About this season
Juliet Bravo was a drama that focused on two female police inspectors, neither of whom were called Juliet Bravo! These two inspectors worked in the small fictional town of Hartley, Lancashire. Jean Darblay was on the scene first and had trouble with her sexist colleagues. However she soon managed to gain their trust and prove a woman could be a successful police officer and housewife. Jean's call sign was Juliet Bravo. When she was promoted and moved on she was replaced by Kate Longton who not only took over the patch but also the headaches that went with it.
Episodes (16)
1. Shot Gun
Aired 30 August 1980 • 50 min
A new police inspector, Jean Darbley, arrives at Hartley police station and immediately has to deal with a man who takes his daughter from her home at gunpoint.
2. Fraudulently Uttered
Aired 6 September 1980 • 50 min
An elderly tea-lady is arrested, accused of stealing large sums of money from her employer.
3. The Draughtsman
Aired 13 September 1980 • 50 min
A body is found in Hartley, and Insp Darbley helps a detective from the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad with the murder investigation.
4. Coins
Aired 20 September 1980 • 50 min
PC Bentley tells Jean he thinks a woman is involved in a burglary at Major Adams's fall-out shelter. He is almost right.
5. Trouble At T'Mill
Aired 27 September 1980 • 50 min
Insp Darbley finds herself caught up in a dispute over an old steam engine.
6. The Runner
Aired 4 October 1980 • 50 min
Insp Darbley deals with nine-year-old tearaway Jonny Duffield.
7. Coming Back
Aired 11 October 1980 • 50 min
Mick Grainger is apprehensive about leaving prison after six years and returning to his wife Judy.
8. Cages
Aired 18 October 1980 • 50 min
Police make a bizarre discovery in the yard of Szabo's fish and chip shop.
9. Rage
Aired 25 October 1980 • 50 min
Insp. Darbley tries to save a disturbed young mother and her baby.
10. The One Who Got Away
Aired 1 November 1980 • 50 min
Officers from the crime squad mount an undercover operation against a gang of international counterfeiters.
11. Expectations
Aired 8 November 1980 • 50 min
Insp Darbley goes to the rescue of an inexperienced young W.P.C.
12. Home-Grown Or Imported?
Aired 15 November 1980 • 50 min
Violence erupts in Hartley when an incomer tries to open a country club.
13. Family Unit
Aired 22 November 1980 • 50 min
A widower and father of four who is fond of a drink or two comes between Insp Darbley and her husband.
14. Oscar
Aired 29 November 1980 • 50 min
Eleven-year-old Janice claims she has been told to steal washing from a launderette by a mystery man named Oscar.
15. The Anastasia Syndrome
Aired 6 December 1980 • 50 min
Special Branch ask Insp Darbley to investigate a possible threat in advance of a planned royal visit.
16. Relief
Aired 13 December 1980 • 50 min
Insp. Darbley takes a week's leave to carry out some home-decorating.