Softly, Softly: Season 9 (1973)

Episodes

1. 

   Episode 1 · September 12, 1973 · 50m

   Errors

2. 

   Episode 2 · September 19, 1973 · 50m

   Signed Off

   A policeman is missing. Is there anything sinister in his disappearance, or is there a simple explanation?

3. 

   Episode 3 · September 26, 1973 · 50m

   A Quiet Man

   A quiet morning: a milkman on his round in a residential street. But the peace is soon shattered.

4. 

   Episode 4 · October 3, 1973 · 50m

   No Way

5. 

   Episode 5 · October 10, 1973 · 50m

   No Life for a Woman

6. 

   Episode 6 · October 17, 1973 · 50m

   Twenty-Seven Pieces of Porcelain

   Watt thinks the piece of Wedgwood china he buys for his wife is expensive enough, until he has to investigate a theft.

7. 

   Episode 7 · October 24, 1973 · 50m

   Night-Watch

   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. 

   Episode 8 · October 31, 1973 · 50m

   Catch As Catch Can

   Why is Hawkins preparing his latest operation behind closed doors? And why is he so interested in a small-time thief?

9. 

   Episode 9 · November 7, 1973 · 50m

   The Loudmouth

   John Watt receives a tip-off which he believes could lead him to a 'crime boss'.

10. 

    Episode 10 · November 14, 1973 · 50m

    Interrogation

11. 

    Episode 11 · November 21, 1973 · 50m

    Slip of the Tongue

    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. 

    Episode 12 · November 28, 1973 · 50m

    Trial

13. 

    Episode 13 · December 5, 1973 · 50m

    Skipper's Walk

    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. 

    Episode 14 · December 12, 1973 · 50m

    Cover

    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. 

    Episode 15 · December 19, 1973 · 50m

    Observation

16. 

    Episode 16 · January 2, 1974 · 50m

    Trouble-Maker

17. 

    Episode 17 · January 9, 1974 · 50m

    The Raider

    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. 

    Episode 18 · January 16, 1974 · 50m

    Victim