Season 9

1. Errors

1973-09-12 • 50 min

2. Signed Off

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

1973-09-19 • 50 min

3. A Quiet Man

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

1973-09-26 • 50 min

4. No Way

1973-10-03 • 50 min

5. No Life for a Woman

1973-10-10 • 50 min

6. Twenty-Seven Pieces of Porcelain

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

1973-10-17 • 50 min

7. Night-Watch

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.

1973-10-24 • 50 min

8. Catch As Catch Can

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

1973-10-31 • 50 min

9. The Loudmouth

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

1973-11-07 • 50 min

10. Interrogation

1973-11-14 • 50 min

11. Slip of the Tongue

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!

1973-11-21 • 50 min

12. Trial

1973-11-28 • 50 min

13. Skipper's Walk

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.

1973-12-05 • 50 min

14. Cover

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.

1973-12-12 • 50 min

15. Observation

1973-12-19 • 50 min

16. Trouble-Maker

1974-01-02 • 50 min

17. The Raider

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.

1974-01-09 • 50 min

18. Victim

1974-01-16 • 50 min