Softly, Softly (1966)
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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Episode 1 - Inside Out
Release Date: 1966-11-02The regional Crime Squad has moved from Gloucester to Di John Watt's building in Wyvern. The move does not please Watt or his detectives as it brings them directly under the eyes of their bosses. Meantime a crime has been committed by a man the Squad has every reason to believe cannot have committed it.
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Episode 2 - All That Glitters
Release Date: 1966-11-09Three apparently unrelated facts turn out to have a fascinating connection. A former criminal, now crippled, lives like a lord but has no visible means of support. A film unit arrives in the area to make a television documentary. And a mysterious and ambiguous note arrives on John Watt's desk.
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Episode 3 - The Jackpot
Release Date: 1966-11-16A new gambling club is due to open and already the manager has been 'invited' to pay protection money to a man from a firm that supplies fruit machines. The Squad investigate, and they don't like what they find.
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Episode 4 - Murder Reported
Release Date: 1966-11-23Barlow's manpower diplomacy is strongly tested as Detective Superintendent Arthur Jones leads a murder hunts for only the second time in his career.
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Episode 5 - Sleeping Dogs
Release Date: 1966-11-30 -
Episode 6 - Heart Of Brass
Release Date: 1966-12-07DI Watt and DC Box look into the affairs of Sammy Roach and his girl friend Josie.
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Episode 7 - Find The Lady
Release Date: 1966-12-14Barlow and Hawkins feel that many of their problems will be solved if only they can 'find the lady'.
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Episode 8 - Barlow Was There (1) Allegation
Release Date: 1966-12-21 -
Episode 9 - Barlow Was There (2) Enquiry
Release Date: 1966-12-28 -
Episode 10 - Barlow Was There (3) Mischief
Release Date: 1967-01-04 -
Episode 11 - Sing A Song Of Friendship
Release Date: 1967-01-11 -
Episode 12 - James McNeil, Aged 23
Release Date: 1967-01-18 -
Episode 13 - The Next Voice You Hear
Release Date: 1967-01-25 -
Episode 14 - An Eye For An Eye
Release Date: 1967-02-01 -
Episode 15 - What Colour A Wolf ?
Release Date: 1967-02-08Stolen objects seem to be disappearing into thin air immediately after their removal from private collections. DC Dwyer has been found to have run up a large debt to a local bookie. He has to leave the force: now he's out of a job and mixing with some very dubious characters.
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Episode 16 - Somebody Important
Release Date: 1967-02-15 -
Episode 17 - The Informant (1) Rough Justice
Release Date: 1967-02-22When Billie Greave is found injured in a factory storeroom it seems obvious to the police that he has fallen while attempting to blow a safe. Barlow is disappointed and angry, for Billie is one of his most trusted informers and has assured him that he is now going straight.
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Episode 18 - The Informant (2) The Man Inside
Release Date: 1967-03-01 -
Episode 19 - The Same The Whole World Over
Release Date: 1967-03-08The Regional Crime Squad is on the trail of a gang of robbers.
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Episode 20 - Selection
Release Date: 1967-03-15 -
Episode 21 - Appointment In Wyvern
Release Date: 1967-03-22 -
Episode 22 - The Investors
Release Date: 1967-03-29 -
Episode 23 - A Piece Of Waste Ground
Release Date: 1967-04-05 -
Episode 24 - Proof Positive
Release Date: 1967-04-12 -
Episode 25 - Cash On Deliverance
Release Date: 1967-04-19 -
Episode 26 - On The Side Of The Law
Release Date: 1967-04-26 -
Episode 27 - The Linkman
Release Date: 1967-05-03 -
Episode 28 - Blackitt's Round
Release Date: 1967-05-10 -
Episode 29 - See You Tomorrow
Release Date: 1967-05-17 -
Episode 30 - The Hole (1) In the Road
Release Date: 1967-05-24 -
Episode 31 - The Hole (2) In the Head
Release Date: 1967-05-31