Series 8

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Episodes

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Episode 150 min1973-10-22

Inspector Lynch

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

Episode 250 min1973-10-29

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?

Episode 350 min1973-11-05

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.

Episode 450 min1973-11-19

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.

Episode 550 min1973-11-26

Stray Girl

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

Episode 650 min1973-12-03

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.

Episode 750 min1973-12-10

The Cinder Path

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

Episode 850 min1973-12-11

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.

Episode 950 min1973-12-17

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.

Episode 1050 min1974-01-07

Absence

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

Episode 1150 min1974-01-21

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.

Episode 1250 min1974-02-04

Two Hundred Tartan Teddy Bears

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

Episode 1350 min1974-02-11

Joanna

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

Episode 1450 min1974-02-18

Pressure

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

Episode 1550 min1974-02-25

Waste

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

Episode 1650 min1974-03-04

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.

Episode 1750 min1974-03-11