Series 7

1. The Stone Standard Part 1

1971-08-02 · 50m

2. The Stone Standard Part 2

1971-08-03 · 50m

Sergeant Stone - up against militant management and militant workers. And he won't compromise.

3. The Mystery Part 1

1971-04-09 · 50m

4. The Mystery Part 2

1971-08-10 · 50m

A teenage girl and night time at a railway station brings a problem for PC Covill.

5. Nobody Hit Me Part 1

1971-08-16 · 50m

6. Nobody Hit Me Part 2

1971-08-17 · 50m

Two grocers, one across the road from the other. Both ordinary, everyday characters. But then one of them has a fire in his shop. Goss and Stone end up with one villain and two very frightened men.

7. Dan, Dan... Part 1

1971-08-23 · 50m

8. Dan, Dan... Part 2

1971-08-24 · 50m

To get stolen goods to the public a villain has to be an organising genius, and that's not all. The police are keeping an eye on Reg Thurley, who seems to be leading a double life.

9. Funny Fellah

1971-08-31 · 50m

10. Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 1

1971-09-06 · 50m

11. Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 2

1971-09-07 · 50m

Liam Murphy is losing control of the gang. It's time for action.

12. Purely Medical Purposes Part 1

1971-09-13 · 50m

13. Purely Medical Purposes Part 2

1971-09-14 · 50m

Charlie West is found with stolen property. He's in trouble, so he calls his lawyer.

14. Grandstand Finish Part 1

1971-09-20 · 50m

15. Grandstand Finish Part 2

1971-09-21 · 50m

Sunday is all quiet, but Monday brings 'Open Day' problems at the Station. But there are more urgent troubles outside.

16. Funny Creatures Women Part 1

1971-09-27 · 50m

17. Funny Creatures Women Part 2

1971-09-28 · 50m

Night, a deserted park and a young woman on her way home. Skinner is interviewed by Goss and Stone. Then they take the keys to his quarters.

18. The Dirty Job Part 1

1971-10-04 · 50m

19. The Dirty Job Part 2

1971-10-05 · 50m

The Bannion family is in trouble, but at first not with the police. Bannion can possibly help Goss catch a villain. But is Goss willing to help Bannion in return?

20. Ding Dong Part 1

1971-10-11 · 50m

21. Ding Dong Part 2

1971-10-12 · 50m

Juvenile crime in Newtown has reached a serious level. A clean-up campaign goes into operation. Then the Sheldon mob arrive in town.

22. Intrusion Part 1

1971-10-18 · 50m

23. Intrusion Part 2

1971-10-19 · 50m

24. Not Often We Have Visitors Part 1

1971-10-25 · 50m

25. Not Often We Have Visitors Part 2

1971-10-26 · 50m

There's a V.I.P. visit in the offing and everyone is making plans: Newtown police, Special Branch, Headquarters. And they're not the only ones. It's a straight line from the airport to the Remand Home. And the roads should be fairly quiet.

26. Contact Man Part 1

1971-11-01 · 50m

27. Contact Man Part 2

1971-11-02 · 50m

Three villains are under lock and key. But where is the missing eight thousand pounds? With business problems and an expensive wife Mr. Owen has lots of reasons to be worried, but there's another reason too.

28. Take Away Part 1

1971-11-08 · 50m

29. Take Away Part 2

1971-11-09 · 50m

Nicked cars are normally just a routine job. So what makes Annette Minto's so different? At first she just wants her car back, but then something makes her change her mind.

30. Who Were You With? Part 1

1971-11-15 · 50m

31. Who Were You With? Part 2

1971-11-16 · 50m

A hairdresser's shop is wrecked. In the middle is a frightened girl. She's alone and vulnerable and it's night time. She's no money and nowhere to go. It's not surprising that she's scared.

32. Danny Boy's Home Part 1

1971-11-22 · 50m

33. Danny Boy's Home Part 2

1971-11-23 · 50m

Danny Baker returns to Newtown. But DS Haggar is back as well. It's not long before the two of them lock antlers.

34. Rules Of The Game Part 1

1971-11-29 · 50m

35. Rules Of The Game Part 2

1971-11-30 · 50m

36. The Wrong Odds Part 1

1971-12-06 · 50m

37. The Wrong Odds Part 2

1971-12-07 · 50m

38. The Horse Dealer Part 1

1971-12-13 · 50m

39. The Horse Dealer Part 2

1971-12-14 · 50m

With Goss coming back Haggar wants to go out on a winner. And even he has a friend or two willing to help him.

40. Collation Part 1

1971-12-20 · 50m

41. Collation Part 2

1971-12-21 · 50m

Promotion is in the air and Goss is in with an outside chance. A sighting, plus a report from a beat man, might just add up to a feather in Goss's cap at just the right time.

42. Last Bus To Newtown

1972-01-03 · 50m

Bert Lynch has almost forgotten what life is like on the cars - out there in the thick of things.

43. Lynch

1972-01-10 · 50m

Change. New people. Different methods. Some people call it progress. Bert Lynch, out on his own, is starting to feel left behind. Not the best time for his surprise visitor to call.

44. Team Work

1972-01-17 · 50m

Whether it's a family trying to adjust to change or the police force mounting a big crime prevention operation a team is only as strong as its weakest member.

45. The Attackers

1972-01-24 · 50m

A lad is walking home late at night...

46. Retirement

1972-01-31 · 50m

An old man tries to stop a robbery...

47. Promotion

1972-02-14 · 50m

Police life often puts a strain on a marriage, as Goss finds out. Stone is single, but that can also mean trouble.

48. Canal

1972-02-21 · 50m

It's the age of fast getaways, but Frank and George are exceptions. They're villains all the same and Sgt. Miller thinks they're worth watching.

49. Week Off

1972-02-28 · 50m

Lynch tries to get away from it all...

50. Missing

1972-03-06 · 50m

Mariam Ahmed makes some trouble for the police.

51. Quilley

1972-04-10 · 50m

Quilley - on and off duty - with trouble on both fronts.

52. Tessa In The Woodpile

1972-04-17 · 50m

After a robbery Tessa goes on the warpath.

53. Keep To Yourself

1972-04-24 · 50m

Two loners. Stone cops one of them, Skinner the other.

54. Smoke

1972-05-01 · 50m

55. Operation Ascalon

1972-05-08 · 50m

Is Goss to blame when the operation goes wrong?

56. Short Cut

1972-05-15 · 50m

Stone arrests and charges Andy Walker as a try-on.

57. Hagger

1972-05-22 · 50m

DS Cecil Haggar is back in Newtown. He's at a loose end, so he gravitates towards the nearest pub. There he finds trouble.

58. Playtime

1972-05-29 · 50m

Stone and Skinner are off duty. Then there's a jewel theft and a robbery with violence.

59. Sweet Girl

1972-06-05 · 50m

A lass is missing...

60. Access

1972-06-12 · 50m

Quilley stops at a pub. Is it routine, or isn't it?

61. Goss

1972-06-19 · 50m

Mrs. Goss and a lawyer add up to problems for DI Goss.

62. The Wolf And The Sheep Part 1

1972-07-10 · 50m

63. The Wolf And The Sheep Part 2

1972-07-11 · 50m

Sgt. Miller is back on duty and up against another pro. He gets some good advice.

64. Forget It Part 1

1972-07-17 · 50m

65. Forget It Part 2

1972-07-18 · 50m

A man with no name and no memory - or a man with something to hide?

66. A Neighbour's Goods Part 1

1972-07-24 · 50m

67. A Neighbour's Goods Part 2

1972-07-25 · 50m

There's a dead woman and Sgt. Miller expects trouble. Then an anonymous phone call brings more surprises for him.

68. Loyalties Part 1

1972-07-31 · 50m

69. Loyalties Part 2

1972-08-01 · 50m

Stolen gear, or planted? Stone and Lynch disagree. Lynch is trying to get one over Stone. Then the punch-up happens.

70. Relative Values Part 1

1972-08-07 · 50m

71. Relative Values Part 2

1972-08-08 · 50m

OAPs are short of cash... and then the police are involved. Stone and Skinner are looking for something old-fashioned.

72. Not Good Enough Part 1

1972-08-14 · 50m

73. Not Good Enough Part 2

1972-08-15 · 50m

Sgt. Miller wants him. So does Skinner. But Bright is clever. Miller tries the 'Chinese Water Torture'.

74. Breakage Part 1

1972-08-21 · 50m

75. Breakage Part 2

1972-08-22 · 50m

A man with a parcel - George T. Wood - who's looking for someone; who's been kept waiting most of his life. And a derelict building, all glass and wind - and someone up on the roof. Quilley takes a big risk.

76. Connor

1972-09-11 · 50m

Fred Connor is the new Detective Inspector at Newtown. He has unfinished business - with a villain named Bright.

77. The Team

1972-09-18 · 50m

Inspector Connor is on trial. So is Sgt. Stone and the entire Newtown police force.

78. Witness

1972-09-25 · 50m

Terence Nichols is in custody at Newtown police station after a wages snatch. There are three days to the trial and Stone thinks it's an open and shut case. He has a reliable witness in Sydney Adams. But one of the villains is still on the run.

79. Takes All Sorts

1972-10-02 · 50m

A new Inspector arrives at Newtown, Ralph Edward Pratt by name, spruce as a pocket hanky and dripping self-confidence. He is fussy and believes in doing everything by the book. He also wants to get involved in everything that's going on, however trivial. It doesn't take long for Bert Lynch to take a violent dislike to the newcomer and to make every effort to avoid him!

80. Sins Of The Father

1972-10-09 · 50m

Wives of prisoners are easier to chat up than the prisoners themselves - and Inspector Connor wants to find the missing money from a bank robbery.

81. Damage

1972-10-16 · 50m

Night-time and a frightened house breaker. Newtown police reveal an unusual mystery.

82. Day Trip

1972-10-23 · 50m

Sgt. Haggar and PC Quilley are back on the strength just at the time Dilly Watson, a clever thief, arrives in Newtown.

83. Public Relations

1972-10-30 · 50m

DS Haggar doesn't like Ken Knowles. ""Journalists,"" he says, ""grow fat on misrepresenting police information"". He doesn't like old Bertha either. She doesn't give information. So what chance does he stand against both of them?

84. Old Soldiers

1972-11-06 · 50m

Old Sepp is passing through Newtown. PC Hackett is on the way out. But both are involved with Marlene.

85. Diabolical Liberty

1972-11-13 · 50m

There's just no helping some people, as Bert Lynch finds out when Chief Inspector Logie investigates a break-in with a difference.

86. Old Acquaintance

1972-11-20 · 50m

A newly released prisoner, Dan Fowler, returns to his wife Julia and plans to fix an old enemy. But Julia has plans of her own.

87. The Legacy

1972-11-27 · 50m

Sgt. Stone goes to the funeral of an old and respected thief in the hope of unearthing a few skeletons. But dead men don't talk and neither will this one's grandson.

88. The Amateurs

1972-12-04 · 50m

While Austin Nuttall dreams of owning his own business Connor dreams of nailing a fence. And with two crimes unsolved, Connor demonstrates how to kill two men and two birds with one stone.

89. Hobo

1972-12-11 · 50m

A gullible old man, a con man, and a do-gooder. And Tom Stone is right in the middle and in need of somewhere to live.

90. Old Lag

1972-12-18 · 50m

91. Skinner

1973-01-04 · 50m

Skinner returns to C.I.D. He's after a villain, wanted by both the Met. and DS Haggar.

92. Skin Game

1973-01-11 · 50m

A safe-breaker, a club owner and a farmer. All three play the same game until Miller joins in and gets under their skin.

93. Backwater

1973-01-18 · 50m

All Tom Stone wants is a quiet weekend's fishing, but then he meets Sergeant Rust. Together they catch a very queer fish, but have different ideas about landing it.

94. Big Jake

1973-01-25 · 50m

Who gets to Big Jake first, Billy Fielden or DC Skinner? One of them wants to help him, the other just wants him. And who, or what, is Big Jake anyway?

95. Women At Work

1973-02-01 · 50m

Two working women, one admired by Lynch, the other disliked by Miller. And in the background a singular third person, badly wanted by Skinner.

96. Jack The Dodger

1973-02-08 · 50m

There's a problem for Skinner when a suspicious odd-job man takes lodgings with an old flame of Bert Lynch.

97. Miller

1973-02-15 · 50m

A body in a canal and Miller follows a chain of enquiries that brings him face to face with... himself.

98. Care

1973-02-22 · 50m

Two girls with their husbands away. Maureen is the social type and likes a drink; Jill is the lonely type, but she finds something for the police to do.

99. Operation Watchdog

1973-03-01 · 50m

Connor comes back to vandalism and to conflict with some local bigwigs. And Skinner's in a spot of bother

100. Defection

1973-03-08 · 50m

A member of a visiting Trade Delegation takes a positive step concerning th future. But Sgt. Stone's future is left for Connor and Richards to fight over.

101. Invention

1973-03-15 · 50m

Rowena Bishop has a reputation for storytelling. She tells Sgt. Lynch about a body down on the foreshore.

102. Hard Man

1973-03-22 · 50m

Clifford Roscoe is the local hard man. He's fresh out of jail and ready and anxious to cause trouble. But Stone and Connor are ready for him.

103. Domestic

1973-03-29 · 50m

A bitter argument, an unexpected tragedy and Sgt. Stone finds himself pushing a suspect very hard indeed.

104. Pat

1973-04-05 · 50m

Pat Mason is a Salvationist and everyone likes her, particularly the regulars at Alan Doherty's pub. So why should anyone want to hurt her?

105. Bowman

1973-04-12 · 50m

Bringing up a family in Newtown isn't easy, especially for a copper.

106. The Lady And The Gentleman

1973-04-19 · 50m

There's a housebreaker with a difference operating in Newtown. He leaves no marks when he breaks in and he never steals anything.

107. Suspicion

1973-04-30 · 50m

Sgt. Lynch takes an interest in Susan Rawlings while her husband is in prison.

108. Mileage

1973-05-07 · 50m

Jupp has a large family and needs to keep his job. But events pile up against him - his boss and a robbery - and he needs to keep his cool.

109. Routine

1973-05-14 · 50m

Lynch and Quilley are on 'nights'. And a routine call to a break-in leads to a break-up that's far from routine.

110. The Spike

1973-05-21 · 50m

A suspicious death. Who is and who isn't involved? And what is the fiddle going on at Munster House?

111. Hi-Jack

1973-06-04 · 50m

A stolen lorry load of meat parked on a busy road. A piece of cake for the police, unless the lorry driver's name is Houdini!

112. Mother And Child

1973-06-11 · 50m

Joyce is very protective towards her son - even when he's in prison.

113. Co-Operation

1973-06-18 · 50m

Understanding between husband and wife, detective and villain, Police Constable and member of the public - but what about the co-operation between Stone and Haggar?

114. No Proceedings

1973-06-25 · 50m

Hugo Vallance, an old-fashioned Lord of the Manor, is trying to survive in a modern world - of gossip, scandal and theft.

115. Officer Material...?

1973-07-02 · 50m

It's the day of Lynch's promotion board. He's already passed his exams, so he knows his stuff. But - is he the right type to be an officer?