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- Detective Inspector Connor arrives in Newtown. Skinner's nemesis Bright is not impressed when they meet in the pub. Bright and his cousin Vic amuse themselves with former policeman Paul Plumber but when he hits him hard he falls and dies.
- Bert Lynch believes Cotes has been set up but Sgt Stone disagrees. Cotes thinks his daughter's estranged husband Jack is to blame. Lynch spots stolen cigarettes sold at the pub he drinks and wants Cotes to pick Hargreaves out his mates.
- A woman feints in the queue at the Western Provisonal Bank. While the bank manager comes to her aid, £3,000 is stolen. A London team led Tony and Micki and two others decide to gamble on doing a second job so they can leave a day early.
- Charlie Cotes turns down 5,000 cigarettes from to yobbo's. He confides to Bert Lynch and reports to the station. The yobbo's drop two cases to his home and then ring the police. Sgt. Stone knows Cotes has a record and believes he guilty.
- Bright slips a way when police thwart a robber,y at a factory. His reputation of violence means no one will talk so Skinner plans to put pressure on him. Bright learns he is drinking with a ex-police officer so decides to make him pay.
- Bright and his father invite themselves into the home of Paul, a former policeman, and notice his silver bowl. Miller begins to turn the screw on the family so Bright persuades his cousin Angela to steal the silver bowl from Paul's table.
- The two PCs expect a dreary night until they come across a van abandoned in a field filled with stock from a ransacked toy shop. The thief is a nasty old man in a crook family, with his brutish sons also trafficking in stolen explosives. The unstable compound can go off anytime, and the Police must find them first.
- A hectic Friday night in Newtown leads to the squad responding to everything from drunken antics to fatal accidents.
- Todays theme is the Error of Judgement.
- The killing of a policeman leads to the creation of a Crime Patrol in the burgeoning city of Newtown. Detectives Barlow and Watt scour the streets of northern England and recruit the four best men for the job.
- New Year's Eve; Barlow and Blackitt are looking for a mugger who is attacking lone revelers. PC's Lynch and Graham are sent to Paisley Farm where £850 is stolen a pair of trousers left on the floor.
- Margo Tate sets up her mark, magistrate Peter Forbes, at Orchard Hotel. Recognising con, Bernie Spencer they agree to go to Forbes empty home and split the spoils. Spencer rings the Argos so he can read about the robbery the following day.
- Bernie fences the stolen goods while Margot books a holiday to Tenerife. When Bernie returns, Margot is not planning on paying her hotel bill. PC Skinner spots Margot as Betty Howson, from Burnley. Bernie rings the Argos about her arrest.
- An house breaker has been nicknamed Vernon Varius. He may be Irish so Bert Lynch visits several pubs and sees barman Ron Belis singing. Belis breaks in via the bedroom of 8-year-old boy, who will let him go if he tells him a fairy tale.
- Sgt. Stone is livid that Vernon Various has thwarted him again by telling a Welsh fairy tale. Insp. Goss decides re-interview the boy and learns that Vernon is a Welsh singer. Sgt. Lynch now knows who he is and exactly where to find him.
- Barlow visits a late night bistro to meet the owner and assure him that Chef Seaton is an ex-con but going straight. Seaton warns Barlow that he suspects a gang are casing the joint.
- Harry Dunlop returns from Newcastle with a new car, suit and £500 in notes. Friends who shunned him welcome him with open arms. He decides to recruit them for his next job but at the first sign of trouble they leave Harry to the police.
- Harry Dunlop was once a top safe breaker but now considered a joke. Following a three months jail sentence, for shoplifting, he is shunned by friends and family. His attempt at suicide is thwarted by PC May but Sgt. Stone fears the worse.
- Sheila Ashton takes her son, to a bus terminus to act as a decoy, while steals £15 from Mrs. Gibbs handbag. Ashton has long record and spotted fleeing the scene. PC Quilley tracks her down to her home and acts violently when arrested.
- Sheila Ashton denies stealing and taking the boy from his foster home without permission. Mrs. Gibbs won't pick Ashton out after witnessing her erratic behaviour. D.S. Stone has no choice but to question Ronnie about his mother actions.
- Tom Schofield stirs up trouble by claiming his son Kenny is a victim of police brutality after he falls from a roof escaping justice. Hours later Kenny's actions cost PC Sweet his life when he attempts to save the boy from drowning.
- Lock keeper Towser reports someone removed a package from a coal barge. D.C. Lynch investigation is hindered when Towser gets intimidated. A witness is found who knows the culprit so a trap is set to catch the smugglers.
- PC Quilley spots burglar Cedric Jackson leaving a house in Malven Road. Jackson shows him the dead woman inside. Millicent Farquar had been dead for two weeks. Miller thinks Jackson is the burglar but a tip off points to a neighbour.
- Miller and Skinner visit Miss Farquar next door neighbour's the Kingsley's. When stolen items are discovered Roy Kingsley is arrest. He admits knowing Miss Farquar died and taking several items but what about residents in Malven Road?
- A series of break-ins have some peculiar traits. Haggar thinks that an old lag just out of gaol may be responsible. But what is the significance of a missing schoolboy, and why is the MO of the mystery criminal familiar?
- Adigun Sadik attacks a bailiff with an axe as he attempted to apply a repossession order. The Sadik's live in slum dwellings and are subjected to racist abuse. D.C.I. Barlow needs to arrest him without anybody else getting hurt.
- Smith and Weir spot a vagrant wearing a brand new Old Boys Grammar School blazer which can only be bought from Davies' store. Inquiries find systematic, robbery by employees, stealing everything for suits to TV sets.
- Johnny Marsh's parents never discuss his brother Brian. At night school, teacher Sally Stone talks him out of quitting his Thacker apprenticeship. Arrested on "Suss" he learns her brother is Sgt. Stone and decides to fire bomb Thacker's.
- Marsh is on the run and trashes the home's of Thacker, his parents and Sgt. Stone. The Marsh's lie and say he is in Blackpool. Sgt. Lynch learns the family's real name is Botteral and Brian resides in Broadmoor after killing a guard.
- Insp. Goss is investigating an assault on Francis Webb. He suspects the Brice fraternity and heads to Sid Dean's wedding, only to see PC Alec Quilley. Arresting Eric Brice, the other two brothers beat up Sid Deans has a message to Quilley.
- Insp. Goss is livid and tells PC Quilley to get a statement from Sid Dean to arrest the Brice's. Sid declines but when his Mother-in-Law, Mrs. Parker bans the Brice's from, her pub, they wreck the wedding presents and Sid changes his mind.
- After £3,000 is stolen in an house burglary, D.C.I. Barlow decides it's time action. When PC's Lynch and Graham find dynamite hidden in Ma Tansfield's shed he arrests her, deciding to force her son Josh to trade the money for her freedom.
- Barry Hepworth finds his life spiraling out of control. He is seeing a married woman when his girlfriend pregnant and steals £80 from his garage. PC's Lynch and Graham are tipped off that he could be hiding in WW2 fort in Seaport.
- Events turn nasty at the Newtown Social Club when the raffle result is contested. Spilling onto the street, PC Russell is hit before dying in hospital. Colleagues are stunned when the postmortem reveals he died of a perforated ulcer.
- Brogan owes £80 to an illegal bookmaker. His wife Doris flees leaving two children home alone. PC's Weir and Culshaw force entry and find the baby seriously ill. When a nightclub manager is attacked and £180 stolen all units are called in.
- Brogan is in hiding following the robbery of the nightclub owner. The two bookies he has crossed want their money. PC's Weir and Culshaw return to the baby's home and find Brogan, the money and the two bookies handing out a beating.
- Bannerman and Newcombe answer a 999 call about a drunk in the car park of the Daffodil Club. Henry Kitter, a known extortionist, looked drunk and smelled of alcohol. He is put in a cell, waiting on a doctor, but an hour later found dead.
- Det. Supt. Oakley investigates a death in custody. Suspicion falls on PC Bannerman but the focus turns to Sgt. Stone, who was at the Daffodil Club. Stone knew that Kitter and Nimno were there to extort money and planned to arrest them.
- Dick Davies is released from jail and warned not to return to London. Chief Inspector Barlow is determined to get him out of Seaport at any cost.
- Two masked raiders take part in a brutal home home invasion. Henry McNeil is later released from Strangeways and Barlow suspects he may have planned it. A tough nut to crack, Barlow needs to out think him to get him to give up their names.
- Todays theme is Assault.
- When Norwegian whalers hit Seaport after a good season, Fancy Smith and Jock Weir work undercover to prevent the locals from stealing the sailors' money or starting fights.
- Bill Corley's gang beat up a lorry driver for not paying a tax for parking on the Ramp. Tramp Doc. Parker witnesses it while hiding. Corley attempts to intimidate Pharmacist supplier Stringey into handing over a box of prescription drugs.
- Doc. Parker is saved by Zed Victor One, attempting to escape Corley. He is put a cell for his own safety but Wynne is sent to intimate him. Parker is put to work, but becomes horrified, as a former doctor, that Corley is now selling drugs.
- Brian "Boy" Doughty has an over protective mother and family friend Frank Thresher employs him. When things go wrong "Boy" has starting striking out. Privately D.I. Hudson is asked to help and learns that he is a undiagnosed psychotic.
- After Sid Weston is attacked by Brian "Boy" Doughty, he reports him to the police. "Boy" later headbutts Weston and steals his car. When "Boy" is arrested his mother gets him released. "Boy", later, kills her and then rings the police.
- George T. Wood asks PC Skinner for help, claiming that he has been robbed of his £37 Holiday money. Skinner and Quilley get diverted, by an intruder, seen on a factory roof. When they finally see him he is threatening to jump off.
- Quilley and Skinner attempt to talk down a jumper from a factory roof. George T. Wood gets tired of waiting for help so leaves the station. Unfortunately PC Bates believes he is acting suspiciously and returns him to the police station.
- Church warden Tommy Martin confesses to stealing from the collection box as a protest against Rev. Corbett. When an obscene caller rings the wrong number it once again points toward a character attack against Corbett.
- Jilted Chrissie Haines attempts suicide. Her father wants boyfriend Brian Logan arrested for fraud but won't make a statement. DS Lynch discovers Logan is a convicted conman but can only arrest him for bigamy if he marries at weekend.
- Frank Pearson sets off to work and sees Mrs. Mullen unconscious. Two employees of Gatehouse Metals, Clay and Burgess then leave her home. When police visit him he denies the incident. Mrs. Whitby informs the police, Pearson was a witness.
- Caught in a lie, Frank Pearson is taken into custody and shown a mug book. PC Skinner connects Pearson to Clay and Burgess at Gatehouse Metals but he failed to mention either. Clay warns him off and Willow Building residents turn on him.
- Det. Chief Insp. Rawlings and Det. Chief Insp. Barlow lead the inquiry into the murder of an 8-year-old boy. PC's Weir and Smith are tasked with finding a green bike.
- Violent thug Arthur Timmins is released from jail after ten years. D.C.I Robins fears he may harm those who gave evidence against him but Mr Bradley's three children are now grown up, and will settle their own score with Timmins.
- Sgt Watt has to find proof that farmer Mulligan is collecting money twice from the Government by changing the ear markings on his cattle.
- PC's Smith and Weir are called to a major incident. A man got out of a car, shot another man twice, he then crashed through a shop window, was picked up and they drove a way leaving witnesses shocked. Murder or a stupid prank?
- Mrs Fielding collapses after caught stealing cough medicine in Clayton Brothers. She is dying but won't go to hospital. Jock Weir discovers the cough medicine bottles have a high content of morphine but her daughter still won't see her.
- Housebreaker George Stratton is mixing with dubious antique dealers. Next night, Stratton's car crashes and PC Baker discovers hidden antiques. A race is on to discover the owner before the dealer Frank Burroughs can legally taken them.
- Two low level criminals cosh Lord Tenterton while breaking into his safe. Accidentally taking some secret military papers senior officers arrive in large numbers fearing Communists. Blackitt and Watt need to end the madness.
- Don Dunn has jumped two ranks to become a superintendent. Has an high flyer he doesn't want an unsolved murder of 12-year-old girl on his record so instead he brings in D.C.I. Barlow knowing any failure will be his.
- Just as P.C. Smith's wristwatch stops working, he meets a stranger in off hours at the local, who has a Deluxe Swiss movement watch for only 15/. Suspicious, he tells the Captain, who proceeds to assign him and PC Weir to a stake out on the dock to watch for possible smugglers. There, they find contraband watches hidden under the pier.
- PC's Graham and Walker answer a 999 call. Jean Rowe is in a diabetic coma, has tetanus plus traces of cocaine and heroin in her system. Sgt Watt wants her flat mate and a sailor, seen earlier, questioned. Her death means no can be charged.
- PC's Lynch and Steele are called to the Alpine Watch Factory where he night watched has been attacked.
- June Frazer is the lookout for a robbery at Harcourt's. PC Quilley catches her with a bag of money. She is bailed to return the next day. When her father is arrested for fighting, Sgt. Lynch let's slip about June. He takes the belt to her.
- When June Frazer fails to turn up at the station, PC's Newcombe and Skinner are sent to find her. Staying at a friend's she is black and blue from her father's belt. D.I. Goss thinks she has suffered enough but Harcourt wants to prosecute.
- Dicky Green and Sid Phipps are spotted acting suspiciously in a multi-storey car park. Approached by a City of Liverpool police officer, Phipps pulls a gun and shoots him. Newtown is put on high alert when their car is found abandoned.
- Green and Phipps breakthrough a police road block before abandoning their car again. Now on foot, Green takes the opportunity to break free and hand himself in to the police. Newcombe, Skinner and Horrock rush Phipps in his hotel room.
- At the court hall, Longji and Taiping are at daggers drawn, in the nick of time, Wang Zhen rushes there, bringing alone evidence against Taiping, who seeks to usurp the throne. Things have drawn to an end, following which Longji goes to have a word with Wang Zhen, fulfilling Sanshu's wishes.
- DS Haggar is tipped off that prolific shoplifter Dilly Watson is heading to Newtown. He sees her arrive but puts her on the next bus out. Jumping off, at the next stop, Dilly heads for friend Rose Wilton and the pair begin house breaking.
- Alec Quilley wants to reignite a romance with Beth. She is dating his former school mate Chris Hankin unaware he and Donny Claythorpe are behind a spate of shop break in's. When Hankin arrives with a badly cut hand, Quilley is suspicious.
- Alec Quilley learns Chris Hankin didn't cutting his hand at work. When blood is found at the crime scene he reports his fears to D. I. Goss knowing Beth will never forgive him. Hankin walks into a trap and Claythorpe falls to his death.
- When the Marriage Guidance Council building is burnt down, suspicion falls on several people with a motive. The answer lies buried somewhere in the answerphone tapes. Meanwhile, Bert Lynch has a crisis of conscience over a family matter.
- Frank Pennington injured his leg using the outside toilet. The District Nurse calls an ambulance to get him to hospital. His wife won't allow it, so PC Quilley is forced to break the door down. Chief Insp. Logie deals with their complaint.
- Skinner seems to be becoming distant from his working partners, but is he not distant enough from suspects?
- The detective's wayward brother comes back from travel, and appears to have skeletons in the cupboard, making the detective face tough choices of loyalty versus duty
- Self made man Sir Henry Rudkin shows his home off to a glossy magazine. D.I. Hudson learns Rosy Peach is planning a home invasion. Rudkin also boasted how he once cheated a poor man out of a silver service set. D.I. Hudson's father.
- Rosy Peach leads an home invasion into the home of Sir Henry Rudkin, tying up his son Mark and girlfriend Patsy. D.I. Hudson becomes suspicious about Patsy when she counters Mark's claim that he heard Danny Boy sang.
- The paths of Steele & Lynch, a hallucinating alcoholic, & a pair of thieves converge, leading to potentially deadly outcomes.
- Helen Carter is living alone in a large tower block. Isolated, she is terrified when a suspicious male keeps knocking at her door but never speaks. When Lynch and Quilley arrive, the man has vanished inside one of the many flats.
- Just when Helen Carter life turns back to normal, she starts to get suspicious telephone calls and the fright returns. Lynch has befriended Helen and sees Powell outside her home and gives chase. Powell will only say he is partially blind.
- A series of lorry hijackings leads Newtown to send Braithwaite undercover as a driver. Does the key to the crimes lie in a roadside drivers' cafe, and can Braithwaite stay undetected, despite the attentions of the cafe staff?
- Two feuding families go to war, causing Lynch & Steele to end up on the front line.
- Barlow is expecting a mini crime wave when rogue Danny Sullivan moves back to Newtown. His attempts to go straight are hampered when his teenage son is caught stealing bikes. When another son goes missing police reaction is slow.
- Fat Freddie is out of gaol, and intent on retrieving the proceeds of his robbery. Do his problems lie closer to home than he thinks?
- A vagrant leads PC's Smith and Weir to an abandoned car at the docks. The car is registered to Leonard Poole and contains a suicide note. Poole was under investigation for fraud and his wife's reaction makes DCI Barlow suspicious.
- When a barn is burnt in the country, PCs Smith & Weir investigate, looking for an arsonist.
- Minor larceny keeps PC's Smith and Weir busy at a building site on Glossop Street as tempers rise among the workers. When Patsy Mosscrop reports her father Eli, known Spiderman, missing Barlow thinks he has the answer.
- New Years Eve 1964: Smith and Weir are searching for 14-year-old girl who has runaway while Graham and Baker get the run around by a string of hoax calls. A burglar is conflicted when he discovers a corpse lying in a home.
- Buoyed by beating the crime car to arrest Spud Murphy breaking into to Rimmer's Electronics, PC Steve Tate re-checks an untaxed car parked by his home. Fearing he will ruin their plans, Murphy's two confederates beat Tate to a pulp.
- PC Steve Tate is rushed to hospital in a critical condition. All units are looking for the car seen outside Murphy's home. D.I. Hudson needs every trick to get Murphy to give up his co-conspirators but the situation changes when Tate dies.
- PC Fancy Smith is determined to unravel the mystery behind an abandoned baby & bring the culprit to justice. But will he let this get it the way of his duty to the department's other cases?
- Investing a burglary, PCs Smith and Weir come across two small children locked in a bedroom while their parents holiday in Blackpool
- Phil Andrews and Les Mitcham are planning a wage snatch but need a driver. Alec Quilley sees Mitcham talking to Billy Joynston. Sgt. Stone pressures Joynston to get more information. Phil Andrews brings in his brother Joe but he's a thug.
- PC's Bannerman and Newman thwart the wage snatch and arrest Phil Andrews. Joe Andrews wants the grass so Mitcham gives him Billy Joynston's name. Alec Quilley discovers Sgt. Stone has used Joynston and needs to get to him before Andrews.
- When Clara Smales and Hughie Tattersall are robbed gun point but Det. Chief Insp. Barlow is suspicious about the cash stolen believing it's money her jailed husband stole.
- A publican's practical joke on customer Alec Concannon backfires when punches are thrown. Off duty Bert Lynch can't smooth it over but discovers from Concannon's wife that they are victims of a poison pen campaign.
- PC Weir makes a routine traffic stop, which sets in motion an unusual series of events that may have long-lasting consequences for some of the most prominent families in the region.