Softly Softly: Task Force (1969)★ 7.3/10
- Crime
- Drama
Directed by: Frank Cox, David Sullivan Proudfoot, Gilchrist Calder, Peter Cregeen, Vere Lorrimer
Written by: Ewart Alexander, Kingsley Amis, Robert Barr, Keith Dewhurst, James Doran
1970s BBC police drama with experienced cops DCS Charlie Barlow and DS John Watt who lead a task force charged with tackling the toughest cases Thamesford has to offer.
- Original title
- Softly Softly: Task Force
- Storyline
- A British police procedural, serving as a revamp of the older series "Softly Softly". At the end of the previous series, both Detective Chief Superintendent Barlow and Detective Inspector Watt applied for a promotion. In this series, Barlow has been appointed as the head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the newly formed Thamesford Constabulary. Shortly after that, Watt is appointed as the deputy head of the department and the commander of its primary task force. The task force contains a mixture of CID and uniform personnel and is meant to provide a resource for use in big operations. With few exceptions, Barlow and Watt personally handle major crime cases and leave the more mundane police duties to their subordinates.
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 202
- Companies
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), ABV-2, Pidax Film, Simply Media, WME Home Entertainment, WWOR-TV Channel 9
- Release dates
- GB November 20, 1969