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...

6x233 - Double Game Part 1

June 9, 1969

6x234 - Double Game Part 2

June 10, 1969

Sgt. Stone and Ben Stacey have an old score to settle. So why should Stacey now want to help the police?

6x235 - Spare The Rod Part 1

June 16, 1969

6x236 - Spare The Rod Part 2

June 17, 1969

Some teachers, like policemen, live in a jungle. Civilised men and women, living under pressure. Then something snaps...

6x237 - You've Got To Keep Them Talking Part 1

July 7, 1969

6x238 - You've Got To Keep Them Talking Part 2

July 8, 1969

The seed of suicide is in all of us. So when an innocent old woman becomes involved with the police and becomes irrational, is this a warning light?

6x239 - In Need Of Care Part 1

July 14, 1969

6x240 - In Need Of Care Part 2

July 15, 1969

""What sort of life will I have if I stay in Newtown? Wrapping sweets at Brownley's eight hours a day; listening to Radio One; marry some yob and get a council house if I'm lucky. Half a dozen kids in half a dozen years. D'yer call that living?""

6x241 - From Information Received Part 1

July 21, 1969

6x242 - From Information Received Part 2

July 22, 1969

Les Mitcham and Phil Andrews are working as painters on a new housing estate. Mitcham, the younger of the men, has served two short terms of imprisonment. Andrews, from the Midlands, is a more experienced criminal. They have planned a job together. As it will be Mitcham's first attempt at big-time crime they require a third man. Mitcham, anxious to ingratiate himself, says he knows someone. When the job has been pulled PC Quilley finds a source of information. ""It's teamwork that gets results,"" says Sgt. Stone. Why, then, is the job taken out of Quilley's hands?

6x243 - Have A Go, Joe Part 1

July 28, 1969

6x244 - Have A Go, Joe Part 2

July 29, 1969

In a major crime every policeman dreams of finding a key witness - but not a witness who is too scared to talk.

6x245 - According To Plan Part 1

August 4, 1969

6x246 - According To Plan Part 2

August 5, 1969

6x247 - The Shooter Part 1

August 11, 1969

6x248 - The Shooter Part 2

August 12, 1969

If you know the right places and you're the sort of man who needs a gun it is possible to acquire one. They cost money, but when the offer is a fiver down and a percentage of your first job you might be tempted.

6x250 - Dear Old Golden Rule Days Part 2

August 19, 1969

Alec Quilley plucks up courage to contact Beth, an old flame, but for her the glow is fading. Chris, her new boy friend and old schoolmate of Quilley's, seems to be living well beyond his apparent means. Protective hackles raised, Quilley's unofficial enquiries about Chris and Goss's investigation of a series of petty thefts and minor break-ins begin to find common ground.

6x251 - Allegation Part 1

August 25, 1969

6x252 - Allegation Part 2

August 26, 1969

A serious road accident, a child missing, a drunk in the cells who won't come to. At times a police station is like a wartime command post under siege, with even the policemen themselves at breaking point.

6x253 - You Can't Trust Anyone Part 1

September 1, 1969

6x254 - You Can't Trust Anyone Part 2

September 2, 1969

Go to your local pub for a quiet drink, chat up the barmaid, take her out and forget about crime for a while. But as Sgt. Stone discovers, a policeman can't avoid crime - it even invades his private life.

6x255 - The Dog Lover Part 1

September 8, 1969

6x256 - The Dog Lover Part 2

September 9, 1969

Tommy Woods has a way with dogs and a way with women. There's nothing they wouldn't do for him.

6x257 - It's Been A Long Time Part 1

September 15, 1969

6x258 - It's Been A Long Time Part 2

September 16, 1969

Pete Simmonds is out from prison looking for the man who informed on him. But not only the informer has to live in fear of reprisals. Simmonds is strong and violent and the witnesses at his trial were promised police protection on the day of his release.

6x259 - No Time To Think Part 1

September 22, 1969

6x260 - No Time To Think Part 2

September 23, 1969

6x261 - Not That Sort Of Policeman Part 1

September 29, 1969

6x262 - Not That Sort Of Policeman Part 2

September 30, 1969

A gelignite explosion has wrecked an office and probably injured the men responsible - all for the sake of twenty pounds. But where do the police start looking for dangerous amateurs who are prepared to take risks?

6x263 - A Place Of Safety Part 1

October 6, 1969

6x264 - A Place Of Safety Part 2

October 7, 1969

6x265 - Lost And Found Part 1

October 13, 1969

6x266 - Lost And Found Part 2

October 14, 1969

What sort of mother abandons her two month old baby in a telephone kiosk?

6x267 - Gyppo Part 1

October 20, 1969

6x268 - Gyppo Part 2

October 21, 1969

'He's lived on canal boats all his life. Born on one - never been to school. Not the sort of man one can lock up in a cell.'

6x269 - Give A Dog A Bad Name Part 1

October 28, 1969

6x270 - Give A Dog A Bad Name Part 2

October 29, 1969

No alibi - a criminal record - picked out on an identity parade. Is that proof enough of a man's guilt?

6x271 - Nobody Loves Us Part 1

November 3, 1969

6x272 - Nobody Loves Us Part 2

November 24, 1969

A rock is thrown at a passenger train and the driver is injured. The Transport Union want the police to take some sort of action, but where do the police start looking for teenage vandals?

6x273 - A Right Cock-n-Bull Story Part 1

November 10, 1969

6x274 - A Right Cock-n-Bull Story Part 2

November 11, 1969

Sgt. Stone, with Bannerman and Newcombe, goes to the City Airport to investigate a bomb hoax. No bomb is found, but the police discover something else that is just as explosive.

6x275 - Two For The Record Part 1

November 17, 1969

6x276 - Two For The Record Part 2

November 18, 1969

A man and his wife report the theft of a strange assortment of objects from their home, and they want the thief, their son, brought to justice.

6x277 - Quiet Day Part 1

November 24, 1969

6x278 - Quiet Day Part 2

November 25, 1969

Three honest citizens, strangers to each other, decide almost simultaneously to take the town apart. Spontaneous acts, in three separate places, yet all at the same time.

6x279 - None The Worse Part 1

December 1, 1969

6x280 - None The Worse Part 2

December 2, 1969

6x281 - None The Worse Part 3

December 8, 1969

6x282 - None The Worse Part 4

December 9, 1969

A woman is found dead. The police get a description of the man responsible, then his name, Gleeson - the Crown's principal witness for a similar murder eight years ago.

6x283 - Barricade Part 1

December 15, 1969

6x284 - Barricade Part 2

December 16, 1969

6x285 - The Best Day Of The Year Part 1

December 22, 1969

6x286 - The Best Day Of The Year Part 2

December 23, 1969

A quiet sort of Christmas. People on the move, relaxed. Bannerman goes to the theatre, DI Goss to a private do. Sgt. Lynch is on his way home for the holiday. And Buzz Bentley, hard nut from London, has come to Newtown.

6x287 - Score To Settle Part 1

December 29, 1969

6x288 - Score To Settle Part 2

December 30, 1969

A new police constable, Joe Skinner, is assigned to the crime cars. Kardar, a Hungarian and an expert with explosives, has a score to settle with a certain policeman.

6x289 - Tune On A Bent Trumpet Part 1

January 5, 1970

6x290 - Tune On A Bent Trumpet Part 2

January 6, 1970

DI Bowen, once DI Goss's superior officer, has been accused of discreditable conduct and he wants Goss to help him. But the Newtown force has another problem on its plate - an escaped prisoner armed with a shotgun.

6x291 - They Call It Justice Part 1

January 12, 1970

6x292 - They Call It Justice Part 2

January 13, 1970

A child is badly injured in a road accident, a job for Traffic, not Crime. But Sgt. Lynch has a personal interest in this particular accident.

6x293 - No Questions Asked Part 1

January 19, 1970

6x294 - No Questions Asked Part 2

January 20, 1970

With a sharp increase in petty theft having been recorded, Stone and Goss are anxious to get the top man. A policeman with the local nickname 'Mr. Fixit' comes in for heavy scrutiny.

6x295 - Threats And Menaces Part 1

January 26, 1970

6x296 - Threats And Menaces Part 2

January 27, 1970

Frank Caunce, crippled by a roof fall during the course of an arrest by Sgt. Stone, has been released from prison. Stone feels that his disability should keep him quiet, but...

6x297 - Lost Part 1

February 2, 1970

6x298 - Lost Part 2

February 3, 1970

A nine year old by is lost on Moor Top while helping his 'uncle' look for strayed sheep. Rough weather, fading light - and another complication perhaps more serious, the boy's 'uncle' himself.

6x299 - Infamous Conduct Part 1

February 9, 1970