Series 1 (1980)
Release date: 1980-08-30
Episodes (16):
1. Shot Gun
A new police inspector, Jean Darbley, arrives at Hartley police station and immediately has to deal with a man who takes his daughter from her home at gunpoint.
Release date: 1980-08-30
2. Fraudulently Uttered
An elderly tea-lady is arrested, accused of stealing large sums of money from her employer.
Release date: 1980-09-06
3. The Draughtsman
A body is found in Hartley, and Insp Darbley helps a detective from the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad with the murder investigation.
Release date: 1980-09-13
4. Coins
PC Bentley tells Jean he thinks a woman is involved in a burglary at Major Adams's fall-out shelter. He is almost right.
Release date: 1980-09-20
5. Trouble At T'Mill
Insp Darbley finds herself caught up in a dispute over an old steam engine.
Release date: 1980-09-27
6. The Runner
Insp Darbley deals with nine-year-old tearaway Jonny Duffield.
Release date: 1980-10-04
7. Coming Back
Mick Grainger is apprehensive about leaving prison after six years and returning to his wife Judy.
Release date: 1980-10-11
8. Cages
Police make a bizarre discovery in the yard of Szabo's fish and chip shop.
Release date: 1980-10-18
9. Rage
Insp. Darbley tries to save a disturbed young mother and her baby.
Release date: 1980-10-25
10. The One Who Got Away
Officers from the crime squad mount an undercover operation against a gang of international counterfeiters.
Release date: 1980-11-01
11. Expectations
Insp Darbley goes to the rescue of an inexperienced young W.P.C.
Release date: 1980-11-08
12. Home-Grown Or Imported?
Violence erupts in Hartley when an incomer tries to open a country club.
Release date: 1980-11-15
13. Family Unit
A widower and father of four who is fond of a drink or two comes between Insp Darbley and her husband.
Release date: 1980-11-22
14. Oscar
Eleven-year-old Janice claims she has been told to steal washing from a launderette by a mystery man named Oscar.
Release date: 1980-11-29
15. The Anastasia Syndrome
Special Branch ask Insp Darbley to investigate a possible threat in advance of a planned royal visit.
Release date: 1980-12-06
16. Relief
Insp. Darbley takes a week's leave to carry out some home-decorating.
Release date: 1980-12-13
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
David Ellison - Sergeant Joseph Beck, Stephanie Turner - Inspector Jean Darblay, Noel Collins - Sergeant George Parrish