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.

Episode 750 min1971-08-23

Dan, Dan... Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 850 min1971-08-24

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.

Episode 950 min1971-08-31

Funny Fellah

No episode overview available.

Episode 1050 min1971-09-06

Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 1150 min1971-09-07

Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 2

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

Episode 1250 min1971-09-13

Purely Medical Purposes Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 1350 min1971-09-14

Purely Medical Purposes Part 2

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

Episode 1450 min1971-09-20

Grandstand Finish Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 1550 min1971-09-21

Grandstand Finish Part 2

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

Episode 1650 min1971-09-27

Funny Creatures Women Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 1750 min1971-09-28

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.

Episode 1850 min1971-10-04

The Dirty Job Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 1950 min1971-10-05

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?

Episode 2050 min1971-10-11

Ding Dong Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 2150 min1971-10-12

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.

Episode 2250 min1971-10-18

Intrusion Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 2350 min1971-10-19

Intrusion Part 2

No episode overview available.

Episode 2450 min1971-10-25

Not Often We Have Visitors Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 2550 min1971-10-26

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.

Episode 2650 min1971-11-01

Contact Man Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 2750 min1971-11-02

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.

Episode 2850 min1971-11-08

Take Away Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 2950 min1971-11-09

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.

Episode 3050 min1971-11-15

Who Were You With? Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 3150 min1971-11-16

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.

Episode 3250 min1971-11-22

Danny Boy's Home Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 3350 min1971-11-23

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.

Episode 3450 min1971-11-29

Rules Of The Game Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 3550 min1971-11-30

Rules Of The Game Part 2

No episode overview available.

Episode 3650 min1971-12-06

The Wrong Odds Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 3750 min1971-12-07

The Wrong Odds Part 2

No episode overview available.

Episode 3850 min1971-12-13

The Horse Dealer Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 3950 min1971-12-14

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.

Episode 4050 min1971-12-20

Collation Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 4150 min1971-12-21

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.

Episode 4250 min1972-01-03

Last Bus To Newtown

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

Episode 4350 min1972-01-10

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.

Episode 4450 min1972-01-17

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.

Episode 4550 min1972-01-24

The Attackers

A lad is walking home late at night...

Episode 4650 min1972-01-31

Retirement

An old man tries to stop a robbery...

Episode 4750 min1972-02-14

Promotion

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

Episode 4850 min1972-02-21

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.

Episode 4950 min1972-02-28

Week Off

Lynch tries to get away from it all...

Episode 5050 min1972-03-06

Missing

Mariam Ahmed makes some trouble for the police.

Episode 5150 min1972-04-10

Quilley

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

Episode 5250 min1972-04-17

Tessa In The Woodpile

After a robbery Tessa goes on the warpath.

Episode 5350 min1972-04-24

Keep To Yourself

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

Episode 5450 min1972-05-01

Smoke

No episode overview available.

Episode 5550 min1972-05-08

Operation Ascalon

Is Goss to blame when the operation goes wrong?

Episode 5650 min1972-05-15

Short Cut

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

Episode 5750 min1972-05-22

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.

Episode 5850 min1972-05-29

Playtime

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

Episode 5950 min1972-06-05

Sweet Girl

A lass is missing...

Episode 6050 min1972-06-12

Access

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

Episode 6150 min1972-06-19

Goss

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

Episode 6250 min1972-07-10

The Wolf And The Sheep Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 6350 min1972-07-11

The Wolf And The Sheep Part 2

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

Episode 6450 min1972-07-17

Forget It Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 6550 min1972-07-18

Forget It Part 2

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

Episode 6650 min1972-07-24

A Neighbour's Goods Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 6750 min1972-07-25

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.

Episode 6850 min1972-07-31

Loyalties Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 6950 min1972-08-01

Loyalties Part 2

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

Episode 7050 min1972-08-07

Relative Values Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 7150 min1972-08-08

Relative Values Part 2

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

Episode 7250 min1972-08-14

Not Good Enough Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 7350 min1972-08-15

Not Good Enough Part 2

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

Episode 7450 min1972-08-21

Breakage Part 1

No episode overview available.

Episode 7550 min1972-08-22

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.

Episode 7650 min1972-09-11

Connor

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

Episode 7750 min1972-09-18

The Team

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

Episode 7850 min1972-09-25

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.

Episode 7950 min1972-10-02

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!

Episode 8050 min1972-10-09

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.

Episode 8150 min1972-10-16

Damage

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

Episode 8250 min1972-10-23

Day Trip

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

Episode 8350 min1972-10-30

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?

Episode 8450 min1972-11-06

Old Soldiers

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

Episode 8550 min1972-11-13

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.

Episode 8650 min1972-11-20

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.

Episode 8750 min1972-11-27

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.

Episode 8850 min1972-12-04

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.

Episode 8950 min1972-12-11

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.

Episode 9050 min1972-12-18

Old Lag

No episode overview available.

Episode 9150 min1973-01-04

Skinner

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

Episode 9250 min1973-01-11

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.

Episode 9350 min1973-01-18

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.

Episode 9450 min1973-01-25

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?

Episode 9550 min1973-02-01

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.

Episode 9650 min1973-02-08

Jack The Dodger

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

Episode 9750 min1973-02-15

Miller

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

Episode 9850 min1973-02-22

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.

Episode 9950 min1973-03-01

Operation Watchdog

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

Episode 10050 min1973-03-08

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.

Episode 10150 min1973-03-15

Invention

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

Episode 10250 min1973-03-22

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.

Episode 10350 min1973-03-29

Domestic

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

Episode 10450 min1973-04-05

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?

Episode 10550 min1973-04-12

Bowman

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

Episode 10650 min1973-04-19

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.

Episode 10750 min1973-04-30

Suspicion

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

Episode 10850 min1973-05-07

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.

Episode 10950 min1973-05-14

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.

Episode 11050 min1973-05-21

The Spike

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

Episode 11150 min1973-06-04

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!

Episode 11250 min1973-06-11

Mother And Child

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

Episode 11350 min1973-06-18

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?

Episode 11450 min1973-06-25

No Proceedings

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

Episode 11550 min1973-07-02

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?

Season Cast

Featured cast for this season.

Cast

James Ellis

Bert Lynch

John Slater

DS Tom Stone

Jennie Goossens

BD Girl

Douglas Fielding

Sgt. Alec Quilley

Derek Waring

DI Neil Goss

Ian Cullen

DC Joe Skinner

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