Probation Officer

1. S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1

Sep 14, 1959

Philip Main is recruited has a probation officer. Arthur Finney was arrested for burglary. The prison doctor says the boy has been a marijuana addict for three months. Main attempts to build a relationship with the boy and his parents.

2. S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2

Sep 21, 1959

Mr. Alexander asks Philip Main to help him to persuade his son Johnny not to marry white girl Mary Sadler. When a razor gang attack the pair, he kills one in self defence. Mary decides to comes forward to give evidence in his defence.

3. S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3

Sep 28, 1959

Residivist Patsy Morley convinces the Judge that he is worth another chance, so Philip Main has to access him for probation. Meanwhile marijuana addict Arthur Finney has been sent to the psychiatric ward and is desperate to talk to Main..

4. S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4

Oct 5, 1959

5. S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5

Oct 12, 1959

An old friend of Philip Main, Corporal Len Grantham contacts him for help with his marriage. He says his German wife, Eva is seeing a married man Mr. Daniels and wants it to stop. Jim Blake thinks that Iris Cope must deal with the wife.

6. S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6

Oct 19, 1959

Iris Cope is given the task of helping Carrie West, a doctor's daughter given a two years probation for stealing. Her parents are unable to control her behaviour so Iris has no choice but to hand her over to senior colleague Miss Randell.

7. S1.E7 ∙ Episode #1.7

Oct 26, 1959

Former regular army officer Colonel Chester is in court for using his cane to smash a car windscreen. Philip Main has to make a probation report and realises the Colonel could be perfect solution for dealing with jailbird Nobby Clarke.

8. S1.E8 ∙ Episode #1.8

Nov 2, 1959

Con Barnes is released from borstal and starts a knife fight with Larry Melvin. Both are arrested. When Blake visits Melvin's family they turn on him. Meanwhile Lily Smith changes Barnes narrative and leaves facing Melvin a long sentence.

9. S1.E9 ∙ Episode #1.9

Nov 9, 1959

10. S1.E10 ∙ Episode #1.10

Nov 16, 1959

The probation officers deal with two cases: the sliding fortunes of ex-pilot Mark Kennedy and the theft of a baby by its nanny.

11. S1.E11 ∙ Episode #1.11

Nov 23, 1959

12. S1.E12 ∙ Episode #1.12

Nov 30, 1959

A doctor feels isolated by his sexuality.

13. S1.E13 ∙ Episode #1.13

Dec 7, 1959

During a Ban the Bomb demonstration a police horse rider is felled. Peter Fry is the nearest person and arrested. He is sentenced to 14 years in jail, suspended for one year. Main needs to persuade him to keep to the terms of his release.

14. S1.E14 ∙ Episode #1.14

Dec 14, 1959

Joyce Langley and Kathleen Morgan are charged of attacking John Anderson. Morgan is sentenced to six months in jail but Langley is given probation has it is her first offence. Iris Cope hopes to persuade Joyce not to go into prostitution.

15. S1.E15 ∙ Episode #1.15

Dec 21, 1959

Philip Main's client Mr. Belcher is father of six children charged for receiving stolen goods from his daughter. Main would like him to have probation. Iris Cope has deal with daughter Myrtle who seems unwillingly to cooperate with her.

16. S1.E16 ∙ Episode #1.16

Dec 28, 1959

Richard Bates is found guilty of GBH, on Peter Woodburn, in a drunken rage. Bates was a former staff officer and a managing director but lost his job when the company was taken over. Jim Blake attempts to help him with his alcoholism.

17. S1.E17 ∙ Episode #1.17

Jan 4, 1960

Philip Main has to deal with two different types of boys who are put on probation by a juvenile court.

18. S1.E18 ∙ Episode #1.18

Jan 11, 1960

19. S1.E19 ∙ Episode #1.19

Jan 18, 1960

A youth with a bad past is found the one kind of work - wood carving - that interests him but there is trouble when a shop steward recognises him as someone who is on probation.

20. S1.E20 ∙ Episode #1.20

Jan 25, 1960

21. S1.E21 ∙ Episode #1.21

Feb 1, 1960

The problems of an elderly Jewish tailor and his son after the father is brought to court for receiving stolen cloth.

22. S1.E22 ∙ Episode #1.22

Feb 8, 1960

70-year-old grandad Charlie Toliver has broke into the gas meter to pay for his radio. At court, the judge Charlie is given 12 months probation. Jim Blake wants Charlie to consider part time work but his family disagree over his future.

23. S1.E23 ∙ Episode #1.23

Feb 15, 1960

A Hungarian refugee faces prejudice and loneliness and is not accepted by his trade union.

24. S1.E24 ∙ Episode #1.24

Feb 22, 1960

The problems caused by hire-purchase payments on luxury goods.

25. S1.E25 ∙ Episode #1.25

Feb 29, 1960

The probation officers deal with a case of matrimonial difficulties.

26. S1.E26 ∙ Episode #1.26

Mar 7, 1960

The spoilt 16-year-old son of a wealthy novelist is a problem for the probation authorities.

27. S1.E27 ∙ Episode #1.27

Mar 14, 1960

A woman steals a coat when her husband becomes too ill to work.

28. S1.E28 ∙ Episode #1.28

Mar 21, 1960

Merchant seaman Greg Miller is told by a doctor that he is unfit to continue his life at sea because of failing eyesight. When he gets involved in a brawl his case comes to the attention of the probation officers.

29. S1.E29 ∙ Episode #1.29

Mar 28, 1960

30. S1.E30 ∙ Episode #1.30

Apr 4, 1960

A girl is put on probation because of her association with a man who has been sent to prison.

31. S1.E31 ∙ Episode #1.31

Apr 11, 1960

Former Polish soldier Paul Kresler is in trouble after stealing a few pennies from a newspaper stand because of his bad former record.

32. S1.E32 ∙ Episode #1.32

Apr 18, 1960

A 15-year-old boy keeps getting into trouble because he wants to show his friends that he is not afraid.

33. S1.E33 ∙ Episode #1.33

Apr 25, 1960

A criminal who complains that his circumstances have been against him gets a new start, but his determination to reform doesn't last long.

34. S1.E34 ∙ Episode #1.34

May 2, 1960

A former sergeant major still under the influence of army discipline exerts it on his family with unhappy results.

35. S1.E35 ∙ Episode #1.35

May 9, 1960

The case of a young man with a disregard for the law and an ability for getting in trouble in spite of his father's best efforts.

36. S1.E36 ∙ Episode #1.36

May 16, 1960

37. S1.E37 ∙ Episode #1.37

May 23, 1960

38. S1.E38 ∙ Episode #1.38

May 30, 1960

A former army man is charged with embezzlement.

39. S1.E39 ∙ Episode #1.39

Jun 6, 1960

1. S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1

Sep 12, 1960

2. S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2

Sep 19, 1960

Philip Main is asked to help a girl who is ill treated by her father, a strongly religious widower.

3. S2.E3 ∙ Episode #2.3

Sep 26, 1960

4. S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4

Oct 3, 1960

A man is in trouble for selling something he has bought on hire purchase.

5. S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5

Oct 10, 1960

6. S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6

Oct 17, 1960

Dr Svoboda is a Czech physicist whose hatred of Germans lands him in trouble.

7. S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7

Oct 24, 1960

Ken Austin was friendless, and when he finds friends in a Soho club he immediately took to them and their habits - drink and drugs.

8. S2.E8 ∙ Episode #2.8

Oct 31, 1960

9. S2.E9 ∙ Episode #2.9

Nov 7, 1960

A vicar's disappointment with four boys from his youth club who break into the vicarage at night for a private drinking party.

10. S2.E10 ∙ Episode #2.10

Nov 14, 1960

An alcoholic man is persuaded to have treatment.

11. S2.E11 ∙ Episode #2.11

Nov 21, 1960

Two elderly spinsters whose house is due for demolition refuse to let the authorities enter their home.

12. S2.E12 ∙ Episode #2.12

Nov 28, 1960

Kenneth Wheatley is up in front of the magistrate for assaulting his wife and step-sister and damaging a club.

13. S2.E13 ∙ Episode #2.13

Dec 5, 1960

14. S2.E14 ∙ Episode #2.14

Dec 12, 1960

15. S2.E15 ∙ Episode #2.15

Dec 19, 1960

16. S2.E16 ∙ Episode #2.16

Dec 26, 1960

17. S2.E17 ∙ Episode #2.17

Jan 2, 1961

18. S2.E18 ∙ Episode #2.18

Jan 9, 1961

Philip Main comes to the aid of a young member of a street gang who runs away in disgust after the beating of a helpless old man.

19. S2.E19 ∙ Episode #2.19

Jan 16, 1961

20. S2.E20 ∙ Episode #2.20

Jan 23, 1961

21. S2.E21 ∙ Episode #2.21

Jan 30, 1961

The probation officers come to the aid of down-on-his-luck business man Charles Hamilton and the elderly Miss Carrington who has a mania for breaking dirty cafe crockery.

22. S2.E22 ∙ Episode #2.22

Feb 6, 1961

23. S2.E23 ∙ Episode #2.23

Feb 13, 1961

A young married couple are having trouble with noisy neighbours.

24. S2.E24 ∙ Episode #2.24

Feb 20, 1961

25. S2.E25 ∙ Episode #2.25

Feb 27, 1961

A man pleads guilty to stealing from his employer.

26. S2.E26 ∙ Episode #2.26

Mar 6, 1961

27. S2.E27 ∙ Episode #2.27

Mar 13, 1961

28. S2.E28 ∙ Episode #2.28

Mar 20, 1961

29. S2.E29 ∙ Episode #2.29

Mar 27, 1961

30. S2.E30 ∙ Episode #2.30

Apr 3, 1961

The first in a two part story about the difficulties faced by Bill Walker as he is released from prison.

31. S2.E31 ∙ Episode #2.31

Apr 10, 1961

The probation officers continue their efforts to help released prisoner Bill Walker.

32. S2.E32 ∙ Episode #2.32

Apr 17, 1961

Maggie Weston comes to the aid of a young expectant mother who also has to look after her elderly grandmother.

33. S2.E33 ∙ Episode #2.33

Apr 24, 1961

34. S2.E34 ∙ Episode #2.34

May 1, 1961

35. S2.E35 ∙ Episode #2.35

May 8, 1961

36. S2.E36 ∙ Episode #2.36

May 15, 1961

37. S2.E37 ∙ Episode #2.37

May 22, 1961

A man earning £2,500 a year defends his refusal to let his wife have more than one child on financial grounds.

38. S2.E38 ∙ Episode #2.38

May 29, 1961

The probation officers come to the aid of out-of-work actress Netta Loring.

39. S2.E39 ∙ Episode #2.39

Jun 5, 1961

40. S2.E40 ∙ Episode #2.40

Jun 12, 1961

1. S3.E1 ∙ Episode #3.1

Sep 25, 1961

The opening of the third series, set in the suburban town of Goodford rather than metropolitan London as previously.

2. S3.E2 ∙ Episode #3.2

Oct 2, 1961

A Jamaican girl living with her sister in a crowded lodging house attempts suicide by turning on the gas.

3. S3.E3 ∙ Episode #3.3

Oct 9, 1961

4. S3.E4 ∙ Episode #3.4

Oct 16, 1961

5. S3.E5 ∙ Episode #3.5

Oct 23, 1961

A 15-year-old girl who has grown up in a children's home dreams of returning to her mother.

6. S3.E6 ∙ Episode #3.6

Oct 30, 1961

Philip Main comes to the aid of the son of a friend who has given up his studies for the clergy to become a barman in a drinking club.

7. S3.E7 ∙ Episode #3.7

Nov 6, 1961

A father reports his daughter to the police for stealing.

8. S3.E8 ∙ Episode #3.8

Nov 13, 1961

The story of a former garage mechanic who lives in a prisoner release hostel.

9. S3.E9 ∙ Episode #3.9

Nov 20, 1961

A family wish to adopt the child that they have been fostering. Can the child's mother be traced, and will she agree to the plan?

10. S3.E10 ∙ Episode #3.10

Nov 27, 1961

A youth of 16 is put on probation for the attempted murder of his girlfriend.

11. S3.E11 ∙ Episode #3.11

Dec 4, 1961

The case of police sergeant Donald Bates who is married to a much younger woman caught behind the wheel of a stolen car.

19. S4.E19 ∙ Episode #4.19

Sep 10, 1962