Series 7

1. The Stone Standard Part 1

1971-08-02 • 50 min

2. The Stone Standard Part 2

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

1971-08-03 • 50 min

3. The Mystery Part 1

1971-04-09 • 50 min

4. The Mystery Part 2

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

1971-08-10 • 50 min

5. Nobody Hit Me Part 1

1971-08-16 • 50 min

6. Nobody Hit Me Part 2

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.

1971-08-17 • 50 min

7. Dan, Dan... Part 1

1971-08-23 • 50 min

8. Dan, Dan... Part 2

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.

1971-08-24 • 50 min

9. Funny Fellah

1971-08-31 • 50 min

10. Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 1

1971-09-06 • 50 min

11. Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 2

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

1971-09-07 • 50 min

12. Purely Medical Purposes Part 1

1971-09-13 • 50 min

13. Purely Medical Purposes Part 2

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

1971-09-14 • 50 min

14. Grandstand Finish Part 1

1971-09-20 • 50 min

15. Grandstand Finish Part 2

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

1971-09-21 • 50 min

16. Funny Creatures Women Part 1

1971-09-27 • 50 min

17. Funny Creatures Women Part 2

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.

1971-09-28 • 50 min

18. The Dirty Job Part 1

1971-10-04 • 50 min

19. The Dirty Job Part 2

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?

1971-10-05 • 50 min

20. Ding Dong Part 1

1971-10-11 • 50 min

21. Ding Dong Part 2

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

1971-10-12 • 50 min

22. Intrusion Part 1

1971-10-18 • 50 min

23. Intrusion Part 2

1971-10-19 • 50 min

24. Not Often We Have Visitors Part 1

1971-10-25 • 50 min

25. Not Often We Have Visitors Part 2

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.

1971-10-26 • 50 min

26. Contact Man Part 1

1971-11-01 • 50 min

27. Contact Man Part 2

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.

1971-11-02 • 50 min

28. Take Away Part 1

1971-11-08 • 50 min

29. Take Away Part 2

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.

1971-11-09 • 50 min

30. Who Were You With? Part 1

1971-11-15 • 50 min

31. Who Were You With? Part 2

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.

1971-11-16 • 50 min

32. Danny Boy's Home Part 1

1971-11-22 • 50 min

33. Danny Boy's Home Part 2

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

1971-11-23 • 50 min

34. Rules Of The Game Part 1

1971-11-29 • 50 min

35. Rules Of The Game Part 2

1971-11-30 • 50 min

36. The Wrong Odds Part 1

1971-12-06 • 50 min

37. The Wrong Odds Part 2

1971-12-07 • 50 min

38. The Horse Dealer Part 1

1971-12-13 • 50 min

39. The Horse Dealer Part 2

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

1971-12-14 • 50 min

40. Collation Part 1

1971-12-20 • 50 min

41. Collation Part 2

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.

1971-12-21 • 50 min

42. Last Bus To Newtown

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

1972-01-03 • 50 min

43. Lynch

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.

1972-01-10 • 50 min

44. Team Work

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.

1972-01-17 • 50 min

45. The Attackers

A lad is walking home late at night...

1972-01-24 • 50 min

46. Retirement

An old man tries to stop a robbery...

1972-01-31 • 50 min

47. Promotion

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

1972-02-14 • 50 min

48. Canal

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.

1972-02-21 • 50 min

98. Care

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.

1973-02-22 • 50 min

49. Week Off

Lynch tries to get away from it all...

1972-02-28 • 50 min

50. Missing

Mariam Ahmed makes some trouble for the police.

1972-03-06 • 50 min

51. Quilley

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

1972-04-10 • 50 min

52. Tessa In The Woodpile

After a robbery Tessa goes on the warpath.

1972-04-17 • 50 min

53. Keep To Yourself

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

1972-04-24 • 50 min

54. Smoke

1972-05-01 • 50 min

55. Operation Ascalon

Is Goss to blame when the operation goes wrong?

1972-05-08 • 50 min

56. Short Cut

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

1972-05-15 • 50 min

57. Hagger

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

1972-05-22 • 50 min

58. Playtime

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

1972-05-29 • 50 min

59. Sweet Girl

A lass is missing...

1972-06-05 • 50 min

60. Access

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

1972-06-12 • 50 min

61. Goss

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

1972-06-19 • 50 min

62. The Wolf And The Sheep Part 1

1972-07-10 • 50 min

63. The Wolf And The Sheep Part 2

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

1972-07-11 • 50 min

64. Forget It Part 1

1972-07-17 • 50 min

65. Forget It Part 2

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

1972-07-18 • 50 min

66. A Neighbour's Goods Part 1

1972-07-24 • 50 min

67. A Neighbour's Goods Part 2

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

1972-07-25 • 50 min

68. Loyalties Part 1

1972-07-31 • 50 min

69. Loyalties Part 2

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

1972-08-01 • 50 min

70. Relative Values Part 1

1972-08-07 • 50 min

71. Relative Values Part 2

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

1972-08-08 • 50 min

72. Not Good Enough Part 1

1972-08-14 • 50 min

73. Not Good Enough Part 2

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

1972-08-15 • 50 min

74. Breakage Part 1

1972-08-21 • 50 min

75. Breakage Part 2

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.

1972-08-22 • 50 min

76. Connor

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

1972-09-11 • 50 min

77. The Team

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

1972-09-18 • 50 min

78. Witness

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.

1972-09-25 • 50 min

79. Takes All Sorts

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!

1972-10-02 • 50 min

80. Sins Of The Father

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.

1972-10-09 • 50 min

81. Damage

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

1972-10-16 • 50 min

82. Day Trip

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

1972-10-23 • 50 min

83. Public Relations

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?

1972-10-30 • 50 min

84. Old Soldiers

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

1972-11-06 • 50 min

85. Diabolical Liberty

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

1972-11-13 • 50 min

86. Old Acquaintance

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.

1972-11-20 • 50 min

87. The Legacy

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.

1972-11-27 • 50 min

88. The Amateurs

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.

1972-12-04 • 50 min

89. Hobo

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.

1972-12-11 • 50 min

90. Old Lag

1972-12-18 • 50 min

91. Skinner

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

1973-01-04 • 50 min

92. Skin Game

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

1973-01-11 • 50 min

93. Backwater

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.

1973-01-18 • 50 min

94. Big Jake

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?

1973-01-25 • 50 min

95. Women At Work

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

1973-02-01 • 50 min

96. Jack The Dodger

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

1973-02-08 • 50 min

97. Miller

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

1973-02-15 • 50 min

99. Operation Watchdog

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

1973-03-01 • 50 min

100. Defection

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.

1973-03-08 • 50 min

101. Invention

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

1973-03-15 • 50 min

102. Hard Man

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.

1973-03-22 • 50 min

103. Domestic

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

1973-03-29 • 50 min

104. Pat

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?

1973-04-05 • 50 min

105. Bowman

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

1973-04-12 • 50 min

106. The Lady And The Gentleman

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

1973-04-19 • 50 min

107. Suspicion

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

1973-04-30 • 50 min

108. Mileage

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.

1973-05-07 • 50 min

109. Routine

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

1973-05-14 • 50 min

110. The Spike

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

1973-05-21 • 50 min

111. Hi-Jack

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!

1973-06-04 • 50 min

112. Mother And Child

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

1973-06-11 • 50 min

113. Co-Operation

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?

1973-06-18 • 50 min

114. No Proceedings

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

1973-06-25 • 50 min

115. Officer Material...?

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?

1973-07-02 • 50 min