Episodes List

Ep.1 Big Deal

Air Date: 1974-01-23

Barlow's involvement in the security arrangements for a number of big open-air pop festivals appears to be routine. But when things go wrong at least one chief constable is glad he's there.

Ep.2 Snatch

Air Date: 1974-01-30

A prominent Jewish industrialist appears to have been kidnapped. Is it a hoax? Or is it the action of Arab guerillas - in which case what exactly do they want?

Ep.3 Plunder

Air Date: 1974-02-06

Even on holiday in Italy Barlow manages to combine business with pleasure - which accounts for his knowledge of and interest in Etruscan art.

Ep.4 Hit

Air Date: 1974-02-13

Barlow is instructed to make discreet enquiries into the undesirable company being kept by a politician. In the process he meets up with an old adversary and decides, for once, to go it alone.

Ep.5 Corruption

Air Date: 1974-02-20

A series of apparently unconnected explosions reveals a web of intrigue. Barlow's enquiries touch a raw nerve in high places and he takes a big personal risk.

Ep.6 Restitution

Air Date: 1974-02-27

Ep.7 Snookered

Air Date: 1974-03-06

A mysterious call from Special Branch leads Barlow into a cloak-and-dagger world which is, as Fenton warns him, ""shadowy, full of intrigue - and violent"".

Ep.8 Sect

Air Date: 1974-03-13

The Home Office have received a number of complaints about an apparently harmless religious sect. Barlow's team investigate, with tragic results.