Barlow

Sep 15, 1971 (en) Drama [50] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 15, 1971
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    Barlow
  • Release
    Sep 15, 1971
  • en
    -

Overview

Barlow at Large is a British television programme broadcast in the 1970s, starring Stratford Johns in the title role. Johns had previously played Barlow in the Z-Cars, Softly, Softly and Softly, Softly: Taskforce series on BBC television during the 1960s and early 1970s. Barlow at Large began as a three-part self-contained spin-off from Softly, Softly: Taskforce in 1971 with Barlow co-opted by the home office to investigate police corruption in Wales. Johns left Softly, Softly for good in 1972, but returned for a further series of Barlow at Large in the following year, Barlow having gone on full-time secondment to the Home Office. This second series, rather than telling one story in serial form, as the 1971 series had, was instead ten 50-minute episodes, each with a self-contained story. In this series, Barlow was supported by Norman Comer as Detective Sergeant Rees, who had been helpful to him during the first series. He also had to deal with the political machinations of the senior civil servant Fenton. In 1974 the series was renamed Barlow and a further two series of eight episodes each followed, introducing the character of Detective Inspector Tucker, played by Derek Newark. The final episode was transmitted in February 1975. The Barlow character was seen again in the series Second Verdict in which he, along with his former colleague John Watt, looked into unsolved cases and unsafe convictions from history.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Season 1 ( 1971-09-15)

A Welcome in the Hillside

Episode: 1

Come to Dust

Episode: 2

Heat of the Sun

Episode: 3

Season 2 ( 1973-02-07)

Strays

Episode: 1

Wanted

Episode: 2

Review

Episode: 3

Publicity

Episode: 4

Wheelbarrows

Episode: 5

Informant

Episode: 6

Trespass

Episode: 7

Assessor

Episode: 8

Treasure

Episode: 9

Confidence

Episode: 10

Season 3 ( 1974-01-23)

Big Deal

Episode: 1

Snatch

Episode: 2

Plunder

Episode: 3

Hit

Episode: 4

Corruption

Episode: 5

Restitution

Episode: 6

Snookered

Episode: 7

Sect

Episode: 8

Season 4 ( 1975-01-08)

Vindication

Episode: 1

Away

Episode: 2

Bullion

Episode: 3

Rat Run

Episode: 4

Asylum

Episode: 5

Contessa

Episode: 6

Nemesis

Episode: 7

Protection

Episode: 8
Sep 15, 1971 (en)
Drama
[50] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 15, 1971
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 60%
Original Title Barlow
en

Overview

Barlow at Large is a British television programme broadcast in the 1970s, starring Stratford Johns in the title role. Johns had previously played Barlow in the Z-Cars, Softly, Softly and Softly, Softly: Taskforce series on BBC television during the 1960s and early 1970s. Barlow at Large began as a three-part self-contained spin-off from Softly, Softly: Taskforce in 1971 with Barlow co-opted by the home office to investigate police corruption in Wales. Johns left Softly, Softly for good in 1972, but returned for a further series of Barlow at Large in the following year, Barlow having gone on full-time secondment to the Home Office. This second series, rather than telling one story in serial form, as the 1971 series had, was instead ten 50-minute episodes, each with a self-contained story. In this series, Barlow was supported by Norman Comer as Detective Sergeant Rees, who had been helpful to him during the first series. He also had to deal with the political machinations of the senior civil servant Fenton. In 1974 the series was renamed Barlow and a further two series of eight episodes each followed, introducing the character of Detective Inspector Tucker, played by Derek Newark. The final episode was transmitted in February 1975. The Barlow character was seen again in the series Second Verdict in which he, along with his former colleague John Watt, looked into unsolved cases and unsafe convictions from history.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer