Probation Officer

1. S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1

Air Date: 1959-09-14

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

Air Date: 1959-09-21

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

Air Date: 1959-09-28

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

Air Date: 1959-10-05

5. S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5

Air Date: 1959-10-12

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

Air Date: 1959-10-19

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

Air Date: 1959-10-26

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

Air Date: 1959-11-02

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

Air Date: 1959-11-09

10. S1.E10 ∙ Episode #1.10

Air Date: 1959-11-16

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

Air Date: 1959-11-23

12. S1.E12 ∙ Episode #1.12

Air Date: 1959-11-30

A doctor feels isolated by his sexuality.

13. S1.E13 ∙ Episode #1.13

Air Date: 1959-12-07

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

Air Date: 1959-12-14

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

Air Date: 1959-12-21

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

Air Date: 1959-12-28

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

Air Date: 1960-01-04

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

Air Date: 1960-01-11

19. S1.E19 ∙ Episode #1.19

Air Date: 1960-01-18

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

Air Date: 1960-01-25

21. S1.E21 ∙ Episode #1.21

Air Date: 1960-02-01

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

Air Date: 1960-02-08

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

Air Date: 1960-02-15

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

24. S1.E24 ∙ Episode #1.24

Air Date: 1960-02-22

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

25. S1.E25 ∙ Episode #1.25

Air Date: 1960-02-29

The probation officers deal with a case of matrimonial difficulties.

26. S1.E26 ∙ Episode #1.26

Air Date: 1960-03-07

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

27. S1.E27 ∙ Episode #1.27

Air Date: 1960-03-14

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

28. S1.E28 ∙ Episode #1.28

Air Date: 1960-03-21

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

Air Date: 1960-03-28

30. S1.E30 ∙ Episode #1.30

Air Date: 1960-04-04

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

Air Date: 1960-04-11

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

Air Date: 1960-04-18

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

Air Date: 1960-04-25

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

Air Date: 1960-05-02

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

Air Date: 1960-05-09

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

Air Date: 1960-05-16

37. S1.E37 ∙ Episode #1.37

Air Date: 1960-05-23

38. S1.E38 ∙ Episode #1.38

Air Date: 1960-05-30

A former army man is charged with embezzlement.

39. S1.E39 ∙ Episode #1.39

Air Date: 1960-06-06

1. S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1

Air Date: 1960-09-12

2. S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2

Air Date: 1960-09-19

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

Air Date: 1960-09-26

4. S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4

Air Date: 1960-10-03

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

5. S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5

Air Date: 1960-10-10

6. S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6

Air Date: 1960-10-17

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

7. S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7

Air Date: 1960-10-24

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

Air Date: 1960-10-31

9. S2.E9 ∙ Episode #2.9

Air Date: 1960-11-07

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

Air Date: 1960-11-14

An alcoholic man is persuaded to have treatment.

11. S2.E11 ∙ Episode #2.11

Air Date: 1960-11-21

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

12. S2.E12 ∙ Episode #2.12

Air Date: 1960-11-28

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

Air Date: 1960-12-05

14. S2.E14 ∙ Episode #2.14

Air Date: 1960-12-12

15. S2.E15 ∙ Episode #2.15

Air Date: 1960-12-19

16. S2.E16 ∙ Episode #2.16

Air Date: 1960-12-26

17. S2.E17 ∙ Episode #2.17

Air Date: 1961-01-02

18. S2.E18 ∙ Episode #2.18

Air Date: 1961-01-09

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

Air Date: 1961-01-16

20. S2.E20 ∙ Episode #2.20

Air Date: 1961-01-23

21. S2.E21 ∙ Episode #2.21

Air Date: 1961-01-30

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

Air Date: 1961-02-06

23. S2.E23 ∙ Episode #2.23

Air Date: 1961-02-13

A young married couple are having trouble with noisy neighbours.

24. S2.E24 ∙ Episode #2.24

Air Date: 1961-02-20

25. S2.E25 ∙ Episode #2.25

Air Date: 1961-02-27

A man pleads guilty to stealing from his employer.

26. S2.E26 ∙ Episode #2.26

Air Date: 1961-03-06

27. S2.E27 ∙ Episode #2.27

Air Date: 1961-03-13

28. S2.E28 ∙ Episode #2.28

Air Date: 1961-03-20

29. S2.E29 ∙ Episode #2.29

Air Date: 1961-03-27

30. S2.E30 ∙ Episode #2.30

Air Date: 1961-04-03

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

Air Date: 1961-04-10

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

32. S2.E32 ∙ Episode #2.32

Air Date: 1961-04-17

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

Air Date: 1961-04-24

34. S2.E34 ∙ Episode #2.34

Air Date: 1961-05-01

35. S2.E35 ∙ Episode #2.35

Air Date: 1961-05-08

36. S2.E36 ∙ Episode #2.36

Air Date: 1961-05-15

37. S2.E37 ∙ Episode #2.37

Air Date: 1961-05-22

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

Air Date: 1961-05-29

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

39. S2.E39 ∙ Episode #2.39

Air Date: 1961-06-05

40. S2.E40 ∙ Episode #2.40

Air Date: 1961-06-12

1. S3.E1 ∙ Episode #3.1

Air Date: 1961-09-25

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

Air Date: 1961-10-02

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

Air Date: 1961-10-09

4. S3.E4 ∙ Episode #3.4

Air Date: 1961-10-16

5. S3.E5 ∙ Episode #3.5

Air Date: 1961-10-23

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

Air Date: 1961-10-30

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

Air Date: 1961-11-06

A father reports his daughter to the police for stealing.

8. S3.E8 ∙ Episode #3.8

Air Date: 1961-11-13

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

9. S3.E9 ∙ Episode #3.9

Air Date: 1961-11-20

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

Air Date: 1961-11-27

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

11. S3.E11 ∙ Episode #3.11

Air Date: 1961-12-04

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

1. S4.E1 ∙ Episode #4.1

Air Date: 1962-05-07

2. S4.E2 ∙ Episode #4.2

Air Date: 1962-05-14

Amoral, scatterbrained, but lovable Jenny is in Borstal for receiving. Then Probation Officer, Maggie Weston finds her a job as a maidservant in a country house. Can Jenny make good or will her unfortunate background and her own unstable temperament be too much for her?

3. S4.E3 ∙ Episode #4.3

Air Date: 1962-05-21

4. S4.E4 ∙ Episode #4.4

Air Date: 1962-05-28

5. S4.E5 ∙ Episode #4.5

Air Date: 1962-06-04

6. S4.E6 ∙ Episode #4.6

Air Date: 1962-06-11

7. S4.E7 ∙ Episode #4.7

Air Date: 1962-06-18

8. S4.E8 ∙ Episode #4.8

Air Date: 1962-06-25

9. S4.E9 ∙ Episode #4.9

Air Date: 1962-07-02

A bank clerk, bored with his job resigns, giving up his pension and security putting pressure on his marriage.

10. S4.E10 ∙ Episode #4.10

Air Date: 1962-07-09

11. S4.E11 ∙ Episode #4.11

Air Date: 1962-07-16

12. S4.E12 ∙ Episode #4.12

Air Date: 1962-07-23

13. S4.E13 ∙ Episode #4.13

Air Date: 1962-07-30

14. S4.E14 ∙ Episode #4.14

Air Date: 1962-08-06

15. S4.E15 ∙ Episode #4.15

Air Date: 1962-08-13

16. S4.E16 ∙ Episode #4.16

Air Date: 1962-08-20

17. S4.E17 ∙ Episode #4.17

Air Date: 1962-08-27

18. S4.E18 ∙ Episode #4.18

Air Date: 1962-09-03

19. S4.E19 ∙ Episode #4.19

Air Date: 1962-09-10