
Series 7 (1971)
Episodes: 115
Star Cast: James Ellis , John Slater , Jennie Goossens , Douglas Fielding ,
Episodes List

Ep.1 The Stone Standard Part 1
Air Date: 1971-08-02

Ep.2 The Stone Standard Part 2
Air Date: 1971-08-03
Sergeant Stone - up against militant management and militant workers. And he won't compromise.

Ep.3 The Mystery Part 1
Air Date: 1971-04-09

Ep.4 The Mystery Part 2
Air Date: 1971-08-10
A teenage girl and night time at a railway station brings a problem for PC Covill.

Ep.5 Nobody Hit Me Part 1
Air Date: 1971-08-16

Ep.6 Nobody Hit Me Part 2
Air Date: 1971-08-17
Two grocers, one across the road from the other. Both ordinary, everyday characters. But then one of them has a fire in his shop. Goss and Stone end up with one villain and two very frightened men.

Ep.7 Dan, Dan... Part 1
Air Date: 1971-08-23

Ep.8 Dan, Dan... Part 2
Air Date: 1971-08-24
To get stolen goods to the public a villain has to be an organising genius, and that's not all. The police are keeping an eye on Reg Thurley, who seems to be leading a double life.

Ep.9 Funny Fellah
Air Date: 1971-08-31

Ep.10 Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 1
Air Date: 1971-09-06

Ep.11 Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 2
Air Date: 1971-09-07
Liam Murphy is losing control of the gang. It's time for action.

Ep.12 Purely Medical Purposes Part 1
Air Date: 1971-09-13

Ep.13 Purely Medical Purposes Part 2
Air Date: 1971-09-14
Charlie West is found with stolen property. He's in trouble, so he calls his lawyer.

Ep.14 Grandstand Finish Part 1
Air Date: 1971-09-20

Ep.15 Grandstand Finish Part 2
Air Date: 1971-09-21
Sunday is all quiet, but Monday brings 'Open Day' problems at the Station. But there are more urgent troubles outside.

Ep.16 Funny Creatures Women Part 1
Air Date: 1971-09-27

Ep.17 Funny Creatures Women Part 2
Air Date: 1971-09-28
Night, a deserted park and a young woman on her way home. Skinner is interviewed by Goss and Stone. Then they take the keys to his quarters.

Ep.18 The Dirty Job Part 1
Air Date: 1971-10-04

Ep.19 The Dirty Job Part 2
Air Date: 1971-10-05
The Bannion family is in trouble, but at first not with the police. Bannion can possibly help Goss catch a villain. But is Goss willing to help Bannion in return?

Ep.20 Ding Dong Part 1
Air Date: 1971-10-11

Ep.21 Ding Dong Part 2
Air Date: 1971-10-12
Juvenile crime in Newtown has reached a serious level. A clean-up campaign goes into operation. Then the Sheldon mob arrive in town.

Ep.22 Intrusion Part 1
Air Date: 1971-10-18

Ep.23 Intrusion Part 2
Air Date: 1971-10-19

Ep.24 Not Often We Have Visitors Part 1
Air Date: 1971-10-25

Ep.25 Not Often We Have Visitors Part 2
Air Date: 1971-10-26
There's a V.I.P. visit in the offing and everyone is making plans: Newtown police, Special Branch, Headquarters. And they're not the only ones. It's a straight line from the airport to the Remand Home. And the roads should be fairly quiet.

Ep.26 Contact Man Part 1
Air Date: 1971-11-01

Ep.27 Contact Man Part 2
Air Date: 1971-11-02
Three villains are under lock and key. But where is the missing eight thousand pounds? With business problems and an expensive wife Mr. Owen has lots of reasons to be worried, but there's another reason too.

Ep.28 Take Away Part 1
Air Date: 1971-11-08

Ep.29 Take Away Part 2
Air Date: 1971-11-09
Nicked cars are normally just a routine job. So what makes Annette Minto's so different? At first she just wants her car back, but then something makes her change her mind.

Ep.30 Who Were You With? Part 1
Air Date: 1971-11-15

Ep.31 Who Were You With? Part 2
Air Date: 1971-11-16
A hairdresser's shop is wrecked. In the middle is a frightened girl. She's alone and vulnerable and it's night time. She's no money and nowhere to go. It's not surprising that she's scared.

Ep.32 Danny Boy's Home Part 1
Air Date: 1971-11-22

Ep.33 Danny Boy's Home Part 2
Air Date: 1971-11-23
Danny Baker returns to Newtown. But DS Haggar is back as well. It's not long before the two of them lock antlers.

Ep.34 Rules Of The Game Part 1
Air Date: 1971-11-29

Ep.35 Rules Of The Game Part 2
Air Date: 1971-11-30

Ep.36 The Wrong Odds Part 1
Air Date: 1971-12-06

Ep.37 The Wrong Odds Part 2
Air Date: 1971-12-07

Ep.38 The Horse Dealer Part 1
Air Date: 1971-12-13

Ep.39 The Horse Dealer Part 2
Air Date: 1971-12-14
With Goss coming back Haggar wants to go out on a winner. And even he has a friend or two willing to help him.

Ep.40 Collation Part 1
Air Date: 1971-12-20

Ep.41 Collation Part 2
Air Date: 1971-12-21
Promotion is in the air and Goss is in with an outside chance. A sighting, plus a report from a beat man, might just add up to a feather in Goss's cap at just the right time.

Ep.42 Last Bus To Newtown
Air Date: 1972-01-03
Bert Lynch has almost forgotten what life is like on the cars - out there in the thick of things.

Ep.43 Lynch
Air Date: 1972-01-10
Change. New people. Different methods. Some people call it progress. Bert Lynch, out on his own, is starting to feel left behind. Not the best time for his surprise visitor to call.

Ep.44 Team Work
Air Date: 1972-01-17
Whether it's a family trying to adjust to change or the police force mounting a big crime prevention operation a team is only as strong as its weakest member.

Ep.45 The Attackers
Air Date: 1972-01-24
A lad is walking home late at night...

Ep.46 Retirement
Air Date: 1972-01-31
An old man tries to stop a robbery...

Ep.47 Promotion
Air Date: 1972-02-14
Police life often puts a strain on a marriage, as Goss finds out. Stone is single, but that can also mean trouble.

Ep.48 Canal
Air Date: 1972-02-21
It's the age of fast getaways, but Frank and George are exceptions. They're villains all the same and Sgt. Miller thinks they're worth watching.

Ep.98 Care
Air Date: 1973-02-22
Two girls with their husbands away. Maureen is the social type and likes a drink; Jill is the lonely type, but she finds something for the police to do.

Ep.49 Week Off
Air Date: 1972-02-28
Lynch tries to get away from it all...

Ep.50 Missing
Air Date: 1972-03-06
Mariam Ahmed makes some trouble for the police.

Ep.51 Quilley
Air Date: 1972-04-10
Quilley - on and off duty - with trouble on both fronts.

Ep.52 Tessa In The Woodpile
Air Date: 1972-04-17
After a robbery Tessa goes on the warpath.

Ep.53 Keep To Yourself
Air Date: 1972-04-24
Two loners. Stone cops one of them, Skinner the other.

Ep.54 Smoke
Air Date: 1972-05-01

Ep.55 Operation Ascalon
Air Date: 1972-05-08
Is Goss to blame when the operation goes wrong?

Ep.56 Short Cut
Air Date: 1972-05-15
Stone arrests and charges Andy Walker as a try-on.

Ep.57 Hagger
Air Date: 1972-05-22
DS Cecil Haggar is back in Newtown. He's at a loose end, so he gravitates towards the nearest pub. There he finds trouble.

Ep.58 Playtime
Air Date: 1972-05-29
Stone and Skinner are off duty. Then there's a jewel theft and a robbery with violence.

Ep.59 Sweet Girl
Air Date: 1972-06-05
A lass is missing...

Ep.60 Access
Air Date: 1972-06-12
Quilley stops at a pub. Is it routine, or isn't it?

Ep.61 Goss
Air Date: 1972-06-19
Mrs. Goss and a lawyer add up to problems for DI Goss.

Ep.62 The Wolf And The Sheep Part 1
Air Date: 1972-07-10

Ep.63 The Wolf And The Sheep Part 2
Air Date: 1972-07-11
Sgt. Miller is back on duty and up against another pro. He gets some good advice.

Ep.64 Forget It Part 1
Air Date: 1972-07-17

Ep.65 Forget It Part 2
Air Date: 1972-07-18
A man with no name and no memory - or a man with something to hide?

Ep.66 A Neighbour's Goods Part 1
Air Date: 1972-07-24

Ep.67 A Neighbour's Goods Part 2
Air Date: 1972-07-25
There's a dead woman and Sgt. Miller expects trouble. Then an anonymous phone call brings more surprises for him.

Ep.68 Loyalties Part 1
Air Date: 1972-07-31

Ep.69 Loyalties Part 2
Air Date: 1972-08-01
Stolen gear, or planted? Stone and Lynch disagree. Lynch is trying to get one over Stone. Then the punch-up happens.

Ep.70 Relative Values Part 1
Air Date: 1972-08-07

Ep.71 Relative Values Part 2
Air Date: 1972-08-08
OAPs are short of cash... and then the police are involved. Stone and Skinner are looking for something old-fashioned.

Ep.72 Not Good Enough Part 1
Air Date: 1972-08-14

Ep.73 Not Good Enough Part 2
Air Date: 1972-08-15
Sgt. Miller wants him. So does Skinner. But Bright is clever. Miller tries the 'Chinese Water Torture'.

Ep.74 Breakage Part 1
Air Date: 1972-08-21

Ep.75 Breakage Part 2
Air Date: 1972-08-22
A man with a parcel - George T. Wood - who's looking for someone; who's been kept waiting most of his life. And a derelict building, all glass and wind - and someone up on the roof. Quilley takes a big risk.

Ep.76 Connor
Air Date: 1972-09-11
Fred Connor is the new Detective Inspector at Newtown. He has unfinished business - with a villain named Bright.

Ep.77 The Team
Air Date: 1972-09-18
Inspector Connor is on trial. So is Sgt. Stone and the entire Newtown police force.

Ep.78 Witness
Air Date: 1972-09-25
Terence Nichols is in custody at Newtown police station after a wages snatch. There are three days to the trial and Stone thinks it's an open and shut case. He has a reliable witness in Sydney Adams. But one of the villains is still on the run.

Ep.79 Takes All Sorts
Air Date: 1972-10-02
A new Inspector arrives at Newtown, Ralph Edward Pratt by name, spruce as a pocket hanky and dripping self-confidence. He is fussy and believes in doing everything by the book. He also wants to get involved in everything that's going on, however trivial. It doesn't take long for Bert Lynch to take a violent dislike to the newcomer and to make every effort to avoid him!

Ep.80 Sins Of The Father
Air Date: 1972-10-09
Wives of prisoners are easier to chat up than the prisoners themselves - and Inspector Connor wants to find the missing money from a bank robbery.

Ep.81 Damage
Air Date: 1972-10-16
Night-time and a frightened house breaker. Newtown police reveal an unusual mystery.

Ep.82 Day Trip
Air Date: 1972-10-23
Sgt. Haggar and PC Quilley are back on the strength just at the time Dilly Watson, a clever thief, arrives in Newtown.

Ep.83 Public Relations
Air Date: 1972-10-30
DS Haggar doesn't like Ken Knowles. ""Journalists,"" he says, ""grow fat on misrepresenting police information"". He doesn't like old Bertha either. She doesn't give information. So what chance does he stand against both of them?

Ep.84 Old Soldiers
Air Date: 1972-11-06
Old Sepp is passing through Newtown. PC Hackett is on the way out. But both are involved with Marlene.

Ep.85 Diabolical Liberty
Air Date: 1972-11-13
There's just no helping some people, as Bert Lynch finds out when Chief Inspector Logie investigates a break-in with a difference.

Ep.86 Old Acquaintance
Air Date: 1972-11-20
A newly released prisoner, Dan Fowler, returns to his wife Julia and plans to fix an old enemy. But Julia has plans of her own.

Ep.87 The Legacy
Air Date: 1972-11-27
Sgt. Stone goes to the funeral of an old and respected thief in the hope of unearthing a few skeletons. But dead men don't talk and neither will this one's grandson.

Ep.88 The Amateurs
Air Date: 1972-12-04
While Austin Nuttall dreams of owning his own business Connor dreams of nailing a fence. And with two crimes unsolved, Connor demonstrates how to kill two men and two birds with one stone.

Ep.89 Hobo
Air Date: 1972-12-11
A gullible old man, a con man, and a do-gooder. And Tom Stone is right in the middle and in need of somewhere to live.

Ep.90 Old Lag
Air Date: 1972-12-18

Ep.91 Skinner
Air Date: 1973-01-04
Skinner returns to C.I.D. He's after a villain, wanted by both the Met. and DS Haggar.

Ep.92 Skin Game
Air Date: 1973-01-11
A safe-breaker, a club owner and a farmer. All three play the same game until Miller joins in and gets under their skin.

Ep.93 Backwater
Air Date: 1973-01-18
All Tom Stone wants is a quiet weekend's fishing, but then he meets Sergeant Rust. Together they catch a very queer fish, but have different ideas about landing it.

Ep.94 Big Jake
Air Date: 1973-01-25
Who gets to Big Jake first, Billy Fielden or DC Skinner? One of them wants to help him, the other just wants him. And who, or what, is Big Jake anyway?

Ep.95 Women At Work
Air Date: 1973-02-01
Two working women, one admired by Lynch, the other disliked by Miller. And in the background a singular third person, badly wanted by Skinner.

Ep.96 Jack The Dodger
Air Date: 1973-02-08
There's a problem for Skinner when a suspicious odd-job man takes lodgings with an old flame of Bert Lynch.

Ep.97 Miller
Air Date: 1973-02-15
A body in a canal and Miller follows a chain of enquiries that brings him face to face with... himself.

Ep.99 Operation Watchdog
Air Date: 1973-03-01
Connor comes back to vandalism and to conflict with some local bigwigs. And Skinner's in a spot of bother

Ep.100 Defection
Air Date: 1973-03-08
A member of a visiting Trade Delegation takes a positive step concerning th future. But Sgt. Stone's future is left for Connor and Richards to fight over.

Ep.101 Invention
Air Date: 1973-03-15
Rowena Bishop has a reputation for storytelling. She tells Sgt. Lynch about a body down on the foreshore.

Ep.102 Hard Man
Air Date: 1973-03-22
Clifford Roscoe is the local hard man. He's fresh out of jail and ready and anxious to cause trouble. But Stone and Connor are ready for him.

Ep.103 Domestic
Air Date: 1973-03-29
A bitter argument, an unexpected tragedy and Sgt. Stone finds himself pushing a suspect very hard indeed.

Ep.104 Pat
Air Date: 1973-04-05
Pat Mason is a Salvationist and everyone likes her, particularly the regulars at Alan Doherty's pub. So why should anyone want to hurt her?

Ep.105 Bowman
Air Date: 1973-04-12
Bringing up a family in Newtown isn't easy, especially for a copper.

Ep.106 The Lady And The Gentleman
Air Date: 1973-04-19
There's a housebreaker with a difference operating in Newtown. He leaves no marks when he breaks in and he never steals anything.

Ep.107 Suspicion
Air Date: 1973-04-30
Sgt. Lynch takes an interest in Susan Rawlings while her husband is in prison.

Ep.108 Mileage
Air Date: 1973-05-07
Jupp has a large family and needs to keep his job. But events pile up against him - his boss and a robbery - and he needs to keep his cool.

Ep.109 Routine
Air Date: 1973-05-14
Lynch and Quilley are on 'nights'. And a routine call to a break-in leads to a break-up that's far from routine.

Ep.110 The Spike
Air Date: 1973-05-21
A suspicious death. Who is and who isn't involved? And what is the fiddle going on at Munster House?

Ep.111 Hi-Jack
Air Date: 1973-06-04
A stolen lorry load of meat parked on a busy road. A piece of cake for the police, unless the lorry driver's name is Houdini!

Ep.112 Mother And Child
Air Date: 1973-06-11
Joyce is very protective towards her son - even when he's in prison.

Ep.113 Co-Operation
Air Date: 1973-06-18
Understanding between husband and wife, detective and villain, Police Constable and member of the public - but what about the co-operation between Stone and Haggar?

Ep.114 No Proceedings
Air Date: 1973-06-25
Hugo Vallance, an old-fashioned Lord of the Manor, is trying to survive in a modern world - of gossip, scandal and theft.

Ep.115 Officer Material...?
Air Date: 1973-07-02
It's the day of Lynch's promotion board. He's already passed his exams, so he knows his stuff. But - is he the right type to be an officer?