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Episode 1: Recovery
1969-09-1150 min
DC Morgan receives information that a big art robbery will take place. The squad acts... but so does the thief.
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Softly, Softly Season 5 — Episodes and Where to Watch
26 episodes · first aired 1969-09-11
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Episode 2: Flash Point
1969-09-1850 min
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 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
1969-09-2550 min
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 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
1969-10-0250 min
A 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
1969-10-0950 min
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.
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Episode 6: One Thing Leads To Another
1969-10-1650 min
When 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
1969-10-2350 min
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 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
1969-10-3050 min
What 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
1969-11-0650 min
Barlow 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
1969-11-1350 min
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 unaccountably burst into flames? The subsequent enquiries are not to Watt's liking.
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Episode 11: Arrival
1969-11-2050 min
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.
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Episode 12: Exercise
1969-11-2750 min
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Episode 13: Diversion
1969-12-0450 min
Routine 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
1969-12-1150 min
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Episode 15: To Protect The Innocent
1969-12-1850 min
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Episode 16: Any Other Night
1970-01-0150 min
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Episode 17: The Aggro Boy
1970-01-0850 min
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Episode 18: Standing Orders
1970-01-1550 min
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Episode 19: Private Mischief
1970-01-2250 min
A 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
1970-01-2950 min
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Episode 21: Sprats And Mackerels
1970-02-0550 min
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 Bathgate. But what is the link between the two incidents?
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Episode 22: Like Any Other Friday
1970-02-1250 min
Barlow 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
1970-02-1950 min
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Episode 24: Trust A Woman
1970-02-2650 min
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Episode 25: The Hermit
1970-03-0550 min
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Episode 26: Escort
1970-03-1250 min
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