Juliet Bravo

Aug 30, 1980

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.

Sep 6, 1980

An elderly tea-lady is arrested, accused of stealing large sums of money from her employer.

Sep 13, 1980

A body is found in Hartley, and Insp Darbley helps a detective from the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad with the murder investigation.

Sep 20, 1980

PC Bentley tells Jean he thinks a woman is involved in a burglary at Major Adams's fall-out shelter. He is almost right.

Sep 27, 1980

Insp Darbley finds herself caught up in a dispute over an old steam engine.

Oct 4, 1980

Insp Darbley deals with nine-year-old tearaway Jonny Duffield.

Oct 11, 1980

Mick Grainger is apprehensive about leaving prison after six years and returning to his wife Judy.

Oct 18, 1980

Police make a bizarre discovery in the yard of Szabo's fish and chip shop.

Oct 25, 1980

Insp. Darbley tries to save a disturbed young mother and her baby.

Nov 1, 1980

Officers from the crime squad mount an undercover operation against a gang of international counterfeiters.

Nov 8, 1980

Insp Darbley goes to the rescue of an inexperienced young W.P.C.

Nov 15, 1980

Violence erupts in Hartley when an incomer tries to open a country club.

Nov 22, 1980

A widower and father of four who is fond of a drink or two comes between Insp Darbley and her husband.

Nov 29, 1980

Eleven-year-old Janice claims she has been told to steal washing from a launderette by a mystery man named Oscar.

Dec 6, 1980

Special Branch ask Insp Darbley to investigate a possible threat in advance of a planned royal visit.

Dec 13, 1980

Insp. Darbley takes a week's leave to carry out some home-decorating.

Sep 5, 1981

Insp Darbley clashes with her new boss, Chief Superintendent Albert Hallam.

Sep 12, 1981

Insp. Darbley tries to help a vulnerable young woman.

Sep 19, 1981

Insp. Darbley is left holding the baby when a prisoner is released from H.M.P. Parkhurst.

Sep 26, 1981

Police investigate a pet shop owner accused of inappropriate relations with a young child.

Oct 3, 1981

Insp. Darbley deals with an elderly couple who refuse to comply with an eviction order.

Oct 10, 1981

Insp. Darbley arranges safe accommodation for the sole witness in an attempted murder case.

Oct 17, 1981

Police investigate the disappearance of a teenaged boy who walks out of school just before taking his O-Level examinations.

Oct 24, 1981

A store detective's life starts to fall apart when she is compulsorily retired.

Oct 31, 1981

A well-known and respected councillor faces scandal and ruin over the love of the wrong woman.

Nov 7, 1981

Information from an informant has sent a man to jail, with serious consequences for Insp Darbley's private life.

Nov 10, 1981

Tom Darblay attends to an illness in the family, while P.C. Gallagher has his own family crisis.

Nov 21, 1981

Sgt. Parrish is surprised by the revelations of a minor criminal, while Insp. Darbley tries to solve the mystery of an old woman's amazing journey.

Nov 28, 1981

A man who was presumed dead after disappearing ten years earlier turns up to see Sgt. Beck.

Dec 5, 1981

Insp. Darbley doubts a man who swears he is innocent of any involvement in a robbery.

Sep 4, 1982

A soldier, home on leave from service in Northern Ireland, gets involved in a serious incident.

Sep 11, 1982

Police investigate a rash of unexplained fires.

Sep 18, 1982

Insp. Darbley investigates when the site of a new office development is vandalised.

Sep 25, 1982

Insp. Darbley is determined to identify the practical joker behind a series of petty thefts.

Oct 2, 1982

A gypsy is released from prison, reawakening a long-standing family feud.

Oct 9, 1982

PC Ted Palmer challenges Insp Darbley's authority, with unhappy consequences.

Oct 16, 1982

The police have to deal with a rowdy night at the Warmsleigh Road Social Club.

Oct 23, 1982

The police have to deal with the logistics of the annual pop festival. Meanwhile, a celebrated former resident returns to Hartley to visit his daughter.

Oct 30, 1982

Insp. Darbley deals with a face from the past, in a week in which the police have to cope with a robbery at the local co-op and some missing pigs.

Nov 7, 1982

P.C. Martin Helmshore faces a serious accusation.

Nov 14, 1982

The police deal with conflict between neighbouring farmers.

Nov 21, 1982

Insp Darbley is anxious to find out what Frankie Miller is doing in Hartley, and why Dick Graydon is covering up for him.

Nov 28, 1982

Two women struggle to cope with loneliness, with tragic consequences for one of them.

Dec 4, 1982

Sgt. Beck has difficulty trying to sell tickets for the annual police dance.

Sep 3, 1983

The team at Hartley police station await the arrival of the new inspector. Having lost Insp. Darbley, it will be good to have a man back in charge of the place.

Sep 10, 1983

Insp. Kate Longton leads an urgent search to save a life after receiving an anonymouse telephone call.

Sep 17, 1983

Insp. Longton agrees to a meeting about a forthcoming speaking engagement, but finds herself in a perilous situation.

Sep 24, 1983

Insp Longton tries to protect some children from a deadly habit.

Oct 1, 1983

Sgt Parrish demands to know why Insp Longton has taken Sgt Beck's name off the duty sheets.

Oct 8, 1983

P.C. Danny Sparks thinks about quitting the force, but Insp. Longton has decided to buy a house locally.

Oct 15, 1983

Insp Longton is struck by the resemblance between a missing husband and an artist's impression of a wanted man.

Oct 22, 1983

Insp. Longton becomes involved in the case of a young foster mother accused of shoplifting.

Oct 29, 1983

D.S. Bernie Duckworth faces a family tragedy when his daughter is knocked down by a lorry.

Nov 5, 1983

Insp. Longton enquires after John Morton, a dangerous young man who has returned to Hartley.

Sep 12, 1983

An elderly man reports hearing a threatening voice calling from outside his isolated house - in German.

Nov 19, 1983

Insp. Longton attends a report of assault, and examines her relationship with John Holden.

Nov 26, 1983

Insp. Longton tries to unravel the secret behind the strange behaviour of seventeen-year-old Simon Bailey.

Dec 3, 1983

Insp. Longton clashes with D.C.I. Mark Perrin over an armed robbery.

Sep 1, 1984

D.C.I. Perrin asks Insp. Longton to help bring an important witness back on side.

Sep 8, 1984

Insp. Longton warns local pensioners about confidence tricksters who have been posing as council officials.

Sep 15, 1984

A fourteen-year-old girl has gone missing along with two hundred pounds from her mother's desk.

Sep 22, 1984

Insp. Longton investigates a road accident and tries to prove that a drink-driver was responsible.

Sep 29, 1984

A local newspaper encourages hostility towards a travelling community.

Oct 6, 1984

A police officer's son is arrested.

Oct 13, 1984

Insp. Longton is in court and finds her motives under attack by an aggressive defence barrister.

Oct 20, 1984

The manager of a dry-cleaning establishment confesses to a prior conviction for fraud and finds himself out of a job.

Oct 27, 1984

A girl complains that a young man told her she will die on Hallowe'en.

Nov 3, 1984

P.C. Sparks provides someone with a defence of alibi against accusations of involvement in a series of robberies.

Nov 10, 1984

An anonymous telephone call leads Insp. Longton to a hopeless domestic situation and possible child abuse.

Nov 17, 1984

Insp. Longton needs the advice of Sgt. Beck in dealing with a troublesome freelance journalist, but he is on leave and cannot be found.

Nov 24, 1984

Sgt. Beck resigns when a prisoner is found dead in his cell.

Dec 1, 1984

A man confesses murder to the new vicar of Hartley then threatens to kill himself.

Sep 7, 1985

A gang, disguised as a shooting party, take the wife of a bank manager hostage.

Sep 14, 1985

Two brothers-in-law, on opposite sides during the miners' strike, are at loggerheads.

Sep 21, 1985

Insp. Longton informs a woman of the death of her daughter from a drug overdose, but the mother seems to be hiding something.

Sep 28, 1985

Sgt Beck and PC Sparks respond to a call to a break-in, but the suspect makes good his escape. Beck suspects a courting couple near the scene of involvement.

Oct 5, 1985

Insp. Longton finds that the demands of the job take their toll on her personal life, when responding to a report that an intruder has entered her friend's house.

Oct 12, 1985

A series of video thefts leads to an investigation of a rather more serious crime.

Oct 19, 1985

Insp. Longton discovers that one of her colleagues is a thief.

Oct 26, 1985

Insp. Longton suspects the involvement of animal rights activists when a butcher and a pathologist are subjected to harassment.

Nov 2, 1985

The police have to contend with a hymn-singing religious fanatic and a sleepless lay preacher. Insp. Longton has a heart-to-heart with D.C.I. Perrin.

Nov 9, 1985

Hartley Police Station prepares for a visit from the Chief Constable.

Nov 16, 1985

A man detained overnight for being drunk and disorderly reports seing a young girl in chains.

Nov 23, 1985

An army major asks Insp Longton to help him find a deserting corporal.

Nov 30, 1985

Insp. Longton investigates an alleged affair between a teacher and one of his pupils.

Dec 7, 1985

Local residents complain about a gang of youngsters asking for work.

Dec 14, 1985

Insp. Longton is held up on her way to an interview for the post of Chief Inspector of the Juvenile Board, as she has to deal with a deranged woman threatening to harm her own children.

Dec 21, 1985

The police deal with a spate of thefts of Christmas trees, while Insp. Longton considers her career options in light of her failed bid for promotion.