Series 8
Episodes
1. Inspector Lynch
1973-10-22
Bert Lynch has been promoted to Inspector. But is he still one of the lads?
2. Nuisance
1973-10-29
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?
3. Escape
1973-11-05
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.
4. Break Up
1973-11-19
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.
5. Stray Girl
1973-11-26
Mary Mangan disappears with her baby. The worst is feared and a full scale police search is mounted.
6. Pieces
1973-12-03
A house is broken into and Skinner grabs at the opportunity to improve his record. But he grabs too hard and a man suffers.
7. The Cinder Path
1973-12-10
Goss is back! In court he finds himself in an unfamiliar role. Against Quilley... twice!
8. Cadet
1973-12-11
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.
9. Pressure Of Work
1973-12-17
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.
10. Absence
1974-01-07
A bank raid is in the offing and the only man who knows anything about it is Harry Dance.
11. In Police Hands
1974-01-21
Julie and Dave are happy: then they're in the nick. It seems that simply being in love is a crime these days.
12. Two Hundred Tartan Teddy Bears
1974-02-04
Stone and Lynch are puzzled by two cases - one involving bears and the other old ladies.
13. Joanna
1974-02-11
When Albert Smith goes looking for his daughter Joanna his enquiries cause trouble.
14. Pressure
1974-02-18
A young petty thief and a young Police Constable find themselves under a similar kind of pressure. The pressure to prove themselves.
15. Waste
1974-02-25
Not so much a skeleton in the cupboard - more a body, alive and kicking, in the attic.
16. Two Wise Monkeys
1974-03-04
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.
17. Dinner Break
1974-03-11
Lunchtime - relaxation for some. But not for those on duty at Newtown Station.
18. Allegiance
1974-03-18
Joe Skinner questions a lad about breaking into a cigarette machine, but it soon becomes apparent that he is after more than a confession.
19. Rota
1974-03-25
The same crime can be committed over and over again, unless someone decides to co-operate with the police.
20. Priority
1974-04-01
Quilley and Braithwaite have a tricky customer to deal with; Lynch has Stone, as well as a missing child and a shop break-in.
21. Background
1974-04-08
No overview available.
22. Losers
1974-04-10
DI Connor runs into Marjorie, an old flame. But what a change in her!
23. Turnabout
1974-04-22
Mary and Fiona, two women of equal ability and opportunity. So why is one of them a criminal?
24. Intruder
1974-04-29
No overview available.
25. Mugs?
1974-05-06
Several well-planned robberies, but none of the suspects with brains and style enough to organise them. So who did?
26. Pastime
1974-05-13
A fire-raiser for Skinner and an extortionist for Stone and Lynch. Some people have the strangest pastimes.
27. Certain Parties
1974-05-20
Back in Newtown after seven years in Parkhurst, Pikey Nimmo wants to settle up with the men who put him away. Stone was one of them.
28. Family
1974-06-30
Susan Giles wants her father back inside and uses two men to help her. One of them is Quilley, and he unwittingly ruins Skinner's work.