
Hunters Walk
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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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Disturbance
04-06-197360mLed 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
11-06-197360mA 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
18-06-197360mWhen 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
25-06-197360mWhat 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
01-07-197360mCertain 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
08-07-197360mThe 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
15-07-197360mWhen 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
22-07-197360mTwo 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
29-07-197360mWhen 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
05-08-197360mIt'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
12-08-197360mWhen 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
19-08-197360mA 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
26-08-197360mWhen 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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