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

6x144 - A Matter For Thought Part 2

July 30, 1968

Jack Egerton has been stabbed and DI Witty rushes to the hospital in the hope of getting a statement from the man. But Egerton is in a critical condition and Witty has to look elsewhere for the circumstances of the stabbing. And what he finds out is puzzling, to say the least.

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

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.""

6x195 - Alibi Part 1

January 27, 1969

6x196 - Alibi Part 2

January 28, 1969

""It was Saturday night when he did the break-in. Got in through a lavatory window and tore his sleeve on a nail. Then he hit the watchman. Even if I have to adjourn the Court to the old man's bedside I'll get evidence to break this damned alibi...""

6x197 - Lost Property Part 1

February 3, 1969

6x198 - Lost Property Part 2

February 4, 1969

""A man came yesterday. Said he had shared a cell with my husband. Said my Alfie was coming out of prison in the morning. Needed his overcoat. So I gave this man the overcoat and my husband's best suit. I was at the gate this morning. Nobody handed in the clothes and my Alfie's still inside...""

6x199 - Fear Or Favour Part 1

February 10, 1969

6x200 - Fear Or Favour Part 2

February 11, 1969

Like all areas Newtown has its share of vandalism. A group of youths - voices - a crash of glass - the sound of footsteps running down the street. But on this night vandalism has extended itself to robbery and physical violence. Three youths are brought in as suspects; one with a difference.

6x201 - The Lonely Place Part 1

February 17, 1969

6x202 - The Lonely Place Part 2

February 18, 1969

An attack on a courting couple in a lonely place... a man appearing and asking for a light.. a frightened girl running for help. When questioned the couple cannot, or will not, identify their attacker.

6x203 - Foggy Night Part 1

February 24, 1969

6x204 - Foggy Night Part 2

February 25, 1969

6x205 - The Soft Touch Part 1

March 3, 1969

6x206 - The Soft Touch Part 2

March 4, 1969

Watching... timing... speed... picking the right vehicle... quick disposal. All the ingredients of wholesale car theft, well organised and well executed. Newtown police find that they have such an organisation on their patch.

6x207 - Special Duty Part 1

March 10, 1969

6x208 - Special Duty Part 2

March 11, 1969

Special Duty can be easy or hazardous. A man can be a decoy or a sitting duck. He is alone and he cannot easily predict what action will take place. PC Roach realises this when he is assigned to such a duty. And yet he volunteered for the task, was not forced into taking it. But if your face fits...

6x209 - One End of The Road Part 1

March 17, 1969

6x210 - One End of The Road Part 2

March 18, 1969

A constable has been seriously injured. It could be that his career as a policeman is finished. There is an atmosphere in Newtown station and DI Witty is called upon to answer for the incident.

6x211 - Welcome To Newtown Part 1

March 24, 1969

6x212 - Welcome To Newtown Part 2

March 25, 1969

A Dakota aeroplane with 32 passengers aboard is in difficulties. The pilot intends to make an emergency landing and Newtown prepares itself for a major incident.

6x213 - All The Birds Of The Air Part 1

March 31, 1969

6x214 - All The Birds Of The Air Part 2

April 1, 1969

With new technical resources we are half way to an automated police force, so why not automated thieves as well? Thieves with all the mechanical tricks, one step ahead of the police. The birds of the air - listening in.

6x215 - Carbon Copy Part 1

April 7, 1969

6x216 - Carbon Copy Part 2

April 8, 1969

6x217 - Not A Bad Lad Really Part 1

April 14, 1969

6x218 - Not A Bad Lad Really Part 2

April 15, 1969

Thirty-nine break-ins in five weeks: each one on pay nights at council estates. On paper a serious setback for DI Goss's detection rate, made even more complicated by the most obvious suspect just finishing probation.

6x219 - Snout Part 1

April 21, 1969

6x220 - Snout Part 2

April 22, 1969

Officially a police informant does not exist... information is obtained from the birds. So when a snout stands in danger of reprisals who is to protect him?

6x221 - The Exiles Part 1

April 28, 1969

6x222 - The Exiles Part 2

April 29, 1969

Even the best villains have to retire someday. But if, like Dixie Conlan, you don't want to retire, you find an apprentice: someone young and eager enough to follow in your footsteps.

6x223 - It's Not Against The Law Part 1

May 5, 1969

6x224 - It's Not Against The Law Part 2

May 6, 1969

PC Bannerman risks his life trying to save a child, but what kind of mother could invite such a risk in the first place? What kind of mother could leave a child alone in a house with a lighted oil heater?

6x225 - Hit And Run Part 1

May 12, 1969

6x226 - Hit And Run Part 2

May 13, 1969

A man walks into Newtown police station and demands to be given a breathalyser test, but does not appear to be drunk. Why then is he so insistent?

6x227 - One Of Our Own Part 1

May 19, 1969

6x228 - One Of Our Own Part 2

May 20, 1969

WPC Parkin is an able and efficient officer with a bright career ahead of her. So why should she risk it all by cultivating a close friendship with a known criminal?

6x229 - No Objection To Bail Part 1

May 26, 1969

6x230 - No Objection To Bail Part 2

May 27, 1969

Stand as surety for someone and you risk them running away from the law leaving you to forfeit the bail money or go to prison yourself. But a man does not expect this sort of treatment; not from a nephew he believes to be innocent.

6x231 - Sunday...Sunday... Part 1

June 2, 1969

6x232 - Sunday...Sunday... Part 2

June 3, 1969

It's Sunday and three young tearaways have nothing to do and nowhere to go. But they have a souped-up car and they need their kicks, so if anyone gets in their way...