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Barlow

Season 2 1973

  • 1973-02-07T00:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 50m
  • 8h 20m (10 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
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.

10 episodes

Season Premiere

1973-02-07T00:00:00Z

2x01 Strays

Season Premiere

2x01 Strays

  • 1973-02-07T00:00:00Z50m

Barlow must find a young girl who has disappeared from London Airport.

1973-02-14T00:00:00Z

2x02 Wanted

2x02 Wanted

  • 1973-02-14T00:00:00Z50m

Fishing for a villain in Amsterdam, Barlow searches for the appropriate bait.

1973-02-21T00:00:00Z

2x03 Review

2x03 Review

  • 1973-02-21T00:00:00Z50m

Eddie Doyle is serving a life sentence for murder, but friends in The Potteries think the police may have moved too fast.

1973-02-28T00:00:00Z

2x04 Publicity

2x04 Publicity

  • 1973-02-28T00:00:00Z50m

A girl has been murdered in the West Country, and routine methods have failed to find her killer. What's needed is something different...

1973-03-07T00:00:00Z

2x05 Wheelbarrows

2x05 Wheelbarrows

  • 1973-03-07T00:00:00Z50m

Barlow investigates a racket using car ferries to export stolen vehicles.

1973-03-14T00:00:00Z

2x06 Informant

2x06 Informant

  • 1973-03-14T00:00:00Z50m

When a voice from the past brings Barlow information about a crime, he has to balance his new responsibilities at the Home Office against his detective's judgment.

1973-03-20T23:00:00Z

2x07 Trespass

2x07 Trespass

  • 1973-03-20T23:00:00Z50m

The policeman look and sound British. But when Barlow follows the trail of a city swindler as far as Rhodesia, he finds them surprisingly unfriendly.

1973-03-27T23:00:00Z

2x08 Assessor

2x08 Assessor

  • 1973-03-27T23:00:00Z50m

Barlow finds that Signor Rizzi is interested in something more sinister then good trade relations.

1973-04-03T23:00:00Z

2x09 Treasure

2x09 Treasure

  • 1973-04-03T23:00:00Z50m

The Rock of Gibraltar proves stony ground when Barlow and Rees start 'digging' for treasure. Their hunt for £750,000 worth of stolen and forged securities leads them to all the Rock's attractions - and one of the attractions leads Rees into temptation.

1973-04-10T23:00:00Z

2x10 Confidence

2x10 Confidence

  • 1973-04-10T23:00:00Z50m

Barlow's relationship with Fenton is never easy - and it is stretched to the limit when Fenton receives and extraordinary confession.

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