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 (18)
1. Errors
Aired 12 September 1973 • 50 min
2. Signed Off
Aired 19 September 1973 • 50 min
A policeman is missing. Is there anything sinister in his disappearance, or is there a simple explanation?
3. A Quiet Man
Aired 26 September 1973 • 50 min
A quiet morning: a milkman on his round in a residential street. But the peace is soon shattered.
4. No Way
Aired 3 October 1973 • 50 min
5. No Life for a Woman
Aired 10 October 1973 • 50 min
6. Twenty-Seven Pieces of Porcelain
Aired 17 October 1973 • 50 min
Watt thinks the piece of Wedgwood china he buys for his wife is expensive enough, until he has to investigate a theft.
7. Night-Watch
Aired 24 October 1973 • 50 min
Snow and Nesbitt are enquiring into a crime which has happened. Evans is asking about a crime which may happen. John Watt is concentrating on the present.
8. Catch As Catch Can
Aired 31 October 1973 • 50 min
Why is Hawkins preparing his latest operation behind closed doors? And why is he so interested in a small-time thief?
9. The Loudmouth
Aired 7 November 1973 • 50 min
John Watt receives a tip-off which he believes could lead him to a 'crime boss'.
10. Interrogation
Aired 14 November 1973 • 50 min
11. Slip of the Tongue
Aired 21 November 1973 • 50 min
Watt and Hawkins are baffled by a couple of crooks; Hawkins is angry with a probation officer and Evans is hurt by a brick. It's a dog's life being a policeman!
12. Trial
Aired 28 November 1973 • 50 min
13. Skipper's Walk
Aired 5 December 1973 • 50 min
Hawkins takes his wife's dog for a walk one night. They meet a drunk who tells him a disturbing tale. Hawkins has to tell John Watt. Together they have to do a job hated by all policemen: looking into the private life of one of their own men.
14. Cover
Aired 12 December 1973 • 50 min
A barn is burned down. It could be arson, but the insurance is hardly worth claiming. And of course, fires do happen. But Evans is suspicious, and he goes in for a spot of bricklaying when the new barn is built.
15. Observation
Aired 19 December 1973 • 50 min
16. Trouble-Maker
Aired 2 January 1974 • 50 min
17. The Raider
Aired 9 January 1974 • 50 min
Jackie Warren is dangerous. He has escaped from jail and no-one knows where he is. Then a Post Office van is robbed in Kingley and Watt finds him on his own doorstep.
18. Victim
Aired 16 January 1974 • 50 min