9x1 - Errors

September 12, 1973

9x2 - Signed Off

September 19, 1973

A policeman is missing. Is there anything sinister in his disappearance, or is there a simple explanation?

9x3 - A Quiet Man

September 26, 1973

A quiet morning: a milkman on his round in a residential street. But the peace is soon shattered.

9x4 - No Way

October 3, 1973

9x5 - No Life for a Woman

October 10, 1973

9x6 - Twenty-Seven Pieces of Porcelain

October 17, 1973

Watt thinks the piece of Wedgwood china he buys for his wife is expensive enough, until he has to investigate a theft.

9x7 - Night-Watch

October 24, 1973

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.

9x8 - Catch As Catch Can

October 31, 1973

Why is Hawkins preparing his latest operation behind closed doors? And why is he so interested in a small-time thief?

9x10 - Interrogation

November 14, 1973

9x11 - Slip of the Tongue

November 21, 1973

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!

9x12 - Trial

November 28, 1973

9x13 - Skipper's Walk

December 5, 1973

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.

9x14 - Cover

December 12, 1973

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.

9x15 - Observation

December 19, 1973

9x16 - Trouble-Maker

January 2, 1974

9x17 - The Raider

January 9, 1974

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.

9x18 - Victim

January 16, 1974