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📺 Series

New Scotland Yard

📅 1972 ⭐ 5.5 🕐 1h 0m GB GB

New Scotland Yard is a police drama series produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network between 1972 and 1974. It features the activities of two officers from the Criminal Investigations Department in the Metropolitan Police force headquarters at New Scotland Yard, as they dealt with the assorted villains of the day. The first three series ran from 1972 to 1973 and starred John Woodvine as Det. Chief Supt. Kingdom and John Carlisle as Det. Sgt. Ward. But the series, scheduled on a Saturday night, failed to match the ratings of its more glamorous midweek sister programme, Special Branch. The programme was resurrected for a fourth series in 1974, with an all-new cast headed by Michael Turner as Det. Chief Supt. Clay and Clive Francis as Det. Sgt. Dexter LWT were considered to have broken the rules of Saturday night broadcasting by showing a tough police drama in place of entertainment, but it was an inspiration for The Sweeney. Dennis Waterman, who went on to play a lead role in The Sweeney, appeared in the earlier series. There were several television series about Scotland Yard during the 1950s, the longest-running being Scotland Yard on the American Broadcasting Company from 1957-1958.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 13 episodes
E1
Point of Impact 1972-04-22
E2
The Comeback 1972-04-29
E3
Memory of a Gauntlet 1972-05-06
E4
The Palais Romeo 1972-05-13
E5
Hard Contract 1972-05-20
E6
Shock Tactics 1972-05-27
E7
The Wrong 'Un 1972-06-03
E8
Fire in a Honey Pot 1972-06-10
E9
Perfect In Every Way 1972-06-17
E10
The Banker 1972-06-24
E11
Ask No Questions 1972-07-01
E12
Reunion 1972-07-08
E13
And When You're Wrong 1972-07-15
Season 2 13 episodes
E1
Nothing to Live For 1972-10-13
E2
A Case of Prejudice 1972-10-20
E3
A Gathering of Dust 1972-10-27
E4
Evidence of Character 1972-11-03
E5
Prove It 1972-11-10
E6
Shadow of a Deadbeat 1972-11-17
E7
Papa Charlie 1972-11-24
E8
Error of Judgement 1972-12-01
E9
Two into One Will Go 1972-12-08
E10
The Money Game 1972-12-15
E11
We Do What We Can 1972-12-22
E12
Hoax 1972-12-29
E13
My Boy Robby? 1973-01-12
Season 3 13 episodes
E1
Where's Harry? 1973-06-23
E2
Diamonds Are Never Forever 1973-06-30
E3
Bullet in a Haystack 1973-07-07
E4
Weight of Evidence 1973-07-14
E5
Crossfire 1973-07-21
E6
Property, Dogs and Women 1973-07-28
E7
Exchange Is No Robbery 1973-08-04
E8
Daisy Chain 1973-08-11
E9
Don't Go Out Alone 1973-08-18
E10
The Stone 1973-08-25
E11
Monopoly 1973-09-01
E12
Rogues Gallery 1973-09-08
E13
Pier 1973-09-15
Season 4 7 episodes
E1
Comeback 1974-04-13
E2
The Trojan Horse 1974-04-20
E3
Death by Misadventure 1974-04-27
E4
For All Their Faults 1974-05-04
E5
A Man of His Word 1974-05-11
E6
All That Glitters 1974-05-18
E7
A Year to Kill 1974-05-25
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