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Summary

The policemen based in an isolated country police station do their best to avoid having any involvement with crime. They spend their days finding ways of "making a bit on the side". Their money-making schemes include hiring out their patrol car for weddings and giving driving lessons.

Then WPS Penny Pringle (Josephine Tewson) arrives at the station and tries to persuade her colleagues to devote their energies to police work.

The staff of the police station includes Sgt Sam Short (Bill Owen), PC Eddie Edwards (Richard Wattis), PC Dinkie Dinkworth (Royce Mills), PC Chipper Collins (George Moon) and Chief Supt Ripper (Kevin Brennan).

Cast List

  Bill Owen as Sgt Sam Short
  Richard Wattis as PC Eddie Edwards
  Josephine Tewson as WPS Penny Pringle
  Kevin Brennan as Chief Supt Ripper
  Royce Mills as PC Dinkie Dinkworth
  George Moon as PC Chipper Collins

Production Details

Created by:
Ted Willis

Written by:
David Cumming, Derek Collyer, Paul Wheeler, Stuart Douglas

Directed by:
John Sichel

Produced by:
Shaun O'Riordan

1 series, 13 episodes

Transmitted: 1971

TV Channel: ITV

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