Softly Softly: Task Force (1969)
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- First Air Date: 1969-11-20
- Last Air Date: 1976-12-15
- Total Seasons: 8
- Total Episodes: 149
- Status: Ended
Softly, Softly: Task Force is a police based drama series which ran on BBC 1 from 1969 to 1976. It was a revamp of Softly, Softly, itself a spin-off from Z-Cars. The change was made partly to coincide with the coming of colour broadcasting to the BBC's main channel BBC1. The programme was due to be called simply Task Force, but reluctant to sacrifice a much-loved brand the BBC compromised this so it became Softly, Softly: Task Force.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Arrival | 1969-11-20 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Exercise | 1969-11-27 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Diversion | 1969-12-04 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Spoilt Ones | 1969-12-11 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | To Protect the Innocent | 1969-12-18 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Any Other Night | 1970-01-01 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | The Aggro Boy | 1970-01-08 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Standing Orders | 1970-01-15 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Private Mischief | 1970-01-22 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Open and Shut | 1970-01-29 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Sprats and Mackerels | 1970-02-05 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Like Any Other Friday... | 1970-02-12 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | Power of the Press | 1970-02-19 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Trust a Woman | 1970-02-26 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Hermit | 1970-03-05 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Escort | 1970-03-12 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Baptism | 1970-09-16 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Sunday, Sweet Sunday | 1970-09-23 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Safe in the Streets? | 1970-09-30 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Good Listener | 1970-10-07 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Time Expired | 1970-10-14 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Lessons | 1970-10-21 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Without Favour | 1970-10-28 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Never Hit a Lady | 1970-11-04 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Its Ugly Head | 1970-11-11 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Who Wants Pride...? | 1970-11-18 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Collation | 1970-11-25 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | Do Me a Favour | 1970-12-02 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Sweet Are the Uses of Adversity | 1970-12-09 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | Bearings | 1970-12-16 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | A World Full of Rooms | 1970-12-23 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | The Lie Direct | 1970-12-30 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | Ground Level | 1971-01-06 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | Company Business | 1971-01-13 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Kick Off | 1971-01-20 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | Final Score | 1971-01-27 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | Something Big | 1971-02-03 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | Games | 1971-02-10 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 23 | In the Public Gaze | 1971-02-17 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 24 | Held for Questioning | 1971-02-24 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 25 | Black Equals White | 1971-03-03 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 26 | Cash and Carry | 1971-03-10 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Once Bitten | 1971-10-06 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Hostage | 1971-10-13 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | The Floater | 1971-10-20 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Aberration | 1971-10-27 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Moving On | 1971-11-03 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | An Inside Job | 1971-11-10 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | The Bounty Hunter | 1971-11-17 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Marksman | 1971-11-24 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Copper Wire | 1971-12-01 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | Man of Peace | 1971-12-08 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | Good Touches | 1971-12-15 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | Better Than Doing Porridge | 1971-12-22 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | The Removal | 1971-12-29 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | Priorities | 1972-01-05 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | Resolution | 1972-01-12 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | The Amateur | 1972-01-19 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | Anywhere in the Wide World | 1972-01-26 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | Flight | 1972-02-02 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | The Big Tip-Off | 1972-02-09 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | Woman's World | 1972-02-16 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | A Policeman's Lot: Part 1: The Row on the Stairs | 1972-02-23 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 22 | A Policeman's Lot: Part 2: You Pays Your Money | 1972-03-01 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 23 | A Policeman's Lot: Part 3: It Depends Where You're Standing | 1972-03-08 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 24 | Set Us Alight | 1972-03-15 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 25 | The Easy Job | 1972-03-22 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 26 | Conclusion | 1972-03-29 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Spit and Polish | 1972-09-13 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | Killer | 1972-09-20 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Surveillance | 1972-09-27 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Dog Eat Dog | 1972-10-04 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Bank Rate | 1972-10-11 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | On the Third Day | 1972-10-18 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | The Witness | 1972-10-25 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Run for Your Money | 1972-11-01 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | New Broom | 1972-11-08 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | Paper Chase | 1972-11-15 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | Welcome to the Club | 1972-11-22 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | Justice | 1972-11-29 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | Conversion | 1972-12-06 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 14 | Needle | 1972-12-13 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 15 | Execution | 1972-12-20 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 16 | Time-Table | 1973-01-03 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 17 | Conspiracy | 1973-01-10 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 18 | Money for Sale | 1973-01-17 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 19 | For Love or Money | 1973-01-24 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 20 | Little Acorns | 1973-01-31 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Errors | 1973-09-12 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | Signed Off | 1973-09-19 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | A Quiet Man | 1973-09-26 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | No Way | 1973-10-03 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | No Life for a Woman | 1973-10-10 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | Twenty Seven Pieces of Porcelain | 1973-10-17 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Night Watch | 1973-10-24 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | Catch as Catch Can | 1973-10-31 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | The Loudmouth | 1973-11-07 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | Interrogation | 1973-11-14 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | Slip of the Tongue | 1973-11-21 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 12 | Trial | 1973-11-28 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 13 | Skipper's Walk | 1973-12-05 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 14 | Cover | 1973-12-12 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 15 | Observation | 1973-12-19 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 16 | Trouble Maker | 1974-01-02 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 17 | The Raider | 1974-01-09 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 18 | Victim | 1974-01-16 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | Alert | 1974-09-04 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | You Don't Have to Shout, I'm Listening | 1974-09-11 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | Worth a Million | 1974-09-18 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | Domestic Incident | 1974-09-25 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | Pop Goes the Weasel | 1974-10-02 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | Cat Among the Pigeons | 1974-10-09 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | Pardon | 1974-10-16 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | Little Boy Blue | 1974-10-23 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | A Day's Work | 1974-10-30 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 10 | Paperwork | 1974-11-06 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 11 | See What You've Done | 1974-11-13 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 12 | We're in This Together | 1974-11-20 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 13 | Temptation | 1974-11-27 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 1 | Feedback | 1975-08-27 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 2 | High Life | 1975-09-03 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 3 | Protection | 1975-09-10 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 4 | Grass | 1975-09-17 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 5 | Bargains | 1975-09-24 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 6 | The Talking Doll | 1975-10-01 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 7 | And with What Measure? | 1975-10-08 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 8 | Female of the Species | 1975-10-15 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 9 | A Person Unknown | 1975-10-22 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 10 | Homicide | 1975-10-29 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 11 | Dorothy's Birthday | 1975-11-05 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 12 | Whose Side Are You On? | 1975-11-12 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 13 | Choirboy | 1975-11-19 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 14 | On Call | 1975-11-26 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 15 | Blind Alley | 1975-12-03 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 1 | Not with a Bang... | 1976-09-08 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 2 | There's Always Tomorrow | 1976-09-15 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 3 | Say It with Flowers | 1976-09-22 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 4 | The Trojan Horse | 1976-09-29 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 5 | Now You See It, Now You Don't | 1976-10-06 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 6 | As Good Cooks Go... | 1976-10-13 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 7 | The Visitor | 1976-10-20 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 8 | Baked Beans | 1976-10-27 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 9 | The Climber | 1976-11-03 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 10 | At Risk | 1976-11-10 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 11 | Got Him! | 1976-11-17 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 12 | Just a Whisper? | 1976-11-24 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 13 | A Shot in the Dark | 1976-12-01 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 14 | Communications | 1976-12-08 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 15 | Alarums and Excursions | 1976-12-15 | 60 min |
