Softly, Softly (Season 9)

Errors (Episode 1)

Writer: Elwyn Jones

Air date: 1973-09-12

Runtime: 50 min

Signed Off (Episode 2)

Air date: 1973-09-19

Runtime: 50 min

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

A Quiet Man (Episode 3)

Air date: 1973-09-26

Runtime: 50 min

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

No Way (Episode 4)

Air date: 1973-10-03

Runtime: 50 min

No Life for a Woman (Episode 5)

Writer: Alan Plater

Air date: 1973-10-10

Runtime: 50 min

Twenty-Seven Pieces of Porcelain (Episode 6)

Writer: Allan Prior

Air date: 1973-10-17

Runtime: 50 min

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

Night-Watch (Episode 7)

Air date: 1973-10-24

Runtime: 50 min

Overview: 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.

Catch As Catch Can (Episode 8)

Air date: 1973-10-31

Runtime: 50 min

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

The Loudmouth (Episode 9)

Writer: Allan Prior

Air date: 1973-11-07

Runtime: 50 min

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

Interrogation (Episode 10)

Air date: 1973-11-14

Runtime: 50 min

Slip of the Tongue (Episode 11)

Air date: 1973-11-21

Runtime: 50 min

Overview: 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!

Trial (Episode 12)

Writer: Elwyn Jones

Air date: 1973-11-28

Runtime: 50 min

Skipper's Walk (Episode 13)

Air date: 1973-12-05

Runtime: 50 min

Overview: 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.

Cover (Episode 14)

Air date: 1973-12-12

Runtime: 50 min

Overview: 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.

Observation (Episode 15)

Air date: 1973-12-19

Runtime: 50 min

Trouble-Maker (Episode 16)

Writer: Alan Plater

Air date: 1974-01-02

Runtime: 50 min

The Raider (Episode 17)

Air date: 1974-01-09

Runtime: 50 min

Overview: 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.

Victim (Episode 18)

Air date: 1974-01-16

Runtime: 50 min