by Elwyn Jones
[Starring] Stratford Johns as Det Chief Supt Barlow, Frank Windsor as Det Chief Inspector Watt, Philip Brack as Detective Inspector Cook, Norman Bowler as Detective Sergeant Hawkins, Peggy Sinclair as P/W Detective Sergeant Allin, Gavin Campbell as Detective Constable Digby, Howell Evans as Detective Constable Morgan, with John Barron as ACC Gilbert

'To investigate the criminal and not the crime' - this was the original brief to Regional Crime Squads when they were inaugurated five years ago, and when Softly, Softly first began to follow their activities
This theory is constantly being tested by practical experience which may cause the Squad to reassess their methods. In tonight's episode Detective Constable Morgan receives information that a big art robbery will take place. The Squad acts... but so does the thief.

Dixon, Stone, Barlow - three TV policemen. Which one do the real coppers love? The answer's on page 6