Target

1977 - 1978

Shipment

9th September 1977

Episode 1

Hackett and team stake out a cargo ship carrying £30,000 in silver. A tip-off from snout Ted Knight points the finger at Jack Maynard. When the stakeout is terminated, the team discover Knight with his throat slit on the dock.

Blow Out

16th September 1977

Episode 2

Harry Skeats runs a gang of jewel thieves. During a safe breaking, gang member Rocky Wall is badly burned; he's dumped and dies in hospital. Knowing they need a new burner, Hackett bails Tim Farlow out of jail to use has bait.

Big Elephant

23rd September 1977

Episode 3

Courier Pink gives Sharkey a chance to make some money by bringing Lebanon hashish into Britain. Before he can hand it to Cetti, police raid his home, leaving Sharkey in possession of half a million pounds' worth of heroin.

Hunting Parties

30th September 1977

Episode 4

Criminals Dickie Tufnell and Harry Kemp are shot dead in a gangland hit. Hackett learns that the latter had been forced into the robbery by a pair of revolutionaries looking to raise funds.

Vandraggers

14th October 1977

Episode 5

Two youths hijack four lorries and beat up the drivers. Tate believes they are stealing to order. When the pair attempt to sell new TV/radio cassette players to Tyler Electronics, they cross a big firm.

Lady Luck

21st October 1977

Episode 6

Hackett's snout Collars is murdered. Inquiries lead to the release of Swain and Lewis from Parkhurst. Target criminal Ruby Daniels' daughter Sam is kidnapped and the abductors want £300,000 in cash. Hackett believes Daniels is connected to the pair.

Set Up

28th October 1977

Episode 7

An informer tells Hackett to go to a squash club where he will find a briefcase in a locker. Leaving, he is approached by Dep. Chief Constable Goddard. Instead of documents, there's £10,000 in cash and Hackett facing suspension.

Roadrunner

4th November 1977

Episode 8

A young runaway is found at the scene of a lorry hijacking. Down the road, a second lorry is hijacked but the driver is dead and carrying a large amount of money. Hackett suspects that girls are being used as bait and goes undercover.

Carve Up

11th November 1977

Episode 9

Bids are being placed for a lucrative city development building project but is there an element of police corruption connected to one of them?

Top Cast

Patrick Mower•Philip Madoc•Brendan Price

A crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve.

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Patrick Mower Image

Patrick Mower

DS Steve Hackett

Philip Madoc Image

Philip Madoc

DCS Tate

Brendan Price Image

Brendan Price

DS Frank Bonney

Vivien Heilbron Image

Vivien Heilbron

DS Louise Colbert

Full Crew

Bernard Ashby

Editor

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Philip Hinchcliffe

Producer

Sid Sutton

Main Title Designer

Dudley Simpson

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