Episodes List
Ep.1 Guns
Air Date: 1976-01-05
Armed robbery is becoming almost a daily event and sooner or later somebody's bound to get hurt. But what happens if the police meet violence with violence?
Ep.2 Manslaughter
Air Date: 1976-01-12
The public expect to be protected by the police. But if a policeman kills a member of the public in the execution of his duty, will the protector be prosecuted?
Ep.3 Prisoner
Air Date: 1976-01-19
When a constable is ten minutes late reporting in an alert goes out. Alec Quilley hasn't been seen or heard of for over an hour.
Ep.4 The Frighteners
Air Date: 1976-01-26
An ex-villain is entitled to police protection just like anyone else - isn't he?
Ep.5 Contact
Air Date: 1976-02-02
A man is trapped under a load of dangerous chemicals. Move him, and the lot might go up. Leave him there and...
Ep.6 Kidnap
Air Date: 1976-02-09
A rag week kidnap for charity starts out all right, but...
Ep.7 Say Goodbye To The Horses
Air Date: 1976-02-16
There are plenty of ways to make sure a horse loses a race, but how do you make a horse WIN a race?
Ep.8 A Preacher In Passing
Air Date: 1976-02-23
A quiet Sunday and Moffat finds himself in church. But not praying!
Ep.9 Nightwatch
Air Date: 1976-03-01
Keeping surveillance on a goods yard full of empty wagons seems a pretty barren exercise - unless you know what's at stake.
Ep.10 Ringers
Air Date: 1976-03-08
In detection you need routine and instinct. But not necessarily in that order.
Ep.11 Fairground
Air Date: 1976-03-15
A young girl is attacked and Lynch has to look into 'all the fun of the fair'.
Ep.12 Hunch
Air Date: 1976-03-22
Which is more important - a batch of missing cameras, or a missing girl?
Ep.13 Scot Free
Air Date: 1976-03-29
Two boys are trapped in a disused mine. Why is their friend terrified of going to the police?
Ep.19 Transit
Air Date: 1975-02-10
A mystery call out for noise down the docks perplexes Yates, and he's stuck there with DS Haggar and an irritating PC. They shoot horses, don't they?
Ep.20 Snouts
Air Date: 1975-02-17
A police informer is found badly beaten on a rubbish tip, whilst Bert Lych waits for him in a local pub. Who was responsible, and what is the connection to a rough local pub?
Ep.24 Thanks But... No Thanks
Air Date: 1975-02-17
Quilley is up for promotion, but personal circumstances may hinder his path. At the same time, a troublesome thief is causing him severe problems.
Ep.31 A New Broom
Air Date: 1975-05-12
A series of break-ins have some peculiar traits. Haggar thinks that an old lag just out of gaol may be responsible. But what is the significance of a missing schoolboy, and why is the MO of the mystery criminal familiar?