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  • Premiered: Jan 1962
  • Episodes: 800
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  • BBC One
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  • Crime Drama

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Season 2
2x1
On Watch - Newtown
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 19, 1962
Both crews are forced to realise the narrow margin between life and death on a busy night in which Barlow and Twentyman miss one crime and catch two criminals.
2x2
Full Remission
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 26, 1962
A pretty girl out alone and late at night leads Steele and Lynch to a robbery and to a tearaway more dangerous than any they have encountered before.
2x3
Truth Or Dare
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 03, 1962
The violent death of a small shopkeeper brings Supt. Miller into Victor Division and into conflict with Barlow, who has his own solution to offer.
2x4
Information Received
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 10, 1962
Z-Victor Two gets an alarm call to a jeweller's shop. Sgt. Watt gets the information that leads to an arrest, but the case is not as simple as it seems.
2x5
Friendly Relations
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 17, 1962
The trail of a walk-in thief leads Smith and Weir to a locked room in Newtown and on to a night in Blackpool - but not to see the illuminations!
2x6
Corroboration
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 24, 1962
Lynch and Steele investigate a break-in at a factory where the night watchman has been attacked and injured. They bring in a man the Newtown police have long wanted to see behind bars. But bringing him in is one thing, keeping him in is another.
2x7
The Thin Girl
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 31, 1962
A neat operation in car stealing begins to go wrong when the thief tries mixing business with pleasure.
2x8
Johnny Sailor
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 07, 1962
Johnny attacks a man in a pub - the wrong man. Steele and Lynch have to find him before he finds the right man.
2x10
Ambush
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 11, 1962
Dick Davis comes out of Walton jail and immediately plans his first job. But after two years in prison Davis cannot match the quality of his planning with the quality of his new accomplices.
2x9
Person Unknown
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 14, 1962
Detective Superintendent Miller, aggressive as ever, leads the local Newtown force as they attempt to find a man who has attacked several young girls.
2x11
Known To The Police
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 28, 1962
Hilda Simmons reports that her car has been stolen. But she omits to tell the police that the man who took it is her husband. Smith and Weir have the task of rounding up the 'thief' .. show full overview
2x12
The Navigators
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 05, 1962
Lynch and Steele are called to a pub fight. Who started it? As Geraghty said: ""Hollis is always starting fights. Too clever for himself this time, though - far too clever"".
2x13
Business Trip
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 12, 1962
A London gang move north. They plan a short and profitable visit to Newtown. Smith and Weir spend a busy night trying to cut down their profits and lengthen their stay.
2x14
Five Whistles
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 19, 1962
A quantity of drink and five suits are missing. Steele and Lynch spend a long night looking for the drink while the rest of the Newtown police are at the Christmas party.
2x15
Search
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 26, 1962
When a child is reported missing on Christmas Day Smith and Weir are first in what becomes a countrywide hunt for him. They search all day and into the night in a desperate attempt to find him.
2x16
All Up By Seven
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 02, 1963
Arrest usually pile up at night - except in this case that involves a safe, the Army, a divorce and a potted plant.
2x17
Trumpet Voluntary
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 09, 1963
Eddie plays the trumpet badly and on the streets, so his contacts with the police are frequent. This time, however, there is more than music involved.
2x18
Five And A Match
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 16, 1963
Export cigarettes are being imported into the Newtown area. Lynch and Steele pick up some fag-ends of information.
2x19
The Hitch-Hiker
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 23, 1963
A casual lift as the rain pours down - and for Winnie Parker it means a drive of terror. Her kindness in persuading her husband to pick up a hitch-hiker puts her in danger and gives a long night of anxiety and work for Smith and Weir.
2x20
A Simple Case
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 30, 1963
Bob Steele is late for work. And because of this he becomes accidentally involved in a case concerning a petty thief. He is going through the town's shopping centre when a middle-aged .. show full overview
2x21
Act Of Vengeance
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 06, 1963
The act is sudden, brutal and corroding. The problem facing Barlow is what the victim has done to warrant it.
2x22
The Listeners
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 13, 1963
Lynch goes out on patrol with PC Dave Graham, the former dog-handler who has been chosen to replace Bob Steele. With Lynch missing the companionship of Steele, the relationship between .. show full overview
2x23
The Main Chance
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 20, 1963
Cock-fighting is cruel, bloody and illegal. Its promoters have to work in secret, and so do the police in trying to catch the perpetrators.
2x24
Follow My Leader
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 27, 1963
The trail of counterfeit notes begins in a chemist's shop. Following it is more complicated than Lynch and Graham would ever have believed.
2x25
Members Only
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 06, 1963
The men want the new club to be peaceful and palatial. John Watt's concern is with the way it is being financed and furnished.
2x26
Matter Of Conviction
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 13, 1963
A serious crime has to be reported to Headquarters. Barlow's main worry is that the crime may not have been committed at all.
2x27
The Bad Lad
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 20, 1963
In an attempt to improve the crime statistics Barlow has Smith and Weir devoting valuable time to the theft of a bicycle lamp and John Watt is set to clear up an affair of lead castings .. show full overview
2x28
Enquiry
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 27, 1963
Despite all the anger and resentment they arouse nothing must deflect Inspector Bamber from the most difficult enquiries of his career - into suspicions that Victor Division contains a policeman who is a thief.
2x29
Pay By Results
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 03, 1963
Glossop is a name all too familiar to Newtown CID. His record includes larceny, assault, shopbreaking, gaming and assault on police. So when he escapes from prison and is reported to .. show full overview
2x30
The Peterman
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 10, 1963
A big bump in the night and the hunt for the safebreakers is on. But the safebreakers are hunting too - for the expert.
2x31
The Birds Of The Air
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 17, 1963
Only when the birds have flown does Z-Victor One get called to the Atlantic Hotel, where a man and woman are wanted for not paying their bill. Barlow has to set snares to catch them.
2x32
Train Of Events
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 24, 1963
A mailbag robbery in Newtown and Barlow is in his element as the masterly organiser at the centre of operations. He sends Lynch and Graham to set up a road block, chivvies John Watt .. show full overview
2x33
By The Book
Episode overview
Air date
May 01, 1963
""Crimes like this, there's always two, always. I've never known it otherwise"". And DCS Robins is talking about murder.
2x34
Nothing Serious
Episode overview
Air date
May 08, 1963
A vicious bunch of thugs and a young couple in love. Lynch and Graham are involved with both while their own working relationship reaches flash point. PC Sweet and the relative newcomer DC Hicks also get caught up in the action.
2x35
Alarm Call
Episode overview
Air date
May 15, 1963
The alarm rings and the police dash to the scene. This is the reflex action a clever crook can calculate on - except when PC Jock Weir decides to take charge.
2x36
A Try By Weir
Episode overview
Air date
May 22, 1963
It's the night after a big rugby football match. Lynch and Graham get a surprise when they are sent to investigate a spot of trouble at a pub on the Newtown to Seaport road, for there .. show full overview
2x37
Quiet Confidence
Episode overview
Air date
May 29, 1963
Fancy Smith's devotion to duty takes him, on his night off, to visit a young offender's father, with results that make him bitterly and furiously angry.
2x38
Scare
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 05, 1963
The crew of a merchant ship about to dock at Seaport are looking forward to shore leave. They have money to burn and an itch to burn it in Rosie's Club. When a smallpox scare leads to .. show full overview
2x39
Caught By The Ears
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 12, 1963
Cattle are identified by marks on their ears. Sgt. Watt and Z-Victor One have to find their own way of identifying the people responsible for a large-scale fraud.
2x40
Come On The Lads
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 19, 1963
In soccer mad Newtown tickets for the big match are at a premium. Everyone wants to go, villains and police alike. Con man Johnson has eight tickets to distribute to people who might .. show full overview
2x41
The Whizzers
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 26, 1963
A team of pickpockets and the attempt to track them down leads Jock Weir into serious trouble with the public and with the Chief Constable.
2x42 Season finale
Police Work
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 03, 1963
The Coroner's demand for the presence of a witness sends Smith and Weir to a lonely cottage, to be greeted with a kind of violence even they do not expect.

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