Season 9 (1973)
Episodes: 18
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 Errors
Air Date: 1973-09-12
Ep.2 Signed Off
Air Date: 1973-09-19
A policeman is missing. Is there anything sinister in his disappearance, or is there a simple explanation?
Ep.3 A Quiet Man
Air Date: 1973-09-26
A quiet morning: a milkman on his round in a residential street. But the peace is soon shattered.
Ep.4 No Way
Air Date: 1973-10-03
Ep.5 No Life for a Woman
Air Date: 1973-10-10
Ep.6 Twenty-Seven Pieces of Porcelain
Air Date: 1973-10-17
Watt thinks the piece of Wedgwood china he buys for his wife is expensive enough, until he has to investigate a theft.
Ep.7 Night-Watch
Air Date: 1973-10-24
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.
Ep.8 Catch As Catch Can
Air Date: 1973-10-31
Why is Hawkins preparing his latest operation behind closed doors? And why is he so interested in a small-time thief?
Ep.9 The Loudmouth
Air Date: 1973-11-07
John Watt receives a tip-off which he believes could lead him to a 'crime boss'.
Ep.10 Interrogation
Air Date: 1973-11-14
Ep.11 Slip of the Tongue
Air Date: 1973-11-21
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!
Ep.12 Trial
Air Date: 1973-11-28
Ep.13 Skipper's Walk
Air Date: 1973-12-05
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.
Ep.14 Cover
Air Date: 1973-12-12
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.
Ep.15 Observation
Air Date: 1973-12-19
Ep.16 Trouble-Maker
Air Date: 1974-01-02
Ep.17 The Raider
Air Date: 1974-01-09
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.