COLLECTION · Series · 1969
Softly Softly: Task Force
Softly, Softly: Task Force is a police based drama series which ran on BBC 1 from 1969 to 1976. It was a revamp of Softly, Softly, itself a spin-off from Z-Cars. The change was made partly to coincide with the coming of colour broadcasting to the BBC's main channel BBC1. The programme was due to be called simply Task Force, but reluctant to sacrifice a much-loved brand the BBC compromised this so it became Softly, Softly: Task Force.
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* 6.0 (2)CrimeDrama
Studios
BBC One
Release
20/11/1969
Score
6.0 / 10 (2)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
16 episodes · 1969
Episode 1. Arrival
1969-11-20
Things are about to change at Thamesford Constabulary when Detective Chief Superintendent Charles Barlow arrives to take over as new head of CID. Barlow's orders are to whip Thamesford Constabulary into shape and to ensure that operations…
Episode 2. Exercise
1969-11-27
Detective Chief Superitendent Barlow is in for a surprise as Chief Constable Cullen has some considerable staff changes in mind for Thamesford CID. Cullen wants to provide Charlie Barlow with the best team to assist him in setting up a…
Episode 3. Diversion
1969-12-04
While the task force officers are busy investigating a series of break-ins, an armed hold-up at a timber warehouse requires immediate attention and quick action. Will Thamesford CID be able to catch the robbers and still have time to deal…
Episode 4. The Spoilt Ones
1969-12-11
No synopsis
Episode 5. To Protect the Innocent...
1969-12-18
No synopsis
Episode 6. Any Other Night
1970-01-01
No synopsis
Episode 7. The Aggro Boy
1970-01-08
No synopsis
Episode 8. Standing Orders
1970-01-15
No synopsis
Episode 9. Private Mischief
1970-01-22
No synopsis
Episode 10. Open and Shut
1970-01-29
No synopsis
Episode 11. Sprats and Mackerals
1970-02-05
A rumor causes Thamesford task force to investigate at Eastcote docks where someone allegedly brings illegal immigrants into the country. WP/DC Betty Donald goes undercover, posing as a juvenile delinquent, while Sergeant Jackson receives…
Episode 12. Like Any Other Friday...
1970-02-12
No synopsis
Episode 13. Power of the Press
1970-02-19
No synopsis
Episode 14. Trust a Woman
1970-02-26
No synopsis
Episode 15. The Hermit
1970-03-05
No synopsis
Episode 16. Escort
1970-03-12
No synopsis
Season 2
26 episodes · 1970
Episode 1. Baptism
1970-09-16
No synopsis
Episode 2. Sunday, Sweet Sunday
1970-09-23
No synopsis
Episode 3. Safe in the Streets?
1970-09-30
No synopsis
Episode 4. Good Listener
1970-10-07
No synopsis
Episode 5. Time Expired
1970-10-14
No synopsis
Episode 6. Lessons
1970-10-21
No synopsis
Episode 7. Without Favour
1970-10-28
No synopsis
Episode 8. Never Hit a Lady
1970-11-04
No synopsis
Episode 9. It's Ugly Head
1970-11-11
No synopsis
Episode 10. Who Wants Pride...?
1970-11-18
No synopsis
Episode 11. Collation
1970-11-25
No synopsis
Episode 12. Do Me a Favour
1970-12-02
No synopsis
Episode 13. Sweet Are the Uses of Adversity
1970-12-09
No synopsis
Episode 14. Bearings
1970-12-16
No synopsis
Episode 15. A World Full of Rooms
1970-12-23
No synopsis
Episode 16. The Lie Direct
1970-12-30
No synopsis
Episode 17. Ground Level
1971-01-06
No synopsis
Episode 18. Company Business
1971-01-13
No synopsis
Episode 19. Kick Off
1971-01-20
No synopsis
Episode 20. Final Score
1971-01-27
No synopsis
Episode 21. Something Big
1971-02-03
No synopsis
Episode 22. Games
1971-02-10
No synopsis
Episode 23. In the Public Gaze
1971-02-17
Chief Constable Cullen gets a taste of the action when he witnesses a police officer getting severely beaten. Coming to the young constable's aide, Cullen soon faces a dilemma as one of the culprits makes allegations against the Chief…
Episode 24. Held for Questioning
1971-02-24
No synopsis
Episode 25. Black Equals White
1971-03-03
No synopsis
Episode 26. Cash and Carry
1971-03-10
No synopsis
Season 3
26 episodes · 1971
Episode 1. Once Bitten
1971-10-06
No synopsis
Episode 2. Hostage
1971-10-13
No synopsis
Episode 3. The Floater
1971-10-20
No synopsis
Episode 4. Aberration
1971-10-27
When Barlow and Watt unwittingly aid a robbery on a doctor's surgery, they expect to follow a trail of stolen drugs. But the thief has other plans too - PW Det. Constable Forest plays a key role in bringing him into the open.
Episode 5. Moving On
1971-11-03
No synopsis
Episode 6. An Inside Job
1971-11-10
No synopsis
Episode 7. The Bounty Hunter
1971-11-17
No synopsis
Episode 8. Marksman
1971-11-24
No synopsis
Episode 9. Copper Wire
1971-12-01
No synopsis
Episode 10. Man of Peace
1971-12-08
No synopsis
Episode 11. Good Touches
1971-12-15
No synopsis
Episode 12. Better Than Doing Porridge
1971-12-22
No synopsis
Episode 13. The Removal
1971-12-29
No synopsis
Episode 14. Priorities
1972-01-05
No synopsis
Episode 15. Resolution
1972-01-12
No synopsis
Episode 16. The Amateur
1972-01-19
No synopsis
Episode 17. Anywhere in the Wide World
1972-01-26
No synopsis
Episode 18. Flight
1972-02-02
No synopsis
Episode 19. The Big Tip-Off
1972-02-09
No synopsis
Episode 20. Woman's World
1972-02-16
No synopsis
Episode 21. A Policeman's Lot: Part 1: The Row on the Stairs
1972-02-23
No synopsis
Episode 22. A Policeman's Lot: Part 2: You Pays Your Money
1972-03-01
No synopsis
Episode 23. A Policeman's Lot: Part 3: It Depends Where You're Standing
1972-03-08
No synopsis
Episode 24. Set Us Alight
1972-03-15
No synopsis
Episode 25. The Easy Job
1972-03-22
No synopsis
Episode 26. Conclusion
1972-03-29
No synopsis
Season 4
20 episodes · 1972
Episode 1. Spit and Polish
1972-09-13
No synopsis
Episode 2. Killer
1972-09-20
No synopsis
Episode 3. Surveillance
1972-09-27
No synopsis
Episode 4. Dog Eat Dog
1972-10-04
No synopsis
Episode 5. Bank Rate
1972-10-11
No synopsis
Episode 6. On the Third Day
1972-10-18
No synopsis
Episode 7. The Witness
1972-10-25
No synopsis
Episode 8. Run for your Money
1972-11-01
No synopsis
Episode 9. New Broom
1972-11-08
No synopsis
Episode 10. Paper Chase
1972-11-15
A search is on for a couple who are flooding shops with fake one pound notes. Market stallholder Ben Fisher attempts to get his money back by using local dog track.
Episode 11. Welcome to the Club
1972-11-22
No synopsis
Episode 12. Justice
1972-11-29
No synopsis
Episode 13. Conversion
1972-12-06
No synopsis
Episode 14. Needle
1972-12-13
An unpopular prison warden is run down outside the prison gates. Watt believes he knows which prisoner was behind it but he has to find the driver.
Episode 15. Execution
1972-12-20
No synopsis
Episode 16. Time-Table
1973-01-03
No synopsis
Episode 17. Conspiracy
1973-01-10
No synopsis
Episode 18. Money for Sale
1973-01-17
No synopsis
Episode 19. For Love or Money
1973-01-24
No synopsis
Episode 20. Little Acorns
1973-01-31
No synopsis
Season 5
18 episodes · 1973
Episode 1. Errors
1973-09-12
No synopsis
Episode 2. Signed Off
1973-09-19
PC Felly is badly beaten after discovering a robbery in progress. Unfortunately for him it takes several hours for police to discover something is wrong.
Episode 3. A Quiet Man
1973-09-26
No synopsis
Episode 4. No Way
1973-10-03
No synopsis
Episode 5. No Life for a Woman
1973-10-10
No synopsis
Episode 6. Twenty-Seven Pieces of Porcelain
1973-10-17
No synopsis
Episode 7. Night-Watch
1973-10-24
No synopsis
Episode 8. Catch as Catch Can
1973-10-31
No synopsis
Episode 9. The Loudmouth
1973-11-07
No synopsis
Episode 10. Interrogation
1973-11-14
No synopsis
Episode 11. Slip of the Tongue
1973-11-21
No synopsis
Episode 12. Trial
1973-11-28
Hawkins and Snow are to due give evidence in Herbert Andrews robbery trial. Much of the case resolves around forensic evidence so Andrews counsel is out to discredit the pair.
Episode 13. Skipper's Walk
1973-12-05
Harry Hawkins receives allegations that Sgt Jack Stirling is having an affair Jean Buxton, who's husband Tony he put behind bars. Hawkins and Watt decide to do some low key investigating first.
Episode 14. Cover
1973-12-12
No synopsis
Episode 15. Observation
1973-12-19
No synopsis
Episode 16. Trouble-Maker
1974-01-02
No synopsis
Episode 17. The Raider
1974-01-09
No synopsis
Episode 18. Victim
1974-01-16
No synopsis
Season 6
13 episodes · 1974
Episode 1. Alert
1974-09-04
No synopsis
Episode 2. You Don't Have to Shout, I'm Listening
1974-09-11
No synopsis
Episode 3. Worth a Million
1974-09-18
No synopsis
Episode 4. Domestic Incident
1974-09-25
No synopsis
Episode 5. Pop Goes the Weasel
1974-10-02
No synopsis
Episode 6. Cat Among the Pigeons
1974-10-09
No synopsis
Episode 7. Pardon
1974-10-16
No synopsis
Episode 8. Little Boy Blue
1974-10-23
No synopsis
Episode 9. A Day's Work
1974-10-30
No synopsis
Episode 10. Paperwork
1974-11-06
No synopsis
Episode 11. See What You've Done
1974-11-13
No synopsis
Episode 12. We're In This Together
1974-11-20
No synopsis
Episode 13. Temptation
1974-11-27
No synopsis
Season 7
15 episodes · 1975
Episode 1. Feedback
1975-08-27
No synopsis
Episode 2. High Life
1975-09-03
No synopsis
Episode 3. Protection
1975-09-10
No synopsis
Episode 4. Grass
1975-09-17
No synopsis
Episode 5. Bargains
1975-09-24
No synopsis
Episode 6. The Talking Doll
1975-10-01
No synopsis
Episode 7. And with What Measure?
1975-10-08
No synopsis
Episode 8. Female of the Species
1975-10-15
No synopsis
Episode 9. A Person Unknown
1975-10-22
No synopsis
Episode 10. Homicide
1975-10-29
No synopsis
Episode 11. Dorothy's Birthday
1975-11-05
No synopsis
Episode 12. Whose Side Are You On?
1975-11-12
No synopsis
Episode 13. Choirboy
1975-11-19
No synopsis
Episode 14. On Call
1975-11-26
No synopsis
Episode 15. Blind Alley
1975-12-03
No synopsis
Season 8
15 episodes · 1976
Episode 1. Not with a Bang...
1976-09-08
No synopsis
Episode 2. There's Always Tomorrow
1976-09-15
No synopsis
Episode 3. Say It with Flowers
1976-09-22
No synopsis
Episode 4. The Trojan Horse
1976-09-29
No synopsis
Episode 5. Now You See It, Now You Don't
1976-10-06
No synopsis
Episode 6. As Good Cooks Go...
1976-10-13
No synopsis
Episode 7. The Visitor
1976-10-20
No synopsis
Episode 8. Baked Beans
1976-10-27
No synopsis
Episode 9. The Climber
1976-11-03
No synopsis
Episode 10. At Risk
1976-11-10
No synopsis
Episode 11. Got Him!
1976-11-17
No synopsis
Episode 12. Just a Whisper?
1976-11-24
No synopsis
Episode 13. A Shot in the Dark
1976-12-01
No synopsis
Episode 14. Communications
1976-12-08
No synopsis
Episode 15. Alarums and Excursions
1976-12-15
Harry Hawkins' jobbing gardener Stanton seems to have vanished. PC Pearson takes him to Stanton's caravan, near Ashford. Inside, it looks like a violent fight has taken place. An investigation begins, but it appears Stanton has no history.
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