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October 22, 1973

Series 8

01. Inspector Lynch

Bert Lynch has been promoted to Inspector. But is he still one of the lads?

50min
October 22, 1973

02. Nuisance

Alexandra is always complaining to an already overworked police force about her next door neighbour Percy. But is she just a nuisance? Or should Inspector Lynch take her complaints seriously?

50min
October 29, 1973

03. Escape

Some London villains spring Charlie Cotton from prison, but, too late, he cottons on to the fact that he's been sprung for a purpose.

50min
November 5, 1973

04. Break Up

A woman is arrested for shoplifting and a thief has his alibi checked. On the face of it two routine cases. But even the most routine cases can have repercussions.

50min
November 19, 1973

05. Stray Girl

Mary Mangan disappears with her baby. The worst is feared and a full scale police search is mounted.

50min
November 26, 1973

06. Pieces

A house is broken into and Skinner grabs at the opportunity to improve his record. But he grabs too hard and a man suffers.

50min
December 3, 1973

07. The Cinder Path

Goss is back! In court he finds himself in an unfamiliar role. Against Quilley... twice!

50min
December 10, 1973

08. Cadet

Cadet Peter Preston wants nothing more than to be a policeman, and even though he's a bit of a joke at Newtown his future seems assured. Then his father takes someone for a ride.

50min
December 11, 1973

09. Pressure Of Work

Goss goes out for a quiet day with a friend, but the friend ends up in a cell and a policeman ends up in hospital.

50min
December 17, 1973

10. Absence

A bank raid is in the offing and the only man who knows anything about it is Harry Dance.

50min
January 7, 1974

11. In Police Hands

Julie and Dave are happy: then they're in the nick. It seems that simply being in love is a crime these days.

50min
January 21, 1974

12. Two Hundred Tartan Teddy Bears

Stone and Lynch are puzzled by two cases - one involving bears and the other old ladies.

50min
February 4, 1974

13. Joanna

When Albert Smith goes looking for his daughter Joanna his enquiries cause trouble.

50min
February 11, 1974

14. Pressure

A young petty thief and a young Police Constable find themselves under a similar kind of pressure. The pressure to prove themselves.

50min
February 18, 1974

15. Waste

Not so much a skeleton in the cupboard - more a body, alive and kicking, in the attic.

50min
February 25, 1974

16. Two Wise Monkeys

When villains like Burford and Tyndale fall out they will go to any lengths to settle a score. And somewhere along the line the police have to take drastic measures.

50min
March 4, 1974

17. Dinner Break

Lunchtime - relaxation for some. But not for those on duty at Newtown Station.

50min
March 11, 1974

18. Allegiance

Joe Skinner questions a lad about breaking into a cigarette machine, but it soon becomes apparent that he is after more than a confession.

50min
March 18, 1974

19. Rota

The same crime can be committed over and over again, unless someone decides to co-operate with the police.

50min
March 25, 1974

20. Priority

Quilley and Braithwaite have a tricky customer to deal with; Lynch has Stone, as well as a missing child and a shop break-in.

50min
April 1, 1974

21. Background

No details

50min
April 8, 1974

22. Losers

DI Connor runs into Marjorie, an old flame. But what a change in her!

50min
April 10, 1974

23. Turnabout

Mary and Fiona, two women of equal ability and opportunity. So why is one of them a criminal?

50min
April 22, 1974

24. Intruder

No details

50min
April 29, 1974

25. Mugs?

Several well-planned robberies, but none of the suspects with brains and style enough to organise them. So who did?

50min
May 6, 1974

26. Pastime

A fire-raiser for Skinner and an extortionist for Stone and Lynch. Some people have the strangest pastimes.

50min
May 13, 1974

27. Certain Parties

Back in Newtown after seven years in Parkhurst, Pikey Nimmo wants to settle up with the men who put him away. Stone was one of them.

50min
May 20, 1974

28. Family

Susan Giles wants her father back inside and uses two men to help her. One of them is Quilley, and he unwittingly ruins Skinner's work.

50min
June 30, 1974