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Softly, Softly

TV Show 1966 7.5/10 269 episodes
Drama Crime

Synopsis

Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern, supposedly in the Bristol area of England.

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Series 5 Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
Recovery

DC Morgan receives information that a big art robbery will take place. The squad acts... but so does the thief.

Episode 2 EP 2
Flash Point

Barlow is enjoying a pint at the pub when Watt's girl friend, Dr. Jean Morrow, tells him about an old lady who has been brutally attacked f…

Episode 3 EP 3
In At the Death

When the head of a successful firm dies there is always someone waiting to step into his shoes. In this case the dead man's business ventu…

Episode 4 EP 4
Error of Judgement

A race meeting at Chepstow; and incompetent amateur pilot; a lonely field near Wyvern; why is Barlow interested in these three things? Who…

Episode 5 EP 5
Dead Aboard

A prostitute is found murdered in a quiet backwater quay at Wyvern. Who is the killer? Barlow and his team make every effort to find out.

Episode 6 EP 6
One Thing Leads To Another

When Harry Hawkins and Barbara Allin visit a gambling joint it is not just for the purpose of spending their own money. Their main interes…

Episode 7 EP 7
General Post

When a crime occurs on the doorstep of Headquarters the local force thinks it's funny. But Barlow is not amused. He is aware the incident…

Episode 8 EP 8
Wild Goose

What is a criminal like Jack Carter doing in Wyvern? Barlow hopes to find out by surveillance and is furious when Digby inadvertently make…

Episode 9 EP 9
We Shall Miss You

Barlow and watt travel to Thamesford and back - but not together - in pursuit of important changes in their careers. While they wait to he…

Episode 10 EP 10
Write Off

Why is DS Allin so interested in the leisure activities of the elite of Wyvern? And why does a car involved in a minor accident unaccounta…

Episode 11 EP 11
Arrival

Barlow's first day at Thamesford is rounded off with a telephone call that involves him in his first major investigation as head of C.I.D.

Episode 12 EP 12
Exercise
Episode 13 EP 13
Diversion

Routine enquiries into a series of minor break-ins become a major hunt for a dangerous criminal.

Episode 14 EP 14
The Spoilt Ones
Episode 15 EP 15
To Protect The Innocent
Episode 16 EP 16
Any Other Night
Episode 17 EP 17
The Aggro Boy
Episode 18 EP 18
Standing Orders
Episode 19 EP 19
Private Mischief

A worried barman asks John Watt why a detective constable is asking questions about him. Watt makes some alarming discoveries about the co…

Episode 20 EP 20
Open And Shut
Episode 21 EP 21
Sprats And Mackerels

A whisper from the north of England leads the Task Force to Eastcote Docks. A domestic dispute takes them to the nearby caravan site at Ba…

Episode 22 EP 22
Like Any Other Friday

Barlow is pursuing the hint of an armed robbery. Hawkins and Jackson are tackling another in a series of Thursday night thefts. But there…

Episode 23 EP 23
Power Of The Press
Episode 24 EP 24
Trust A Woman
Episode 25 EP 25
The Hermit
Episode 26 EP 26
Escort

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