Hunters Walk
TV ShowEnded

Hunters Walk

1973
3 seasons
39 episodes
CrimeDrama

Hunters Walk – devised by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis – was about crime on a smaller – but no less dramatic – scale, and featured a police force in the fictional Midlands town of Broadstone (the series was actually filmed in Rushden, Northants). Sharing several similarities with the classic 1950s police drama, in particular a small-town settingband storylines encompassing the more human aspects of police work, Hunters Walk offered a contrasting alternative to the 1970s more hard-hitting, action-led urban crime dramas. The small, idiosyncratic team of officers faced a typically broad spectrum of cases, from neighbours’ disputes and hooliganism to suspected murder.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Disturbance

    04-06-197360m

    Led by Smith, the Broadstone police force suddenly find themselves in a manhunt for a disturbed and potentially dangerous man. All leave is cancelled and the lads are off and runni...

  • Ep 2

    2.Local Knowledge

    11-06-197360m

    A case of assault. A sick man at large. Smith, awakened from his slumbers by PC Pooley, is having none of it – but the experience will affect both him and the citizens of Broadwate...

  • Ep 3

    3.Outcast

    18-06-197360m

    When Smokey Haines returns after serving two years for infanticide, Smith must look for mitigation circumstances in the case – and sympathy of the locals.

  • Ep 4

    4.Behaviour

    25-06-197360m

    What is Smith to make of Raymond Flack, a new arrival in Broadstone — and why should local villain Jimmy Walker wish to leave?

  • Ep 5

    5.Vanishing Trick

    01-07-197360m

    Certain there's a connection between a housebreaker who has eluded the police for months and the recent death of Ben Lawrence, Smith has trouble proving it. His only clue is Lawren...

  • Ep 6

    6.Reasonable Suspicion

    08-07-197360m

    The Criminal Law Act 1967, Section Two, sub-sections four and five states 'A constable may arrest, without warrant, any person whom he – with reasonable cause - suspects either to...

  • Ep 7

    7.Discretion

    15-07-197360m

    When Ridgeway begins receiving anonymous complaints of petty offenses – people parking without lights, a householder without a dog licence -– Smith has little sympathy, until a rou...

  • Ep 8

    8.Care and Protection

    22-07-197360m

    Two separate cases, both concerning children, Smith and his colleagues face a harsh look at reality and the detective must find the link that connects both events.

  • Ep 9

    9.Incident

    29-07-197360m

    When George Lomax, a down-on-his-heels dealer in double glazing, leaves a pub drunk and disgruntled, it sets off a chain of events which require the assistance – and understanding...

  • Ep 10

    10.The Old Folks at Home

    05-08-197360m

    It's the old story all over again, Someone moves into Broadstone, sets up a con, takes easy pickings from the old and helpless – then moves on. But this time, the smoothie has char...

  • Ep 11

    11.All Too Tidy

    12-08-197360m

    When Les comes out of prison and his father tries to establish a new rapport with him – but the bored and spoiled Les gets up to his old tricks – Smith takes an interest in the boy...

  • Ep 12

    12.Lost Dog

    19-08-197360m

    A number of seemingly unrelated events after a robbery suddenly fall into place and give Smith and his team something to work on — but in which direction will it lead them?

  • Ep 13

    13.Skeletons

    26-08-197360m

    When an elderly woman is found dead in her shop and the clues all add up to murder, the force are fishing in the dark – but routine door-to door enquirers bring some unexpected res...

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