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 - Recovery
Release Date: 1969-09-11DC Morgan receives information that a big art robbery will take place. The squad acts... but so does the thief.
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Episode 2 - Flash Point
Release Date: 1969-09-18Barlow 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 for the sake of a few pounds. Jean's story shocks Barlow into involving the squad in immediate action.
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Episode 3 - In At the Death
Release Date: 1969-09-25When 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 venture is believed to be crooked and DS Hawkins is closely concerned as to who will fill his place.
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Episode 4 - Error of Judgement
Release Date: 1969-10-02A race meeting at Chepstow; and incompetent amateur pilot; a lonely field near Wyvern; why is Barlow interested in these three things? Who is it that Barlow wants to set a trap for? The answer lies in unfinished business from Barlow's past. Will he ever complete it?
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Episode 5 - Dead Aboard
Release Date: 1969-10-09A 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.
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Episode 6 - One Thing Leads To Another
Release Date: 1969-10-16When Harry Hawkins and Barbara Allin visit a gambling joint it is not just for the purpose of spending their own money. Their main interest is in the easy money that flows, and the club owner, Dino Frankitt, who has the reputation of making HIS easy money in devious ways.
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Episode 7 - General Post
Release Date: 1969-10-23When 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 could be a prelude to a much bigger crime - but what? And why is John Watt even less amused than Barlow?
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Episode 8 - Wild Goose
Release Date: 1969-10-30What is a criminal like Jack Carter doing in Wyvern? Barlow hopes to find out by surveillance and is furious when Digby inadvertently makes the squad's interest apparent.
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Episode 9 - We Shall Miss You
Release Date: 1969-11-06Barlow and watt travel to Thamesford and back - but not together - in pursuit of important changes in their careers. While they wait to hear the results of their journeys they join forces again in pursuit of one more criminal.
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Episode 10 - Write Off
Release Date: 1969-11-13Why is DS Allin so interested in the leisure activities of the elite of Wyvern? And why does a car involved in a minor accident unaccountably burst into flames? The subsequent enquiries are not to Watt's liking.
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Episode 11 - Arrival
Release Date: 1969-11-20Barlow'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.
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Episode 12 - Exercise
Release Date: 1969-11-27 -
Episode 13 - Diversion
Release Date: 1969-12-04Routine enquiries into a series of minor break-ins become a major hunt for a dangerous criminal.
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Episode 14 - The Spoilt Ones
Release Date: 1969-12-11 -
Episode 15 - To Protect The Innocent
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Episode 16 - Any Other Night
Release Date: 1970-01-01 -
Episode 17 - The Aggro Boy
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Episode 18 - Standing Orders
Release Date: 1970-01-15 -
Episode 19 - Private Mischief
Release Date: 1970-01-22A worried barman asks John Watt why a detective constable is asking questions about him. Watt makes some alarming discoveries about the constable in question.
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Episode 20 - Open And Shut
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Episode 21 - Sprats And Mackerels
Release Date: 1970-02-05A whisper from the north of England leads the Task Force to Eastcote Docks. A domestic dispute takes them to the nearby caravan site at Bathgate. But what is the link between the two incidents?
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Episode 22 - Like Any Other Friday
Release Date: 1970-02-12Barlow is pursuing the hint of an armed robbery. Hawkins and Jackson are tackling another in a series of Thursday night thefts. But there is something different about this particular Friday.
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Episode 23 - Power Of The Press
Release Date: 1970-02-19 -
Episode 24 - Trust A Woman
Release Date: 1970-02-26 -
Episode 25 - The Hermit
Release Date: 1970-03-05 -
Episode 26 - Escort
Release Date: 1970-03-12