About this season
Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern, supposedly in the Bristol area of England.
Episodes (26)
1. The Target (1) Sighted
Aired 4 October 1967 • 50 min
2. The Target (2) Point Blank
Aired 11 October 1967 • 50 min
3. Material Evidence
Aired 18 October 1967 • 50 min
4. Pieces Of Silver
Aired 25 October 1967 • 50 min
5. Something Unusual
Aired 8 November 1967 • 50 min
6. Never Forget A Face
Aired 15 November 1967 • 50 min
7. Inducement
Aired 22 November 1967 • 50 min
8. The Mind Of The Beholder
Aired 29 November 1967 • 50 min
9. The Hunt
Aired 6 December 1967 • 50 min
10. Measure Of Tolerance
Aired 13 December 1967 • 50 min
11. Who's Mr Smith?
Aired 20 December 1967 • 50 min
12. The Bombay Doctor
Aired 27 December 1967 • 50 min
13. Cause Of Death
Aired 4 January 1968 • 50 min
14. In Bulk
Aired 11 January 1968 • 50 min
15. Complaint
Aired 18 January 1968 • 50 min
16. Landing Whispers
Aired 25 January 1968 • 50 min
17. Major Incident
Aired 1 February 1968 • 50 min
There is tragedy as an accident involving two road tankers causes the death of a number of children on their way home from school. The harrowing experience of identification and informing next of kin will leave its mark indefinitely on every member of the Wyvern squad.
18. Quicker By Rail
Aired 8 February 1968 • 50 min
19. The Good Girl
Aired 15 February 1968 • 50 min
20. Identity Unknown
Aired 22 February 1968 • 50 min
21. Unfinished Business
Aired 29 February 1968 • 50 min
22. Finger Of Suspicion
Aired 7 March 1968 • 50 min
For seven weeks a safe has been blown at the rate of one a week on Barlow's patch.
23. If I Can Help Somebody
Aired 14 March 1968 • 50 min
24. Don't Tell Me, Let Me Guess
Aired 21 March 1968 • 50 min
25. Fortune On The Move (1) Payment
Aired 28 March 1968 • 50 min
26. Fortune On The Move (2) Refund
Aired 4 April 1968 • 50 min