Season 9
1973 · 18 episodes
Episodes
1. Errors
September 12, 1973 · 50m
2. Signed Off
September 19, 1973 · 50m
A policeman is missing. Is there anything sinister in his disappearance, or is there a simple explanation?
3. A Quiet Man
September 26, 1973 · 50m
A quiet morning: a milkman on his round in a residential street. But the peace is soon shattered.
4. No Way
October 3, 1973 · 50m
5. No Life for a Woman
October 10, 1973 · 50m
6. Twenty-Seven Pieces of Porcelain
October 17, 1973 · 50m
Watt thinks the piece of Wedgwood china he buys for his wife is expensive enough, until he has to investigate a theft.
7. Night-Watch
October 24, 1973 · 50m
Snow and Nesbitt are enquiring into a crime which has happened. Evans is asking about a crime which may happen. John Watt is concentrating on the present.
8. Catch As Catch Can
October 31, 1973 · 50m
Why is Hawkins preparing his latest operation behind closed doors? And why is he so interested in a small-time thief?
9. The Loudmouth
November 7, 1973 · 50m
John Watt receives a tip-off which he believes could lead him to a 'crime boss'.
10. Interrogation
November 14, 1973 · 50m
11. Slip of the Tongue
November 21, 1973 · 50m
Watt and Hawkins are baffled by a couple of crooks; Hawkins is angry with a probation officer and Evans is hurt by a brick. It's a dog's life being a policeman!
12. Trial
November 28, 1973 · 50m
13. Skipper's Walk
December 5, 1973 · 50m
Hawkins takes his wife's dog for a walk one night. They meet a drunk who tells him a disturbing tale. Hawkins has to tell John Watt. Together they have to do a job hated by all policemen: looking into the private life of one of their own men.
14. Cover
December 12, 1973 · 50m
A barn is burned down. It could be arson, but the insurance is hardly worth claiming. And of course, fires do happen. But Evans is suspicious, and he goes in for a spot of bricklaying when the new barn is built.
15. Observation
December 19, 1973 · 50m
16. Trouble-Maker
January 2, 1974 · 50m
17. The Raider
January 9, 1974 · 50m
Jackie Warren is dangerous. He has escaped from jail and no-one knows where he is. Then a Post Office van is robbed in Kingley and Watt finds him on his own doorstep.
18. Victim
January 16, 1974 · 50m