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Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It was created as a spin-off from the series Z-Cars which ended its fifth series run in December 1965. The series took its name from the proverb "Softly, softly, catchee monkey", the motto of Lancashire Constabulary Training School.

Original Release

01/05/1966 on BBC

Cast

Name

Character

Stratford Johns

Det. Chief Supt. Charles Barlow

Norman Bowler

Det. Sgt. Harry Hawkins

Frank Windsor

Det. Chief Insp. John Watt

John Barron

Asst. Chief Constable Austin Gilbert

Det. Con. Ben Box

Det. Con. Reg Dwyer

Bob Blackitt

PW Det. Sgt. Barbara Allin

Frank Windsor

Det. Insp. John Watt

Philip Brack

Det. Insp. Jim Cook

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Not with a Bang...	Wednesday, 08 September 1976
2	There's Always Tomorrow	Wednesday, 15 September 1976
3	Say It with Flowers	Wednesday, 22 September 1976
4	The Trojan Horse	Wednesday, 29 September 1976
5	Now You See It, Now You Don't	Wednesday, 06 October 1976
6	As Good Cooks Go...	Wednesday, 13 October 1976
7	The Visitor	Wednesday, 20 October 1976
8	Baked Beans	Wednesday, 27 October 1976
9	The Climber	Wednesday, 03 November 1976
10	At Risk	Wednesday, 10 November 1976
11	Got Him!	Wednesday, 17 November 1976
12	Just a Whisper?	Wednesday, 24 November 1976
13	A Shot in the Dark	Wednesday, 01 December 1976
14	Communications	Wednesday, 08 December 1976
15	Alarums and Excursions	Wednesday, 15 December 1976