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 (20)
1. Spit and Polish
Aired 13 September 1972 • 50 min
2. Killer
Aired 20 September 1972 • 50 min
3. Surveillance
Aired 27 September 1972 • 50 min
Observation is being kept at the scene of an intended robbery. PC Snow is one of the watchers and he later finds himself in considerable danger.
4. Dog Eat Dog
Aired 4 October 1972 • 50 min
5. Bank Rate
Aired 11 October 1972 • 50 min
6. On the Third Day
Aired 18 October 1972 • 50 min
7. The Witness
Aired 25 October 1972 • 50 min
8. Run for Your Money
Aired 1 November 1971 • 50 min
9. New Broom
Aired 8 November 1972 • 50 min
It's surprising what turns up in household refuse. What is it the dustmen find that brings John Watt and the Task Force so promptly to the rubbish tip?
10. Paper Chase
Aired 15 November 1972 • 50 min
Task Force chase counterfeit notes; CID the money snatchers.
11. Welcome to the Club
Aired 22 November 1972 • 50 min
12. Justice
Aired 29 November 1972 • 50 min
13. Conversion
Aired 6 December 1972 • 50 min
Change creates uncertainty. A shake up in No. 1 Task Force causes PC Snow to think carefully about himself and his future.
14. Needle
Aired 13 December 1972 • 50 min
Watt and the Task Force investigate an 'accident' and their enquiries take them behind prison walls.
15. Execution
Aired 20 December 1972 • 50 min
16. Time-Table
Aired 3 January 1973 • 50 min
A safe is blown in Manchester - the suspected man is in Kingley. Watt has a problem.
17. Conspiracy
Aired 10 January 1973 • 50 min
A gang of safe breakers are plaguing Thamesford constabulary. Adler puts the pressure on Evans to obtain concrete evidence against the villains.
18. Money for Sale
Aired 17 January 1973 • 50 min
19. For Love or Money
Aired 24 January 1973 • 50 min
A policeman has many unpleasant duties, not the least of which is investigating the activities of a fellow officer. John Watt has to face this unpleasant task.
20. Little Acorns
Aired 31 January 1973 • 50 min