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Hunters Walk

TV Series · 1973

Hunters Walk

60 min · Crime, Drama · Ended

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Synopsis

Hunters Walk – devised by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis – was about crime on a smaller – but no less dramatic – scale, and featured a police force in the fictional Midlands town of Broadstone (the series was actually filmed in Rushden, Northants). Sharing several similarities with the classic 1950s police drama, in particular a small-town settingband storylines encompassing the more human aspects of police work, Hunters Walk offered a contrasting alternative to the 1970s more hard-hitting, action-led urban crime dramas. The small, idiosyncratic team of officers faced a typically broad spectrum of cases, from neighbours’ disputes and hooliganism to suspected murder.

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Seasons & episodes

Season 1 (13 ep)
  • 1. Disturbance

    Jun 4, 1973 · 60 min

    Led by Smith, the Broadstone police force suddenly find themselves in a manhunt for a disturbed and potentially dangerous man. All leave is cancelled and the lads are off and running.

  • 2. Local Knowledge

    Jun 11, 1973 · 60 min

    A case of assault. A sick man at large. Smith, awakened from his slumbers by PC Pooley, is having none of it – but the experience will affect both him and the citizens of Broadwater.

  • 3. Outcast

    Jun 18, 1973 · 60 min

    When Smokey Haines returns after serving two years for infanticide, Smith must look for mitigation circumstances in the case – and sympathy of the locals.

  • 4. Behaviour

    Jun 25, 1973 · 60 min

    What is Smith to make of Raymond Flack, a new arrival in Broadstone — and why should local villain Jimmy Walker wish to leave?

  • 5. Vanishing Trick

    Jul 1, 1973 · 60 min

    Certain there's a connection between a housebreaker who has eluded the police for months and the recent death of Ben Lawrence, Smith has trouble proving it. His only clue is Lawrence's teenage daughter.

  • 6. Reasonable Suspicion

    Jul 8, 1973 · 60 min

    The Criminal Law Act 1967, Section Two, sub-sections four and five states 'A constable may arrest, without warrant, any person whom he – with reasonable cause - suspects either to be guilty of an offence or about to commit an offence'. But how should one apply the act? That's Smith's problem.

  • 7. Discretion

    Jul 15, 1973 · 60 min

    When Ridgeway begins receiving anonymous complaints of petty offenses – people parking without lights, a householder without a dog licence -– Smith has little sympathy, until a routine enquiry pays unexpected results.

  • 8. Care and Protection

    Jul 22, 1973 · 60 min

    Two separate cases, both concerning children, Smith and his colleagues face a harsh look at reality and the detective must find the link that connects both events.

  • 9. Incident

    Jul 29, 1973 · 60 min

    When George Lomax, a down-on-his-heels dealer in double glazing, leaves a pub drunk and disgruntled, it sets off a chain of events which require the assistance – and understanding – of the Broadstone police.

  • 10. The Old Folks at Home

    Aug 5, 1973 · 60 min

    It's the old story all over again, Someone moves into Broadstone, sets up a con, takes easy pickings from the old and helpless – then moves on. But this time, the smoothie has charmed someone to death and Smith is anxious to nab him.

  • 11. All Too Tidy

    Aug 12, 1973 · 60 min

    When Les comes out of prison and his father tries to establish a new rapport with him – but the bored and spoiled Les gets up to his old tricks – Smith takes an interest in the boy's welfare.

  • 12. Lost Dog

    Aug 19, 1973 · 60 min

    A number of seemingly unrelated events after a robbery suddenly fall into place and give Smith and his team something to work on — but in which direction will it lead them?

  • 13. Skeletons

    Aug 26, 1973 · 60 min

    When an elderly woman is found dead in her shop and the clues all add up to murder, the force are fishing in the dark – but routine door-to door enquirers bring some unexpected results.

Season 2 (13 ep)
  • 1. Help

    Apr 22, 1974 · 60 min

  • 2. Perspectives

    Apr 29, 1974 · 60 min

  • 3. Villain

    May 6, 1974 · 60 min

  • 4. Blind Eye

    May 13, 1974 · 60 min

  • 5. Lost Sheep

    May 20, 1974 · 60 min

  • 6. Charlie

    May 27, 1974 · 60 min

  • 7. Digger

    Jun 3, 1974 · 60 min

  • 8. Ella

    Jun 10, 1974 · 60 min

  • 9. Witness

    Jun 17, 1974 · 60 min

  • 10. Seady Job

    Jun 24, 1974 · 60 min

  • 11. Vistors

    Jul 1, 1974 · 60 min

  • 12. Free While Wednesday

    Jul 8, 1974 · 60 min

  • 13. Kids

    Jul 22, 1974 · 60 min

Season 3 (1 ep)
  • 13. Kicking and Screaming

    Aug 24, 1976 · 60 min

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