Series 8

Oct 22, 1973 · 50 min

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

Oct 29, 1973 · 50 min

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?

Nov 5, 1973 · 50 min

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.

Nov 19, 1973 · 50 min

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.

Nov 26, 1973 · 50 min

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

Dec 3, 1973 · 50 min

A house is broken into and Skinner grabs at the opportunity to improve his record. But he grabs too hard and a man suffers.

Dec 10, 1973 · 50 min

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

Dec 11, 1973 · 50 min

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.

Dec 17, 1973 · 50 min

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.

Jan 7, 1974 · 50 min

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

Jan 21, 1974 · 50 min

Julie and Dave are happy: then they're in the nick. It seems that simply being in love is a crime these days.

Feb 4, 1974 · 50 min

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

Feb 11, 1974 · 50 min

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

Feb 18, 1974 · 50 min

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

Feb 25, 1974 · 50 min

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

Mar 4, 1974 · 50 min

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.

Mar 11, 1974 · 50 min

Lunchtime - relaxation for some. But not for those on duty at Newtown Station.

Mar 18, 1974 · 50 min

Joe Skinner questions a lad about breaking into a cigarette machine, but it soon becomes apparent that he is after more than a confession.

Mar 25, 1974 · 50 min

The same crime can be committed over and over again, unless someone decides to co-operate with the police.

Apr 1, 1974 · 50 min

Quilley and Braithwaite have a tricky customer to deal with; Lynch has Stone, as well as a missing child and a shop break-in.

Apr 8, 1974 · 50 min

Apr 10, 1974 · 50 min

DI Connor runs into Marjorie, an old flame. But what a change in her!

Apr 22, 1974 · 50 min

Mary and Fiona, two women of equal ability and opportunity. So why is one of them a criminal?

Apr 29, 1974 · 50 min

May 6, 1974 · 50 min

Several well-planned robberies, but none of the suspects with brains and style enough to organise them. So who did?

May 13, 1974 · 50 min

A fire-raiser for Skinner and an extortionist for Stone and Lynch. Some people have the strangest pastimes.

May 20, 1974 · 50 min

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.

Jun 30, 1974 · 50 min

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.