Inspector Lynch

S08 E01 • Monday, Oct 22, 1973 • Oct 22 • 50m

Bert Lynch has been promoted to Inspector. But is he still one of the lads?

Nuisance

S08 E02 • Monday, Oct 29, 1973 • Oct 29 • 50m

Alexandra is always complaining to an already overworked police force about her next door neighbour Percy. But is she just a nuisance? Or should Inspector Lynch take her complaints seriously?

Escape

S08 E03 • Monday, Nov 5, 1973 • Nov 5 • 50m

Some London villains spring Charlie Cotton from prison, but, too late, he cottons on to the fact that he's been sprung for a purpose.

Break Up

S08 E04 • Monday, Nov 19, 1973 • Nov 19 • 50m

A woman is arrested for shoplifting and a thief has his alibi checked. On the face of it two routine cases. But even the most routine cases can have repercussions.

Stray Girl

S08 E05 • Monday, Nov 26, 1973 • Nov 26 • 50m

Mary Mangan disappears with her baby. The worst is feared and a full scale police search is mounted.

Pieces

S08 E06 • Monday, Dec 3, 1973 • Dec 3 • 50m

A house is broken into and Skinner grabs at the opportunity to improve his record. But he grabs too hard and a man suffers.

The Cinder Path

S08 E07 • Monday, Dec 10, 1973 • Dec 10 • 50m

Goss is back! In court he finds himself in an unfamiliar role. Against Quilley... twice!

Cadet

S08 E08 • Tuesday, Dec 11, 1973 • Dec 11 • 50m

Cadet Peter Preston wants nothing more than to be a policeman, and even though he's a bit of a joke at Newtown his future seems assured. Then his father takes someone for a ride.

Pressure Of Work

S08 E09 • Monday, Dec 17, 1973 • Dec 17 • 50m

Goss goes out for a quiet day with a friend, but the friend ends up in a cell and a policeman ends up in hospital.

Absence

S08 E10 • Monday, Jan 7, 1974 • Jan 7 • 50m

A bank raid is in the offing and the only man who knows anything about it is Harry Dance.

In Police Hands

S08 E11 • Monday, Jan 21, 1974 • Jan 21 • 50m

Julie and Dave are happy: then they're in the nick. It seems that simply being in love is a crime these days.

Two Hundred Tartan Teddy Bears

S08 E12 • Monday, Feb 4, 1974 • Feb 4 • 50m

Stone and Lynch are puzzled by two cases - one involving bears and the other old ladies.

Joanna

S08 E13 • Monday, Feb 11, 1974 • Feb 11 • 50m

When Albert Smith goes looking for his daughter Joanna his enquiries cause trouble.

Pressure

S08 E14 • Monday, Feb 18, 1974 • Feb 18 • 50m

A young petty thief and a young Police Constable find themselves under a similar kind of pressure. The pressure to prove themselves.

Waste

S08 E15 • Monday, Feb 25, 1974 • Feb 25 • 50m

Not so much a skeleton in the cupboard - more a body, alive and kicking, in the attic.

Two Wise Monkeys

S08 E16 • Monday, Mar 4, 1974 • Mar 4 • 50m

When villains like Burford and Tyndale fall out they will go to any lengths to settle a score. And somewhere along the line the police have to take drastic measures.

Dinner Break

S08 E17 • Monday, Mar 11, 1974 • Mar 11 • 50m

Lunchtime - relaxation for some. But not for those on duty at Newtown Station.

Allegiance

S08 E18 • Monday, Mar 18, 1974 • Mar 18 • 50m

Joe Skinner questions a lad about breaking into a cigarette machine, but it soon becomes apparent that he is after more than a confession.

Rota

S08 E19 • Monday, Mar 25, 1974 • Mar 25 • 50m

The same crime can be committed over and over again, unless someone decides to co-operate with the police.

Priority

S08 E20 • Monday, Apr 1, 1974 • Apr 1 • 50m

Quilley and Braithwaite have a tricky customer to deal with; Lynch has Stone, as well as a missing child and a shop break-in.

Background

S08 E21 • Monday, Apr 8, 1974 • Apr 8 • 50m

Losers

S08 E22 • Wednesday, Apr 10, 1974 • Apr 10 • 50m

DI Connor runs into Marjorie, an old flame. But what a change in her!

Turnabout

S08 E23 • Monday, Apr 22, 1974 • Apr 22 • 50m

Mary and Fiona, two women of equal ability and opportunity. So why is one of them a criminal?

Intruder

S08 E24 • Monday, Apr 29, 1974 • Apr 29 • 50m

Mugs?

S08 E25 • Monday, May 6, 1974 • May 6 • 50m

Several well-planned robberies, but none of the suspects with brains and style enough to organise them. So who did?

Pastime

S08 E26 • Monday, May 13, 1974 • May 13 • 50m

A fire-raiser for Skinner and an extortionist for Stone and Lynch. Some people have the strangest pastimes.

Certain Parties

S08 E27 • Monday, May 20, 1974 • May 20 • 50m

Back in Newtown after seven years in Parkhurst, Pikey Nimmo wants to settle up with the men who put him away. Stone was one of them.

Family

S08 E28 • Sunday, Jun 30, 1974 • Jun 30 • 50m

Susan Giles wants her father back inside and uses two men to help her. One of them is Quilley, and he unwittingly ruins Skinner's work.