Softly Softly
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Last updated: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 7:00
Show Details:
Start date: Jan 1966
End date: Dec 1976
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 50 min
Episodes: 269 eps
Genre(s): Drama
End date: Dec 1976
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 50 min
Episodes: 269 eps
Genre(s): Drama
Credits:
- regulars:
- Stratford Johns as Det. Chief Supt. Charles Barlow
- Frank Windsor as Det. Chief Insp. John Watt
- Norman Bowler as Det. Sgt. Harry Hawkins
- John Barron as Asst. Chief Constable Austin Gilbert
- David Lloyd Meredith as Det. Sgt. Evans
- Terence Rigby as PC Snow
- Walter Gotell as Chief Constable Cullen
Episode list from:
TVRage (links if any to TVRage may no longer work)
Original Episode # Prod # Air Date Titles _____ ______ ___________ ___________ ___________________________________________ • Season 1 1 1-01 05/Jan/66 Off Beat 2 1-02 12/Jan/66 A Local Touch 3 1-03 19/Jan/66 The Misinformer 4 1-04 26/Jan/66 It Doesn't Grow On Trees 5 1-05 02/Feb/66 Talk To Me 6 1-06 09/Feb/66 Screws And Drivers 7 1-07 16/Feb/66 Take Over 8 1-08 23/Feb/66 Over Take... 9 1-09 02/Mar/66 Don't Push Too Hard 10 1-10 09/Mar/66 The Key 11 1-11 16/Mar/66 Tickle On Wheels 12 1-12 23/Mar/66 A Spot Of Leave 13 1-13 30/Mar/66 A - Z 14 1-14 06/Apr/66 Blind Man's Bluff 15 1-15 13/Apr/66 All The Flowers 16 1-16 20/Apr/66 Do You Believe In Ghosts? 17 1-17 27/Apr/66 There's A Lot Of It About 18 1-18 04/May/66 The Gentle Touch 19 1-19 11/May/66 The Short Cut 20 1-20 18/May/66 Made In Britain 21 1-21 25/May/66 Round Trip 22 1-22 01/Jun/66 Extraction 23 1-23 08/Jun/66 Best Out Of Three 24 1-24 15/Jun/66 I Know What I Said 25 1-25 22/Jun/66 Conspiracy (1) To Rob 26 1-26 29/Jun/66 Conspiracy (2) To Corrupt • Season 2 27 2-01 02/Nov/66 Inside Out 28 2-02 09/Nov/66 All That Glitters 29 2-03 16/Nov/66 The Jackpot 30 2-04 23/Nov/66 Murder Reported 31 2-05 30/Nov/66 Sleeping Dogs 32 2-06 07/Dec/66 Heart Of Brass 33 2-07 14/Dec/66 Find The Lady 34 2-08 21/Dec/66 Barlow Was There (1) Allegation 35 2-09 28/Dec/66 Barlow Was There (2) Enquiry 36 2-10 04/Jan/67 Barlow Was There (3) Mischief 37 2-11 11/Jan/67 Sing A Song Of Friendship 38 2-12 18/Jan/67 James McNeil, Aged 23 39 2-13 25/Jan/67 The Next Voice You Hear 40 2-14 01/Feb/67 An Eye For An Eye 41 2-15 08/Feb/67 What Colour A Wolf ? 42 2-16 15/Feb/67 Somebody Important 43 2-17 22/Feb/67 The Informant (1) Rough Justice 44 2-18 01/Mar/67 The Informant (2) The Man Inside 45 2-19 08/Mar/67 The Same The Whole World Over 46 2-20 15/Mar/67 Selection 47 2-21 22/Mar/67 Appointment In Wyvern 48 2-22 29/Mar/67 The Investors 49 2-23 05/Apr/67 A Piece Of Waste Ground 50 2-24 12/Apr/67 Proof Positive 51 2-25 19/Apr/67 Cash On Deliverance 52 2-26 26/Apr/67 On The Side Of The Law 53 2-27 03/May/67 The Linkman 54 2-28 10/May/67 Blackitt's Round 55 2-29 17/May/67 See You Tomorrow 56 2-30 24/May/67 The Hole (1) In the Road 57 2-31 31/May/67 The Hole (2) In the Head • Season 3 58 3-01 04/Oct/67 The Target (1) Sighted 59 3-02 11/Oct/67 The Target (2) Point Blank 60 3-03 18/Oct/67 Material Evidence 61 3-04 25/Oct/67 Pieces Of Silver 62 3-05 08/Nov/67 Something Unusual 63 3-06 15/Nov/67 Never Forget A Face 64 3-07 22/Nov/67 Inducement 65 3-08 29/Nov/67 The Mind Of The Beholder 66 3-09 06/Dec/67 The Hunt 67 3-10 13/Dec/67 Measure Of Tolerance 68 3-11 20/Dec/67 Who's Mr Smith? 69 3-12 27/Dec/67 The Bombay Doctor 70 3-13 04/Jan/68 Cause Of Death 71 3-14 11/Jan/68 In Bulk 72 3-15 18/Jan/68 Complaint 73 3-16 25/Jan/68 Landing Whispers 74 3-17 01/Feb/68 Major Incident 75 3-18 08/Feb/68 Quicker By Rail 76 3-19 15/Feb/68 The Good Girl 77 3-20 22/Feb/68 Identity Unknown 78 3-21 29/Feb/68 Unfinished Business 79 3-22 07/Mar/68 Finger Of Suspicion 80 3-23 14/Mar/68 If I Can Help Somebody 81 3-24 21/Mar/68 Don't Tell Me, Let Me Guess 82 3-25 28/Mar/68 Fortune On The Move (1) Payment 83 3-26 04/Apr/68 Fortune On The Move (2) Refund • Season 4 84 4-01 12/Sep/68 Theory 85 4-02 19/Sep/68 Proof 86 4-03 26/Sep/68 Bird Of Passage 87 4-04 03/Oct/68 See The Rabbit 88 4-05 10/Oct/68 Take Them In Singles 89 4-06 17/Oct/68 Red Herring 90 4-07 24/Oct/68 Five Pairs O' Hands 91 4-08 31/Oct/68 Minor Incident 92 4-09 07/Nov/68 An Old Song 93 4-10 14/Nov/68 Big Boats, Little Boats 94 4-11 21/Nov/68 For A Rainy Day 95 4-12 28/Nov/68 Assistance 96 4-13 05/Dec/68 Equal Status 97 4-14 12/Dec/68 Obstruction 98 4-15 19/Dec/68 Going Quietly 99 4-16 27/Dec/68 On Christmas Day In The Morning 100 4-17 02/Jan/69 Departure 101 4-18 09/Jan/69 Cross Reference 102 4-19 16/Jan/69 Run For The Hills 103 4-20 23/Jan/69 Pressure 104 4-21 30/Jan/69 A Quantity Of Gelignite 105 4-22 06/Feb/69 Critical Path 106 4-23 13/Feb/69 Persistence 107 4-24 20/Feb/69 Second Chance 108 4-25 27/Feb/69 How's The Wife Then? 109 4-26 06/Mar/69 Right To Search 110 4-27 13/Mar/69 Proved Connection • Season 5 111 5-01 11/Sep/69 Recovery 112 5-02 18/Sep/69 Flash Point 113 5-03 25/Sep/69 In At the Death 114 5-04 02/Oct/69 Error of Judgement 115 5-05 09/Oct/69 Dead Aboard 116 5-06 16/Oct/69 One Thing Leads To Another 117 5-07 23/Oct/69 General Post 118 5-08 30/Oct/69 Wild Goose 119 5-09 06/Nov/69 We Shall Miss You 120 5-10 13/Nov/69 Write Off 121 5-11 20/Nov/69 Arrival 122 5-12 27/Nov/69 Exercise 123 5-13 04/Dec/69 Diversion 124 5-14 11/Dec/69 The Spoilt Ones 125 5-15 18/Dec/69 To Protect The Innocent 126 5-16 01/Jan/70 Any Other Night 127 5-17 08/Jan/70 The Aggro Boy 128 5-18 15/Jan/70 Standing Orders 129 5-19 22/Jan/70 Private Mischief 130 5-20 29/Jan/70 Open And Shut 131 5-21 05/Feb/70 Sprats And Mackerels 132 5-22 12/Feb/70 Like Any Other Friday 133 5-23 19/Feb/70 Power Of The Press 134 5-24 26/Feb/70 Trust A Woman 135 5-25 05/Mar/70 The Hermit 136 5-26 12/Mar/70 Escort • Season 6 137 6-01 16/Sep/70 Baptism 138 6-02 23/Sep/70 Sunday, Sweet Sunday 139 6-03 30/Sep/70 Safe in the Streets? 140 6-04 07/Oct/70 Good Listener 141 6-05 14/Oct/70 Time Expired 142 6-06 21/Oct/70 Lessons 143 6-07 28/Oct/70 Without Favour 144 6-08 04/Nov/70 Never Hit a Lady 145 6-09 11/Nov/70 Its Ugly Head 146 6-10 18/Nov/70 Who Wants Pride...? 147 6-11 25/Nov/70 Collation 148 6-12 02/Dec/70 Do Me a Favour 149 6-13 09/Dec/70 Sweet Are the Uses of Adversity 150 6-14 16/Dec/70 Bearings 151 6-15 23/Dec/70 A World Full of Rooms 152 6-16 30/Dec/70 The Lie Direct 153 6-17 06/Jan/71 Ground Level 154 6-18 13/Jan/71 Company Business 155 6-19 20/Jan/71 Kick Off 156 6-20 27/Jan/71 Final Score 157 6-21 03/Feb/71 Something Big 158 6-22 10/Feb/71 Games 159 6-23 17/Feb/71 In the Public Gaze 160 6-24 24/Feb/71 Held for Questioning 161 6-25 03/Mar/71 Black Equals White 162 6-26 10/Mar/71 Cash and Carry • Season 7 163 7-01 06/Oct/71 Once Bitten 164 7-02 13/Oct/71 Hostage 165 7-03 20/Oct/71 The Floater 166 7-04 27/Oct/71 Aberration 167 7-05 03/Nov/71 Moving On 168 7-06 10/Nov/71 An Inside Job 169 7-07 17/Nov/71 The Bounty Hunter 170 7-08 24/Nov/71 Marksman 171 7-09 01/Dec/71 Copper Wire 172 7-10 08/Dec/71 Man of Peace 173 7-11 15/Dec/71 Good Touches 174 7-12 22/Dec/71 Better Than Doing Porridge 175 7-13 29/Dec/71 The Removal 176 7-14 05/Jan/72 Priorities 177 7-15 12/Jan/72 Resolution 178 7-16 19/Jan/72 The Amateur 179 7-17 26/Jan/72 Anywhere in the Wide World 180 7-18 02/Feb/72 Flight 181 7-19 09/Feb/72 The Big Tip-Off 182 7-20 16/Feb/72 Woman's World 183 7-21 23/Feb/72 Policeman's Lot:, A (1) The Row on the Stairs 184 7-22 01/Mar/72 Policeman's Lot:, A (2) You Pays Your Money 185 7-23 08/Mar/72 Policeman's Lot:, A (3) It Depends Where You're Standing 186 7-24 15/Mar/72 Set Us Alight 187 7-25 22/Mar/72 The Easy Job 188 7-26 29/Mar/72 Conclusion • Season 8 189 8-01 13/Sep/72 Spit and Polish 190 8-02 20/Sep/72 Killer 191 8-03 27/Sep/72 Surveillance 192 8-04 04/Oct/72 Dog Eat Dog 193 8-05 11/Oct/72 Bank Rate 194 8-06 18/Oct/72 On the Third Day 195 8-07 25/Oct/72 The Witness 196 8-08 01/Nov/71 Run for Your Money 197 8-09 08/Nov/72 New Broom 198 8-10 15/Nov/72 Paper Chase 199 8-11 22/Nov/72 Welcome to the Club 200 8-12 29/Nov/72 Justice 201 8-13 06/Dec/72 Conversion 202 8-14 13/Dec/72 Needle 203 8-15 20/Dec/72 Execution 204 8-16 03/Jan/73 Time-Table 205 8-17 10/Jan/73 Conspiracy 206 8-18 17/Jan/73 Money for Sale 207 8-19 24/Jan/73 For Love or Money 208 8-20 31/Jan/73 Little Acorns • Season 9 209 9-01 12/Sep/73 Errors 210 9-02 19/Sep/73 Signed Off 211 9-03 26/Sep/73 A Quiet Man 212 9-04 03/Oct/73 No Way 213 9-05 10/Oct/73 No Life for a Woman 214 9-06 17/Oct/73 Twenty-Seven Pieces of Porcelain 215 9-07 24/Oct/73 Night-Watch 216 9-08 31/Oct/73 Catch As Catch Can 217 9-09 07/Nov/73 The Loudmouth 218 9-10 14/Nov/73 Interrogation 219 9-11 21/Nov/73 Slip of the Tongue 220 9-12 28/Nov/73 Trial 221 9-13 05/Dec/73 Skipper's Walk 222 9-14 12/Dec/73 Cover 223 9-15 19/Dec/73 Observation 224 9-16 02/Jan/74 Trouble-Maker 225 9-17 09/Jan/74 The Raider 226 9-18 16/Jan/74 Victim • Season 10 227 10-01 04/Sep/74 Alert 228 10-02 11/Sep/74 You Don't Have to Shout, I'm Listening 229 10-03 18/Sep/74 Worth a Million 230 10-04 25/Sep/74 Domestic Incident 231 10-05 02/Oct/74 Pop Goes the Weasel 232 10-06 09/Oct/74 Cat Among the Pigeons 233 10-07 16/Oct/74 Pardon 234 10-08 23/Oct/74 Little Boy Blue 235 10-09 30/Oct/74 A Day's Work 236 10-10 06/Nov/74 Paperwork 237 10-11 13/Nov/74 See What You've Done 238 10-12 20/Nov/74 We're in This Together 239 10-13 27/Nov/74 Temptation • Season 11 240 11-01 25/Aug/75 Feedback 241 11-02 03/Sep/75 High Life 242 11-03 10/Sep/75 Protection 243 11-04 17/Sep/75 Grass 244 11-05 24/Sep/75 Bargains 245 11-06 01/Oct/75 The Talking Doll 246 11-07 08/Oct/75 And with What Measure? 247 11-08 15/Oct/75 Female of the Species 248 11-09 22/Oct/75 A Person Unknown 249 11-10 29/Oct/75 Homicide 250 11-11 05/Nov/75 Dorothy's Birthday 251 11-12 12/Nov/75 Whose Side Are You On? 252 11-13 19/Nov/75 Choirboy 253 11-14 26/Nov/75 On Call 254 11-15 03/Dec/75 Blind Alley • Season 12 255 12-01 08/Sep/76 Not with a Bang... 256 12-02 15/Sep/76 There's Always Tomorrow 257 12-03 22/Sep/76 Say It with Flowers 258 12-04 29/Sep/76 The Trojan Horse 259 12-05 06/Oct/76 Now You See It, Now You Don't 260 12-06 13/Oct/76 As Good Cooks Go... 261 12-07 20/Oct/76 The Visitor 262 12-08 27/Oct/76 Baked Beans 263 12-09 03/Nov/76 The Climber 264 12-10 10/Nov/76 At Risk 265 12-11 17/Nov/76 Got Him! 266 12-12 24/Nov/76 Just a Whisper? 267 12-13 01/Dec/76 A Shot in the Dark 268 12-14 08/Dec/76 Communications 269 12-15 15/Dec/76 Alarums and Excursions