6x94 - Nothing To Report Part 2

January 23, 1968

6x95 - Inside Information Part 1

January 29, 1968

6x96 - Inside Information Part 2

January 30, 1968

The Newtown police are baffled by a series of burglaries. The thief's method of entry is undetectable, but the chaos in the houses he visits points to the work of an amateur. DI Todd is baffled and it is DC Kane, working on the case with Sgt. Stone, who stumbles on the crook's ingenious method of entry.

6x97 - Honour Among Thieves Part 1

February 5, 1968

6x98 - Honour Among Thieves Part 2

February 6, 1968

6x99 - Aren't Policemen Wonderful Part 1

February 12, 1968

6x100 - Aren't Policemen Wonderful Part 2

February 13, 1968

6x101 - Out Of The Frying Pan Part 1

February 19, 1968

6x102 - Out Of The Frying Pan Part 2

February 20, 1968

6x103 - What D'Yer Mean - Charity? Part 1

February 26, 1968

6x104 - What D'Yer Mean - Charity? Part 2

February 27, 1968

6x105 - Person To Person Part 1

March 4, 1968

6x106 - Person To Person Part 2

March 5, 1968

6x107 - A Hobby You Might Say Part 1

March 11, 1968

6x108 - A Hobby You Might Say Part 2

March 12, 1968

6x109 - Hudson's Way Part 1

March 18, 1968

6x110 - Hudson's Way Part 2

March 19, 1968

6x111 - Blind Alley Part 1

March 25, 1968

6x112 - Blind Alley Part 2

March 26, 1968

6x113 - The Saint Of Concrete Canyon Part 1

April 1, 1968

6x114 - The Saint Of Concrete Canyon Part 2

April 2, 1968

The saint of the title is one Ted Crowther, who lives in a fairly new block of flats known as Concrete Canyon. He has earned his title because of his good works on behalf of the tenants. A little boy, Billy Darby, goes missing from the flats because he believes he is going to lose his pet hamster, as the Council won't allow pets in the flats. Crowther naturally is right there with the police to help look for Billy. But Crowther also runs a Savings Club for the tenants and this attracts the interest of DI Todd.

6x115 - Criminal Type Part 1

April 8, 1968

6x116 - Criminal Type Part 2

April 9, 1968

6x117 - The Man Who Was Inspector Todd Part 1

April 15, 1968

6x118 - The Man Who Was Inspector Todd Part 2

April 16, 1968

DI Todd's wallet is stolen and with it goes his warrant card - his means of identification as a Police Officer. The thieves have the chance to work some profitable confidence tricks.

6x119 - Some Girls Pick 'Em Part 1

April 22, 1968

6x120 - Some Girls Pick 'Em Part 2

April 23, 1968

Her love for a man on the run lands a girl in trouble with the law.

6x121 - The Battleground Part 1

April 29, 1968

6x122 - The Battleground Part 2

April 30, 1968

Eleven year old Johnny Benson, unhappy at home because of his parents' constant bickering, takes refuge in religion. After being sacked as an altar boy he sets fire to an altar cloth. A visit from Sgt. Stone throws him into a panic and he runs away.

6x123 - The Witness Part 1

May 6, 1968

6x124 - The Witness Part 2

May 7, 1968

Alec Hughes is a key witness to a bank hold-up for which Chris Morgan is being charged. DI Todd is afraid there may be attempts to intimidate Hughes and so he sends him to stay with Culshaw.

6x125 - The Guilty Ones Part 1

May 13, 1968

6x126 - The Guilty Ones Part 2

May 14, 1968

A fifteen year old girl is missing and when PC Culshaw finds her she begs him not to take her home.

6x127 - At Least You Know You've Tried Part 1

May 20, 1968

6x128 - At Least You Know You've Tried Part 2

May 21, 1968

A young engaged couple have spent six months decorating and furnishing their new home, when two weeks before their marriage someone breaks in and smashes everything up. They are the latest victims of 'the destructive thief'.

6x129 - Two's A Pair Part 1

May 27, 1968

6x130 - Two's A Pair Part 2

May 28, 1968

Edna Clayton, who once had a crush on DI Todd and pursued him shamelessly, is brought into Newtown police station charged with being drunk and disorderly. Todd at first takes no notice; he has other things on his mind.

6x131 - Tomorrow's Another Day Part 1

June 3, 1968

6x132 - Tomorrow's Another Day Part 2

June 4, 1968

With DI Todd on leave and DC Kane away sick, Sgt. Stone has more than enough to do. And then just to complicate things the A.C.C. decides to arrive at Newtown station two weeks before time for his customary three months' inspection. On top of all this £200 is missing from the safe in the cashier's office of Carters Ltd., and Stone must investigate.

6x133 - Who Was That Lady? Part 1

June 10, 1968

6x134 - Who Was That Lady? Part 2

June 11, 1968

Angry domineering Mrs. Armitage calls at Newtown station to report her window cleaner husband as a missing person. Sgt. Lynch sympathises with Ernie Armitage's decision to 'hop it' and uses it to serve as a warning to PC Newcombe, who seems to be heading at top speed to the altar.

6x135 - Talk Your Way Out Of That Part 1

June 17, 1968

6x136 - Talk Your Way Out Of That Part 2

June 18, 1968

Lynch is having a quiet drink in a pub when he is spotted by Danny Matthews, a villain Lynch helped put away for a long stretch. Matthews is out for revenge. But Lynch suspects him of pulling another job... and the battle of wits begins.

6x137 - Application Part 1

July 8, 1968

6x138 - Application Part 2

July 9, 1968

The new Detective Inspector arrives at Newtown and Sgt. Stone is anxious to know the kind of man he is. He soon finds out when on their first meeting DI Witty presents Stone with a rather unexpected task.

6x139 - The Luck Of The Irish Part 1

July 15, 1968

6x140 - The Luck Of The Irish Part 2

July 16, 1968

Looking into the matter of stolen copper from a building site, Roach and Bannerman meet Billy Alty, the site foreman, who rules his Irish labourers with the law of his own two fists. But the Irish have their own laws too, and trouble is brewing.

6x141 - A Kind Of Proof Part 1

July 22, 1968

6x142 - A Kind Of Proof Part 2

July 23, 1968

Roach and Bannerman are called to a sub-post office where the postmistress, Miss Powell, has been attacked and robbed. Miss Powell describes her attacker, and in particular the blow he dealt her - a kind of karate chop.

6x143 - A Matter For Thought Part 1

July 29, 1968

6x145 - Some Kind Of Nut Part 1

August 5, 1968

6x146 - Some Kind Of Nut Part 2

August 6, 1968

Newtown station receives a call from a man who says he has 'put a bomb in'. Sgt. Stone deduces from the man's words that this is not just another hoax and the hunt begins for the man and the bomb, which is due to explode at midnight.

6x147 - He Must Be Up To No Good Part 1

August 12, 1968

6x148 - He Must Be Up To No Good Part 2

August 13, 1968

Holiday fortnight for the building trades is coming up. The firms are paying a fortnight's wages and the banks are carrying extra cash. So when well-known criminal Vincent Lewis arrives in Newtown a watch is kept to find out what he's up to.

6x149 - It's A Sort Of Game Part 1

August 19, 1968

6x150 - It's A Sort Of Game Part 2

August 20, 1968

One of those 'nice quiet nights' at Newtown station and Sgt. Stone is just preparing to leave for home. Then the window of a pet shop is broken and Z-Victor One is called to a domestic disturbance, with a report of shouts and possible screams.

6x151 - Anyone Can Make A Mistake Part 1

August 26, 1968

6x152 - Anyone Can Make A Mistake Part 2

August 27, 1968

Roach and Bannerman are called to a cinema where a man has been caught trying to steal from a patron's handbag. The man claims he'd dropped his cigarette lighter and was searching for it in the darkness. A poor excuse, maybe, but Roach believes the man.

6x153 - Attack Part 1

September 2, 1968

6x154 - Attack Part 2

September 3, 1968

A shotgun is fired into the air, the action freezing the staff and customers in a sub post office. The postman is the only one to take any action at all, and he suffers from it.

6x155 - You Worry Too Much, Charlie Part 1

September 9, 1968

6x156 - You Worry Too Much, Charlie Part 2

September 10, 1968

The salesman at Mather's garage is very obliging, so if you want to buy a car there's no need to worry about the full amount of the deposit. But Charlie Dodd worries. He's a mechanic at Mather's.

6x157 - Punch-Up Part 1

September 16, 1968

6x158 - Punch-Up Part 2

September 17, 1968

Bannerman enters for an inter-divisional boxing match and is curious to know why DI Witty begins to take an almost fanatical interest in his training. Then a punch-up of a far more serious nature takes place near Bartley's fairground.

6x159 - More Ways Of Killing The Cat Part 1

September 23, 1968

6x160 - More Ways Of Killing The Cat Part 2

September 24, 1968

6x161 - No Charge For The Estimate Part 1

September 30, 1968

6x162 - No Charge For The Estimate Part 2

October 1, 1968

Granny Wendy, an old woman who lives alone, is the victim of what appears to be a domestic accident. But when Roach and Bannerman find the old woman's purse is missing they suspect foul play.

6x163 - The Paperchase Part 1

October 7, 1968

6x164 - The Paperchase Part 2

October 8, 1968

A long distance lorry driver parks overnight in a Newtown car park, leaving a girl hitchhiker sleeping in the cab. Neither of them knows that a robbery is due to take place in the car park that night.

6x165 - The Vigilance Part 1

October 14, 1968

6x166 - The Vigilance Part 2

October 15, 1968

6x167 - The Tip-Off Part 1

October 21, 1968

6x168 - The Tip-Off Part 2

October 22, 1968

Bannerman, off duty with his girl friend, meets Ted Holmes in a pub. Holmes has some information to sell and wants cash. Bannerman senses the information is good, but is it?

6x169 - Prevention Is Better Part 1

October 28, 1968

6x170 - Prevention Is Better Part 2

October 29, 1968

Sgt. Stone sees two youths, Billy and Vic Redmond, trying car door handles in Newtown Centre. Their father is serving time in Walton jail and the two lads look like following in his footsteps. But Stone, as Crime Prevention Officer, decides to take a hand.

6x171 - Special Relationship Part 1

November 4, 1968

6x172 - Special Relationship Part 2

November 5, 1968

Det. Supt. Oakley calls on Sgt. Stone with a request. Oakley is anxious for Stone to nail Timmy Cater, a safe-blower now living on the Newtown patch. Stone has a 'special relationship' with Cater which will make it easier to set Cater up.

6x173 - A Proper George Washington Part 1

November 11, 1968

6x174 - A Proper George Washington Part 2

November 12, 1968

Eighteen year old Michael Adams says he was coming home from the pictures when his attacker came up behind him, knocked him unconscious and robbed him. Roach and Bannerman doubt the boy's story, but why should he be lying?

6x175 - I Know My Coppers Part 1

November 18, 1968

6x176 - I Know My Coppers Part 2

November 19, 1968

When the money is recovered from a raid on a security van it is placed in a cell in Newtown police station for safe keeping. But how safe is it?

6x177 - Follow The Form Part 1

November 25, 1968

6x178 - Follow The Form Part 2

November 26, 1968

Ron Bailey, a petrol pump attendant at a Newtown garage, is approached by two men who want him to help them rob a safe in the garage office. When DI Witty hears Bailey's story he is inclined to disbelieve it and senses a conspiracy.

6x179 - Breakdown Part 1

December 2, 1968

6x180 - Breakdown Part 2

December 3, 1968

Roach and Bannerman are called to investigate a minor theft reported by a lecturer at a Technical College. The lecturer is th guardian of Roger, a fourteen-year-old boy. Roach and Bannerman are required to interview Roger, but the boy is stone deaf.

6x181 - Will He...Won't He? Part 1

December 9, 1968

6x182 - Will He...Won't He? Part 2

December 10, 1968

PC Newcombe, searching for a girl who has been reported missing, learns that she is hiding out in a disused factory. When he gets there he finds more than he bargained for.

6x183 - Dead End Part 1

December 16, 1968

6x184 - Dead End Part 2

December 17, 1968

Sgt. Lynch is paying a social call on an old friend, a nurse, when a man arrives at the Nursing Home breathless and frightened. He has found the body of a woman in a lay-by.

6x185 - Blame It On Father Christmas Part 1

December 23, 1968

6x186 - Blame It On Father Christmas Part 2

December 24, 1968

With only two days to go until Christmas, Bobby Dawson, having returned from carol singing, tells his mother that the man at No. 52 was very generous: he gave Bobby five shillings. But the family at No. 52 have gone away for Christmas....

6x187 - For Auld Lang Syne Part 1

December 30, 1968

6x188 - For Auld Lang Syne Part 2

December 31, 1968

Two Scotsmen visit Newtown during the New Year celebrations to seek out an old acquaintance of theirs, a fellow villain, who, they believed, helped the police to jail them. When the Newtown police hear they've arrived they prepare themselves for trouble.

6x189 - Unidentified Marks Part 1

January 6, 1969

On evening patrol Roach and Bannerman are curious about a man sitting alone in a parked car. When questioned the man runs and scales a ten foot wall like an athlete.

6x190 - Unidentified Marks Part 2

January 7, 1969

6x191 - Picture Of Guilt Part 1

January 13, 1969

6x192 - Picture Of Guilt Part 2

January 14, 1969

After a raid on a cinema a doorman is shot. A reporter from a Sunday newspaper meets Harris, an informer, in a pub. Harris has information about the raid which he will sell if the price is right. He swears he has proof - the best possible kind of proof.

6x193 - It Works Both Ways Part 1

January 20, 1969

6x194 - It Works Both Ways Part 2

January 21, 1969

""From what I know of these kids they don't go in for crime as we know it. All they want is excitement through violence. There's nothing for them to do so they make their own amusements, picking on people, six against one.""