Further cases of detectives Barlow and Watt. For the first 69 episodes (in b&w) the show was known as Softly Softly, the title then changed in 1969 to Softly Softly - Task Force (for a further 131 episodes in colour) and Barlow left to take up his own series Barlow at Large. Softly Softly followed the boys in blue as they kept the peace in up in the fictional Wyvern region. Detective Chief Superintendent Barlow (Stratford Johns) and DCI Watt (Frank Windsor) continued their nice and nasty cop routine to good effect. Renamed to Softly Softly - Task Force with a longer monicker in 1969, Softly Softly moved its focus to Thamesford Constabulary's CID Task Force. Characters like Constable Snow, the miserable dog handler, and the always cheerful Welshman Sargeant Evans came along too.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | 0 | ||
| Season 1 | January 1966 | June 1966 | 26 |
| Season 2 | November 1966 | May 1967 | 31 |
| Season 3 | October 1967 | April 1968 | 26 |
| Season 4 | September 1968 | March 1969 | 27 |
| Season 5 | September 1969 | March 1970 | 26 |
| Season 6 | September 1970 | March 1971 | 26 |
| Season 7 | October 1971 | March 1972 | 26 |
| Season 8 | November 1971 | January 1973 | 20 |
| Season 9 | September 1973 | January 1974 | 18 |
| Season 10 | September 1974 | November 1974 | 13 |
| Season 11 | August 1975 | December 1975 | 15 |
| Season 12 | September 1976 | December 1976 | 15 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unassigned Episodes | 269 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 269 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elwyn Jones | 73 | 11/02/1966 - 12/15/1976 | |
| Robert Barr | 41 | 12/14/1966 - 12/01/1976 | |
| Allan Prior | 34 | 11/09/1966 - 11/03/1976 | |
| Alan Plater | 24 | 11/30/1966 - 11/10/1976 | |
| Arnold Yarrow | 20 | 10/21/1970 - 11/17/1976 | |
| Keith Dewhurst | 5 | 12/05/1973 - 10/27/1976 | |
| Tony Hoare | 5 | 12/22/1971 - 09/22/1976 | |
| Martin Hall | 3 | 02/08/1967 - 11/14/1968 | |
| James Doran | 3 | 12/16/1970 - 01/10/1973 | |
| Tony Parker | 3 | 11/21/1973 - 12/08/1976 | |
| Don Shaw | 2 | 01/09/1969 - 10/30/1969 | |
| Ewart Alexander | 1 | 10/04/1972 | |
| Ben Bassett | 1 | 10/02/1969 | |
| Mervyn Haisman | 1 | 02/27/1969 | |
| Kingsley Amis | 1 | 11/13/1974 | |
| Rochelle Selwyn | 1 | 09/08/1976 | |
| John Elliot | 1 | 01/13/1971 | |
| Henry Lincoln | 1 | 02/27/1969 | |
| Eric Coltart | 1 | 04/19/1967 | |
| Richard Beynon | 1 | 01/11/1967 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Sullivan Proudfoot | 16 | 05/10/1967 - 01/16/1974 | |
| Leonard Lewis | 15 | 11/02/1966 - 03/22/1972 | |
| Frank Cox | 13 | 01/29/1970 - 10/24/1973 | |
| Brian Parker | 13 | 01/18/1967 - 11/17/1971 | |
| Peter Cregeen | 13 | 02/01/1968 - 03/08/1972 | |
| Paul Ciappessoni | 9 | 03/01/1967 - 10/04/1972 | |
| Ben Rea | 8 | 11/07/1968 - 02/26/1970 | |
| Vere Lorrimer | 8 | 02/06/1969 - 10/08/1975 | |
| Geraint Morris | 7 | 02/02/1972 - 01/02/1974 | |
| Gilchrist Calder | 7 | 11/17/1971 - 12/19/1973 | |
| Keith Williams | 6 | 03/03/1971 - 03/22/1972 | |
| Tina Wakerell | 5 | 12/21/1966 - 04/19/1967 | |
| Kenneth Ives | 4 | 09/19/1973 - 12/12/1973 | |
| Simon Langton | 4 | 09/23/1970 - 10/06/1971 | |
| Philip Dudley | 4 | 11/23/1966 - 12/29/1971 | |
| Eric Hills | 4 | 11/16/1966 - 02/09/1972 | |
| Malcolm Taylor | 4 | 11/21/1968 - 02/13/1969 | |
| David Maloney | 4 | 10/25/1972 - 01/09/1974 | |
| Terence Dudley | 3 | 05/17/1967 - 03/21/1968 | |
| William Slater | 3 | 02/22/1968 - 04/04/1968 | |
| Bill Hays | 2 | 02/15/1967 - 12/19/1968 | |
| Gerald Blake | 2 | 01/13/1971 - 02/24/1971 | |
| Michael Currer-Briggs | 2 | 09/26/1968 - 10/10/1968 | |
| John Glenister | 2 | 11/14/1968 - 12/12/1968 | |
| David Wickes | 2 | 11/22/1972 - 01/03/1973 | |
| Roger Jenkins | 2 | 11/18/1970 - 12/30/1970 | |
| Paddy Russell | 2 | 09/20/1972 - 01/10/1973 | |
| Michael Hart | 2 | 01/25/1968 - 03/14/1968 | |
| Ronald Wilson | 2 | 12/09/1970 - 02/02/1971 | |
| David Askey | 2 | 02/08/1967 - 05/03/1967 | |
| Pennant Roberts | 2 | 09/27/1972 - 11/08/1972 | |
| Michael Simpson | 2 | 03/05/1970 - 02/10/1971 | |
| Lennie Mayne | 1 | 10/31/1973 | |
| Shaun O'Riordan | 1 | 10/17/1968 | |
| Morris Barry | 1 | 04/12/1967 | |
| Vietors Ritelis | 1 | 02/15/1968 | |
| Henri Safran | 1 | 12/27/1968 | |
| Moira Armstrong | 1 | 03/07/1968 | |
| Michael Hayes | 1 | 10/03/1973 |
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