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Country: United Kingdom · Type: Scripted

Genres: Crime, Drama

Years: 1969 - 1976

Seasons: 8 · Status: Ended

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Stratford Johns stars as the no-nonsense DCS Charlie Barlow, a tough, relentless and sharp-tongued copper, and Frank Windsor as his even tempered sidekick DS John Watt. Together they tackle the force's most heinous crimes, and unravel the most perplexing cases in fictional Thamesford.

Seasons (8)

Season 1

20 Nov 1969 – 12 Mar 1970 · 16 episodes

1Arrival20 Nov 1969
2Exercise27 Nov 1969
3Diversion4 Dec 1969
4The Spoilt Ones11 Dec 1969
5To Protect the Innocent18 Dec 1969
6Any Other Night1 Jan 1970
7The Aggro Boy8 Jan 1970
8Standing Orders15 Jan 1970
9Private Mischief22 Jan 1970
10Open and Shut29 Jan 1970
11Sprats and Mackerels5 Feb 1970
12Like Any Other Friday...12 Feb 1970
13Power of the Press19 Feb 1970
14Trust a Woman26 Feb 1970
15The Hermit5 Mar 1970
16Escort12 Mar 1970

Season 2

16 Sep 1970 – 10 Mar 1971 · 26 episodes

1Baptism16 Sep 1970
2Sunday, Sweet Sunday23 Sep 1970
3Safe in the Streets?30 Sep 1970
4Good Listener7 Oct 1970
5Time Expired14 Oct 1970
6Lessons21 Oct 1970
7Without Favour28 Oct 1970
8Never Hit a Lady4 Nov 1970
9Its Ugly Head11 Nov 1970
10Who Wants Pride...?18 Nov 1970
11Collation25 Nov 1970
12Do Me a Favour2 Dec 1970
13Sweet Are the Uses of Adversity9 Dec 1970
14Bearings16 Dec 1970
15A World Full of Rooms23 Dec 1970
16The Lie Direct30 Dec 1970
17Ground Level6 Jan 1971
18Company Business13 Jan 1971
19Kick Off20 Jan 1971
20Final Score27 Jan 1971
21Something Big3 Feb 1971
22Games10 Feb 1971
23In the Public Gaze17 Feb 1971
24Held for Questioning24 Feb 1971
25Black Equals White3 Mar 1971
26Cash and Carry10 Mar 1971

Season 3

6 Oct 1971 – 29 Mar 1972 · 26 episodes

1Once Bitten6 Oct 1971
2Hostage13 Oct 1971
3The Floater20 Oct 1971
4Aberration27 Oct 1971
5Moving On3 Nov 1971
6An Inside Job10 Nov 1971
7The Bounty Hunter17 Nov 1971
8Marksman24 Nov 1971
9Copper Wire1 Dec 1971
10Man of Peace8 Dec 1971
11Good Touches15 Dec 1971
12Better Than Doing Porridge22 Dec 1971
13The Removal29 Dec 1971
14Priorities5 Jan 1972
15Resolution12 Jan 1972
16The Amateur19 Jan 1972
17Anywhere in the Wide World26 Jan 1972
18Flight2 Feb 1972
19The Big Tip-Off9 Feb 1972
20Woman's World16 Feb 1972
21A Policeman's Lot: Part 1: The Row on the Stairs23 Feb 1972
22A Policeman's Lot: Part 2: You Pays Your Money1 Mar 1972
23A Policeman's Lot: Part 3: It Depends Where You're Standing8 Mar 1972
24Set Us Alight15 Mar 1972
25The Easy Job22 Mar 1972
26Conclusion29 Mar 1972

Season 4

13 Sep 1972 – 31 Jan 1973 · 20 episodes

1Spit and Polish13 Sep 1972
2Killer20 Sep 1972
3Surveillance27 Sep 1972
4Dog Eat Dog4 Oct 1972
5Bank Rate11 Oct 1972
6On the Third Day18 Oct 1972
7The Witness25 Oct 1972
8Run for Your Money1 Nov 1972
9New Broom8 Nov 1972
10Paper Chase15 Nov 1972
11Welcome to the Club22 Nov 1972
12Justice29 Nov 1972
13Conversion6 Dec 1972
14Needle13 Dec 1972
15Execution20 Dec 1972
16Time-Table3 Jan 1973
17Conspiracy10 Jan 1973
18Money for Sale17 Jan 1973
19For Love or Money24 Jan 1973
20Little Acorns31 Jan 1973

Season 5

12 Sep 1973 – 16 Jan 1974 · 18 episodes

1Errors12 Sep 1973
2Signed Off19 Sep 1973
3A Quiet Man26 Sep 1973
4No Way3 Oct 1973
5No Life for a Woman10 Oct 1973
6Twenty Seven Pieces of Porcelain17 Oct 1973
7Night Watch24 Oct 1973
8Catch as Catch Can31 Oct 1973
9The Loudmouth7 Nov 1973
10Interrogation14 Nov 1973
11Slip of the Tongue21 Nov 1973
12Trial28 Nov 1973
13Skipper's Walk5 Dec 1973
14Cover12 Dec 1973
15Observation19 Dec 1973
16Trouble Maker2 Jan 1974
17The Raider9 Jan 1974
18Victim16 Jan 1974

Season 6

4 Sep 1974 – 27 Nov 1974 · 13 episodes

1Alert4 Sep 1974
2You Don't Have to Shout, I'm Listening11 Sep 1974
3Worth a Million18 Sep 1974
4Domestic Incident25 Sep 1974
5Pop Goes the Weasel2 Oct 1974
6Cat Among the Pigeons9 Oct 1974
7Pardon16 Oct 1974
8Little Boy Blue23 Oct 1974
9A Day's Work30 Oct 1974
10Paperwork6 Nov 1974
11See What You've Done13 Nov 1974
12We're in This Together20 Nov 1974
13Temptation27 Nov 1974

Season 7

27 Aug 1975 – 3 Dec 1975 · 15 episodes

1Feedback27 Aug 1975
2High Life3 Sep 1975
3Protection10 Sep 1975
4Grass17 Sep 1975
5Bargains24 Sep 1975
6The Talking Doll1 Oct 1975
7And with What Measure?8 Oct 1975
8Female of the Species15 Oct 1975
9A Person Unknown22 Oct 1975
10Homicide29 Oct 1975
11Dorothy's Birthday5 Nov 1975
12Whose Side Are You On?12 Nov 1975
13Choirboy19 Nov 1975
14On Call26 Nov 1975
15Blind Alley3 Dec 1975

Season 8

8 Sep 1976 – 15 Dec 1976 · 15 episodes

1Not with a Bang...8 Sep 1976
2There's Always Tomorrow15 Sep 1976
3Say It with Flowers22 Sep 1976
4The Trojan Horse29 Sep 1976
5Now You See It, Now You Don't6 Oct 1976
6As Good Cooks Go...13 Oct 1976
7The Visitor20 Oct 1976
8Baked Beans27 Oct 1976
9The Climber3 Nov 1976
10At Risk10 Nov 1976
11Got Him!17 Nov 1976
12Just a Whisper?24 Nov 1976
13A Shot in the Dark1 Dec 1976
14Communications8 Dec 1976
15Alarums and Excursions15 Dec 1976

Cast

Brian HallPC Drake

David AllisterSgt. Jackson

David Lloyd MeredithDet. Sgt. Evans

David Lloyd MeredithDet. Sgt. Evans

Frank WindsorDet. Chief Supt. Watt

Gay HamiltonJean Watt

John FlanaganPC Pearson

John Franklyn-RobbinsDet. Supt. Adler

Julia MallamPW Det. Con. Forest

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