Barlow (Season 3)

Barlow at Large is a British television programme created by Troy Kennedy Martin and Elwyn Jones. It broadcast from September 1971 to February 1975, with a total of 29 episodes across four series. Stratford Johns reprises his role of DCI Charles Barlow from Z-Cars, Softly, Softly, and Softly, Softly: Taskforce. Barlow at Large originated as a three-part self-contained spin-off from Softly, Softly in 1971 with Barlow co-opted by the home office to investigate police corruption in Wales. Johns departed in 1972, but returned for a further series of Barlow at Large in the following year, Barlow having gone on full-time secondment to the Home Office. In 1974, the series was rebranded Barlow and two further series of eight episodes each followed, introducing DI Tucker. After the finale's transmission in February 1975, Barlow was next seen in the programme Second Verdict in which he, alongside a former colleague, investigates unsolved cases and unsafe historical convictions.

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    Big Deal (Episode 1)

    Writer: Brian Hayles

    Air date: 1974-01-23

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: Barlow's involvement in the security arrangements for a number of big open-air pop festivals appears to be routine. But when things go wrong at least one chief constable is glad he's there.

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    Snatch (Episode 2)

    Writer: Allan Prior

    Air date: 1974-01-30

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: A prominent Jewish industrialist appears to have been kidnapped. Is it a hoax? Or is it the action of Arab guerillas - in which case what exactly do they want?

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    Plunder (Episode 3)

    Writer: Arnold Yarrow

    Air date: 1974-02-06

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: Even on holiday in Italy Barlow manages to combine business with pleasure - which accounts for his knowledge of and interest in Etruscan art.

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    Hit (Episode 4)

    Writer: Allan Prior

    Air date: 1974-02-13

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: Barlow is instructed to make discreet enquiries into the undesirable company being kept by a politician. In the process he meets up with an old adversary and decides, for once, to go it alone.

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    Corruption (Episode 5)

    Writer: Ian Curteis

    Air date: 1974-02-20

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: A series of apparently unconnected explosions reveals a web of intrigue. Barlow's enquiries touch a raw nerve in high places and he takes a big personal risk.

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    Restitution (Episode 6)

    Writer: Christopher Falkus

    Air date: 1974-02-27

    Runtime: 50 min

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    Snookered (Episode 7)

    Writer: Elwyn Jones

    Air date: 1974-03-06

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: A mysterious call from Special Branch leads Barlow into a cloak-and-dagger world which is, as Fenton warns him, ""shadowy, full of intrigue - and violent"".

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    Sect (Episode 8)

    Writer: Jack Ronder

    Air date: 1974-03-13

    Runtime: 50 min

    Overview: The Home Office have received a number of complaints about an apparently harmless religious sect. Barlow's team investigate, with tragic results.

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