Season 3 (1971)
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Episodes 36
One Thing at a Time
While dealing with a teenage shoplifter, Policewoman Stewart experiences a frightening ordeal when they are held by a dangerous escapee from a mental institution.
Read MoreStream Of Conscience
A woman's anti-pollution campaign against a manufacturing company helps to uncover theft and corruption within the firm.
Read MoreEveryone Loves A Prang
Yarra Central police investigate a feud between rival tow-truck services which threatens to erupt into violence.
Read MoreAs The Crow Flies
A tough stand-over group runs a prostitution racket utilising drugs and abduction. Policewoman Margaret Stewart finds herself in difficulties while undercover posing as a prostitute to crush the racket.
Read MoreThe Monkey Chased The Weasel
Lisa Clark, a doctor's wife, becomes an addict after her husband introduces her to drugs. Investigating a house breaking, police find that a youth, like too many of his age, has become trapped on a road of no return through drug usage.
Read MoreCommand Performance
A young constable is savagely attacked and seriously injured by five youths. The Yarra Central police put on a 'command performance' act to extract the truth from the suspects.
Read MoreVisitors From Hong Kong
Investigations into the theft of valuable but difficult to unload electronic equipment result in Yarra Central detectives investigating a highly organised betting syndicate.
Read MoreSo, It's A Living
Con-man Jimmy Harrison and his girlfriend turn to burglary, which spells disaster for his two young accomplices and an elderly fence.
Read MoreThe Infiltrator
When the driver of an interstate gang is arrested, Yarra Central police see their chance to smash the racket by having Det. Peters acting undercover as his replacement.
Read MoreBig Man, Little Man
Two men of short stature - one a notorious criminal who exploits his build to his own advantage, the other a young misfit who resents his size - cause trouble for the Yarra Central police.
Read MoreConspiracy
Det. Sgt. Vickers believes that Sen. Det. Banner's personal feelings may have impaired his judgement when Banner makes an all out effort to nail Eddie Parrish, a former policeman who has used his police know-how to muscle in on various rackets.
Read MoreCould You Speak A Little Louder?
When radio talk-back announcer John Drew draws attention to a gang of car thieves operating in Yarra Central, his wife is threatened.
Read MoreFalse Alarm
While police investigate a series of armed robberies, a young accountant tries to help his wife by giving police wrong information and is eventually blackmailed.
Read MoreThe Return Of John Kelso
Yarra Central detectives investigate a brutal assault after John Kelso, a convicted murderer serving a life sentence, is paroled after 25 years.
Read MoreWho Needs Enemies?
Blind barrister Jessica Reynolds is persecuted by an unknown intruder.
Read MoreThe I.O.U.
An escaped convict goes into hiding in Yarra Central, holding a young girl as hostage.
Read MoreWho Cares?
The search for the missing son of an important local man reveals a strange psychotic personality.
Read MoreThey Walk The Night
Yarra Central police face a difficult task when the victim of a vicious assault is reluctant to give information against a gang of predators.
Read MoreBang, Bang, You're Dead
A bomb explodes in Yarra Central. Suspicion narrows down to a maniac who has escaped from jail, a thief, and a layabout protester. All have reason to seek revenge against the police, especially Det. Banner.
Read MoreBe Good, Sweet Maid
A young university student reports to police that she has been raped. A young man is charged, then additional information and the probing by the man's defence counsel creates doubts as to the truth of her story. Policewoman Margaret Stewart finds a romantic interest in the police doctor, Robert Whitfield.
Read MoreNo Short Cuts
An overworked detective, Barry Maguire, is transferred to Yarra Central on temporary duty and tries too hard to convict a criminal, with disastrous results.
Read MoreNow One With The Bride
A young man's bucks party is raided when the best man introduces a pornographic film to the festivities. When Yarra Central police investigate they uncover a world of vice and blackmail.
Read MoreRun For Cover
Leo Morrison escapes from prison to prevent his girlfriend marrying someone else, but his plans undergo a change when he picks up a girl hitch-hiker with decidedly unusual views.
Read MoreHandsome Harry
Police investigate an attempted murder complaint and discover that a middle-aged veterinary surgeon has bigamously married several women.
Read MoreOne Small Step
A shop break-in interrupted by Const. Dwyer leads to a serious family altercation involving the police.
Read MoreThe War Is Over
A writer of threatening letters, a stand over merchant and the widow of an old wartime mate cause problems for Det. Sgt. Vickers.
Read MoreJellyfingers
Charlie Clarke turns to safe blowing to raise money after having his marriage proposal refused by his lady friend. Matters become complicated when some explosives go missing.
Read MoreThere Goes The Neighbourhood
Attacks on women in a Yarra Central street upset neighbourhood relations, and the prime suspect is a man recently released from psychiatric care. Kevin Dwyer receives his long-awaited promotion to Senior Constable.
Read MoreLast Of The Independents
A family of criminals discover that Arthur Mitchell mints his own coins to supplement his pension. To muscle in on the racket, they kidnap his wife to force his co-operation.
Read MoreGrub Stake
Two amiable swindlers cause Yarra Central police chaos with a series of clever con tricks.
Read MoreYou Couldn't Meet A Nicer Bloke Than Dennis When He's Sober
Det. Peters, concerned about his divorce, decides to resign from the force. He then meets up with Denis Marshall, an alcoholic whose own marriage is threatened. Peters tries to help Denis, and discovers his own domestic situation is not as bad as he thought.
Read MoreYou Can't Trust Anybody
A series of expert safe breakings leads the Yarra Central detectives into an industrial espionage plot.
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