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At 7.15 Tonight: The return of some stories of a London policeman by Ted Willis

[Caption] If you want to know the time, ask... Dixon of Dock Green ...He'll say 'Saturday at 7.15'

When P.C. George Dixon and the rest of the staff of the Dock Green Manor went on holiday earlier this year, the atmosphere was anything but gay. For P.C. Bob Penney, in the course of trying to make an arrest, had been killed, and the gap left by his sudden death, seemed impossible to fill. Many viewers wrote in to criticise author Ted Willis for his cold-blooded 'murder': many pleaded for the return of Bob when the series started again - but these pleas fell on deaf ears. Ted Willis is quite unrepentant. 'But I am impressed,' he says, 'and gratified to find that the public reacts so strongly to this kind of thing. For policeman are killed and injured while on duty - and the more the public appreciates these dangers, the better for all concerned.'

The new series, which begins on Saturday, is the sixth and will see the 100th edition take the air in a few weeks' time. All the old familiars will be back - and one or two newcomers - including a young cadet, Jamie MacPherson from Kirkintilloch, played by David Webster. Many of the more popular supporting characters, too, will be there again, while in the first episode viewers should have no difficulty in recognising 'Trotter Kelly' - for he is played by the actor who gave such a brilliant performance as Abel Magwitch in "Great Expectations" - Jerold Wells.

[Photo captions] Jack Warner as George Dixon.
On duty again: Sergeant Flint and Sergeant Grace Millard - two of the stalwarts of Dock Green Manor - are played once more by Arthur Rigby and Moira Mannion.
Peter Byrne and Jeanette Hutchinson are probably the best-known young 'married' couple in British television - as Andy Crawford, C.I.D., and Mary, Dixon's daughter.