8x1 - Inspector Lynch

October 22, 1973

Bert Lynch has been promoted to Inspector. But is he still one of the lads?

8x2 - Nuisance

October 29, 1973

Alexandra is always complaining to an already overworked police force about her next door neighbour Percy. But is she just a nuisance? Or should Inspector Lynch take her complaints seriously?

8x3 - Escape

November 5, 1973

Some London villains spring Charlie Cotton from prison, but, too late, he cottons on to the fact that he's been sprung for a purpose.

8x4 - Break Up

November 19, 1973

A woman is arrested for shoplifting and a thief has his alibi checked. On the face of it two routine cases. But even the most routine cases can have repercussions.

8x5 - Stray Girl

November 26, 1973

Mary Mangan disappears with her baby. The worst is feared and a full scale police search is mounted.

8x6 - Pieces

December 3, 1973

A house is broken into and Skinner grabs at the opportunity to improve his record. But he grabs too hard and a man suffers.

8x7 - The Cinder Path

December 10, 1973

Goss is back! In court he finds himself in an unfamiliar role. Against Quilley... twice!

8x8 - Cadet

December 11, 1973

Cadet Peter Preston wants nothing more than to be a policeman, and even though he's a bit of a joke at Newtown his future seems assured. Then his father takes someone for a ride.

8x9 - Pressure Of Work

December 17, 1973

Goss goes out for a quiet day with a friend, but the friend ends up in a cell and a policeman ends up in hospital.

8x10 - Absence

January 7, 1974

A bank raid is in the offing and the only man who knows anything about it is Harry Dance.

8x11 - In Police Hands

January 21, 1974

Julie and Dave are happy: then they're in the nick. It seems that simply being in love is a crime these days.

8x12 - Two Hundred Tartan Teddy Bears

February 4, 1974

Stone and Lynch are puzzled by two cases - one involving bears and the other old ladies.

8x13 - Joanna

February 11, 1974

When Albert Smith goes looking for his daughter Joanna his enquiries cause trouble.

8x14 - Pressure

February 18, 1974

A young petty thief and a young Police Constable find themselves under a similar kind of pressure. The pressure to prove themselves.

8x15 - Waste

February 25, 1974

Not so much a skeleton in the cupboard - more a body, alive and kicking, in the attic.

8x16 - Two Wise Monkeys

March 4, 1974

When villains like Burford and Tyndale fall out they will go to any lengths to settle a score. And somewhere along the line the police have to take drastic measures.

8x17 - Dinner Break

March 11, 1974

Lunchtime - relaxation for some. But not for those on duty at Newtown Station.

8x18 - Allegiance

March 18, 1974

Joe Skinner questions a lad about breaking into a cigarette machine, but it soon becomes apparent that he is after more than a confession.

8x19 - Rota

March 25, 1974

The same crime can be committed over and over again, unless someone decides to co-operate with the police.

8x20 - Priority

April 1, 1974

Quilley and Braithwaite have a tricky customer to deal with; Lynch has Stone, as well as a missing child and a shop break-in.

8x21 - Background

April 8, 1974

8x22 - Losers

April 10, 1974

DI Connor runs into Marjorie, an old flame. But what a change in her!

8x23 - Turnabout

April 22, 1974

Mary and Fiona, two women of equal ability and opportunity. So why is one of them a criminal?

8x24 - Intruder

April 29, 1974

8x25 - Mugs?

May 6, 1974

Several well-planned robberies, but none of the suspects with brains and style enough to organise them. So who did?

8x26 - Pastime

May 13, 1974

A fire-raiser for Skinner and an extortionist for Stone and Lynch. Some people have the strangest pastimes.

8x28 - Family

June 30, 1974

Susan Giles wants her father back inside and uses two men to help her. One of them is Quilley, and he unwittingly ruins Skinner's work.