Any Other Night

Air Date: 1970-01-01

17. The Aggro Boy

Air Date: 1970-01-08

18. Standing Orders

Air Date: 1970-01-15

19. Private Mischief

Air Date: 1970-01-22

A worried barman asks John Watt why a detective constable is asking questions about him. Watt makes some alarming discoveries about the constable in question.

20. Open And Shut

Air Date: 1970-01-29

21. Sprats And Mackerels

Air Date: 1970-02-05

A whisper from the north of England leads the Task Force to Eastcote Docks. A domestic dispute takes them to the nearby caravan site at Bathgate. But what is the link between the two incidents?

22. Like Any Other Friday

Air Date: 1970-02-12

Barlow is pursuing the hint of an armed robbery. Hawkins and Jackson are tackling another in a series of Thursday night thefts. But there is something different about this particular Friday.

23. Power Of The Press

Air Date: 1970-02-19

24. Trust A Woman

Air Date: 1970-02-26

25. The Hermit

Air Date: 1970-03-05

26. Escort

Air Date: 1970-03-12

1. Baptism

Air Date: 1970-09-16

2. Sunday, Sweet Sunday

Air Date: 1970-09-23

3. Safe in the Streets?

Air Date: 1970-09-30

4. Good Listener

Air Date: 1970-10-07

5. Time Expired

Air Date: 1970-10-14

Missing! Ten small wooden boxes, each weighing 25 lbs., each worth five thousand pounds. Several people are interested in the location of these boxes.

6. Lessons

Air Date: 1970-10-21

7. Without Favour

Air Date: 1970-10-28

8. Never Hit a Lady

Air Date: 1970-11-04

9. Its Ugly Head

Air Date: 1970-11-11

10. Who Wants Pride...?

Air Date: 1970-11-18

Why should anyone steal a security van, disguise it as a plain van and drive it out to a deserted place in the countryside? And why blow a neat hole in it when there's nothing inside anyway? Could it be a dress rehearsal?

11. Collation

Air Date: 1970-11-25

A line drawn by time; a curious parallel; two thieves with a twisted sense of humour - would these be the ingredients of a recipe that would keep Barlow and Watt awake at night?

12. Do Me a Favour

Air Date: 1970-12-02

13. Sweet Are the Uses of Adversity

Air Date: 1970-12-09

DI Hawkins finds himself in the seat of authority - and very uncomfortable it is too. A dangerous and unidentified criminal is at large and CC Cullen demands crisp and confident action. Is Hawkins capable of responding to the challenge of adversity?

14. Bearings

Air Date: 1970-12-16

15. A World Full of Rooms

Air Date: 1970-12-23

16. The Lie Direct

Air Date: 1970-12-30

A parked car in a lonely road - but when it's in the same place two nights running Snow's curiosity is aroused.

17. Ground Level

Air Date: 1971-01-06

18. Company Business

Air Date: 1971-01-13

Sgt. Jackson is very good at statistics, but this time his conclusion is a matter of practical detection. But can he be right? John Watt doesn't think so.

19. Kick Off

Air Date: 1971-01-20

20. Final Score

Air Date: 1971-01-27

21. Something Big

Air Date: 1971-02-03

Charlie Barlow is well known for playing his cards close to his chest. But this time he's on the receiving end - from DCS Allan.

22. Games

Air Date: 1971-02-10

23. In the Public Gaze

Air Date: 1971-02-17

As a result of going to the assistance of one of his officers, Chief Constable Cullen finds that he is in great need of assistance himself.

24. Held for Questioning

Air Date: 1971-02-24

25. Black Equals White

Air Date: 1971-03-03

26. Cash and Carry

Air Date: 1971-03-10

1. Once Bitten

Air Date: 1971-10-06

2. Hostage

Air Date: 1971-10-13

3. The Floater

Air Date: 1971-10-20

4. Aberration

Air Date: 1971-10-27

5. Moving On

Air Date: 1971-11-03

6. An Inside Job

Air Date: 1971-11-10

A supermarket has been robbed and £4,000 stolen. It looks an easy case, and Barlow proceeds to solve it to his own satisfaction. Harry Hawkins isn't so certain.

7. The Bounty Hunter

Air Date: 1971-11-17

8. Marksman

Air Date: 1971-11-24

9. Copper Wire

Air Date: 1971-12-01

10. Man of Peace

Air Date: 1971-12-08

11. Good Touches

Air Date: 1971-12-15

12. Better Than Doing Porridge

Air Date: 1971-12-22

13. The Removal

Air Date: 1971-12-29

14. Priorities

Air Date: 1972-01-05

15. Resolution

Air Date: 1972-01-12

16. The Amateur

Air Date: 1972-01-19

17. Anywhere in the Wide World

Air Date: 1972-01-26

18. Flight

Air Date: 1972-02-02

19. The Big Tip-Off

Air Date: 1972-02-09

20. Woman's World

Air Date: 1972-02-16

21. Policeman's Lot:, A (1) The Row on the Stairs

Air Date: 1972-02-23

22. Policeman's Lot:, A (2) You Pays Your Money

Air Date: 1972-03-01

23. Policeman's Lot:, A (3) It Depends Where You're Standing

Air Date: 1972-03-08

24. Set Us Alight

Air Date: 1972-03-15

25. The Easy Job

Air Date: 1972-03-22

26. Conclusion

Air Date: 1972-03-29

1. Spit and Polish

Air Date: 1972-09-13

2. Killer

Air Date: 1972-09-20

3. Surveillance

Air Date: 1972-09-27

Observation is being kept at the scene of an intended robbery. PC Snow is one of the watchers and he later finds himself in considerable danger.

4. Dog Eat Dog

Air Date: 1972-10-04

5. Bank Rate

Air Date: 1972-10-11

6. On the Third Day

Air Date: 1972-10-18

7. The Witness

Air Date: 1972-10-25

8. Run for Your Money

Air Date: 1971-11-01

9. New Broom

Air Date: 1972-11-08

It's surprising what turns up in household refuse. What is it the dustmen find that brings John Watt and the Task Force so promptly to the rubbish tip?

10. Paper Chase

Air Date: 1972-11-15

Task Force chase counterfeit notes; CID the money snatchers.

11. Welcome to the Club

Air Date: 1972-11-22

12. Justice

Air Date: 1972-11-29

13. Conversion

Air Date: 1972-12-06

Change creates uncertainty. A shake up in No. 1 Task Force causes PC Snow to think carefully about himself and his future.

14. Needle

Air Date: 1972-12-13

Watt and the Task Force investigate an 'accident' and their enquiries take them behind prison walls.

15. Execution

Air Date: 1972-12-20

16. Time-Table

Air Date: 1973-01-03

A safe is blown in Manchester - the suspected man is in Kingley. Watt has a problem.

17. Conspiracy

Air Date: 1973-01-10

A gang of safe breakers are plaguing Thamesford constabulary. Adler puts the pressure on Evans to obtain concrete evidence against the villains.

18. Money for Sale

Air Date: 1973-01-17

19. For Love or Money

Air Date: 1973-01-24

A policeman has many unpleasant duties, not the least of which is investigating the activities of a fellow officer. John Watt has to face this unpleasant task.

20. Little Acorns

Air Date: 1973-01-31

1. Errors

Air Date: 1973-09-12

2. Signed Off

Air Date: 1973-09-19

A policeman is missing. Is there anything sinister in his disappearance, or is there a simple explanation?

3. A Quiet Man

Air Date: 1973-09-26

A quiet morning: a milkman on his round in a residential street. But the peace is soon shattered.

4. No Way

Air Date: 1973-10-03

5. No Life for a Woman

Air Date: 1973-10-10

6. Twenty-Seven Pieces of Porcelain

Air Date: 1973-10-17

Watt thinks the piece of Wedgwood china he buys for his wife is expensive enough, until he has to investigate a theft.

7. Night-Watch

Air Date: 1973-10-24

Snow and Nesbitt are enquiring into a crime which has happened. Evans is asking about a crime which may happen. John Watt is concentrating on the present.

8. Catch As Catch Can

Air Date: 1973-10-31

Why is Hawkins preparing his latest operation behind closed doors? And why is he so interested in a small-time thief?

9. The Loudmouth

Air Date: 1973-11-07

John Watt receives a tip-off which he believes could lead him to a 'crime boss'.

10. Interrogation

Air Date: 1973-11-14

11. Slip of the Tongue

Air Date: 1973-11-21

Watt and Hawkins are baffled by a couple of crooks; Hawkins is angry with a probation officer and Evans is hurt by a brick. It's a dog's life being a policeman!

12. Trial

Air Date: 1973-11-28

13. Skipper's Walk

Air Date: 1973-12-05

Hawkins takes his wife's dog for a walk one night. They meet a drunk who tells him a disturbing tale. Hawkins has to tell John Watt. Together they have to do a job hated by all policemen: looking into the private life of one of their own men.

14. Cover

Air Date: 1973-12-12

A barn is burned down. It could be arson, but the insurance is hardly worth claiming. And of course, fires do happen. But Evans is suspicious, and he goes in for a spot of bricklaying when the new barn is built.

15. Observation

Air Date: 1973-12-19

16. Trouble-Maker

Air Date: 1974-01-02

17. The Raider

Air Date: 1974-01-09

Jackie Warren is dangerous. He has escaped from jail and no-one knows where he is. Then a Post Office van is robbed in Kingley and Watt finds him on his own doorstep.

18. Victim

Air Date: 1974-01-16

1. Alert

Air Date: 1974-09-04

2. You Don't Have to Shout, I'm Listening

Air Date: 1974-09-11

Masur Jemal suddenly goes berserk in the garage where he works. No-one has any idea why. A member of the Task Force has been hit on the head with a spanner while trying to restrain Jamal and could be badly hurt. When Task Force investigate they find things are worse than they suspected.

3. Worth a Million

Air Date: 1974-09-18

A job is being planned. John Watt knows when and by whom, but he doesn't know where or what.

4. Domestic Incident

Air Date: 1974-09-25

Two children at home with their father: a cosy domestic scene. The trouble is, the mother has been thrown out, the father has a violent record and has locked himself in with the children.

5. Pop Goes the Weasel

Air Date: 1974-10-02

The quiet of a Thamesford village is shattered by a pop concert and Task Force is called in to deal with the discord. Meanwhile Sgt. Evans has his own problems.

6. Cat Among the Pigeons

Air Date: 1974-10-09

7. Pardon

Air Date: 1974-10-16

8. Little Boy Blue

Air Date: 1974-10-23

9. A Day's Work

Air Date: 1974-10-30

10. Paperwork

Air Date: 1974-11-06

11. See What You've Done

Air Date: 1974-11-13

12. We're in This Together

Air Date: 1974-11-20

Three villains are nailed for different crimes. Is it coincidence they are all from a family Watt has been after for years?

13. Temptation

Air Date: 1974-11-27

1. Feedback

Air Date: 1975-08-25

2. High Life

Air Date: 1975-09-03

3. Protection

Air Date: 1975-09-10

4. Grass

Air Date: 1975-09-17

5. Bargains

Air Date: 1975-09-24

6. The Talking Doll

Air Date: 1975-10-01

7. And with What Measure?

Air Date: 1975-10-08

8. Female of the Species

Air Date: 1975-10-15

A middle-aged villain takes up with a young woman, which proves to be dangerous for the public and baffling for the police.

9. A Person Unknown

Air Date: 1975-10-22

10. Homicide

Air Date: 1975-10-29

11. Dorothy's Birthday

Air Date: 1975-11-05

12. Whose Side Are You On?

Air Date: 1975-11-12

13. Choirboy

Air Date: 1975-11-19

14. On Call

Air Date: 1975-11-26

15. Blind Alley

Air Date: 1975-12-03

Pressure is put on John Watt to take action. But he knows from experience that sometimes the best action to take is to do nothing.

1. Not with a Bang...

Air Date: 1976-09-08

2. There's Always Tomorrow

Air Date: 1976-09-15

3. Say It with Flowers

Air Date: 1976-09-22

4. The Trojan Horse

Air Date: 1976-09-29

5. Now You See It, Now You Don't

Air Date: 1976-10-06

6. As Good Cooks Go...

Air Date: 1976-10-13

7. The Visitor

Air Date: 1976-10-20

8. Baked Beans

Air Date: 1976-10-27

9. The Climber

Air Date: 1976-11-03

10. At Risk

Air Date: 1976-11-10

11. Got Him!

Air Date: 1976-11-17

12. Just a Whisper?

Air Date: 1976-11-24

13. A Shot in the Dark

Air Date: 1976-12-01

14. Communications

Air Date: 1976-12-08

15. Alarums and Excursions

Air Date: 1976-12-15