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Probation Officer: Season 1

39 episodes Premiered Sep 14, 1959 Updated Sep 25, 2026
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S1·E1 Mytharc

S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1

Sep 14, 1959

Philip Main is recruited has a probation officer. Arthur Finney was arrested for burglary. The prison doctor says the boy has been a marijuana addict for three months. Main attempt

S1·E2 Core

S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2

Sep 21, 1959

Mr. Alexander asks Philip Main to help him to persuade his son Johnny not to marry white girl Mary Sadler. When a razor gang attack the pair, he kills one in self defence. Mary dec

S1·E3 Core

S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3

Sep 28, 1959

Residivist Patsy Morley convinces the Judge that he is worth another chance, so Philip Main has to access him for probation. Meanwhile marijuana addict Arthur Finney has been sent

S1·E5 Core

S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5

Oct 12, 1959

An old friend of Philip Main, Corporal Len Grantham contacts him for help with his marriage. He says his German wife, Eva is seeing a married man Mr. Daniels and wants it to stop.

S1·E6 Core

S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6

Oct 19, 1959

Iris Cope is given the task of helping Carrie West, a doctor's daughter given a two years probation for stealing. Her parents are unable to control her behaviour so Iris has no cho

S1·E7 Core

S1.E7 ∙ Episode #1.7

Oct 26, 1959

Former regular army officer Colonel Chester is in court for using his cane to smash a car windscreen. Philip Main has to make a probation report and realises the Colonel could be p

S1·E8 Core

S1.E8 ∙ Episode #1.8

Nov 2, 1959

Con Barnes is released from borstal and starts a knife fight with Larry Melvin. Both are arrested. When Blake visits Melvin's family they turn on him. Meanwhile Lily Smith changes

S1·E10 Core

S1.E10 ∙ Episode #1.10

Nov 16, 1959

The probation officers deal with two cases: the sliding fortunes of ex-pilot Mark Kennedy and the theft of a baby by its nanny.

S1·E13 Core

S1.E13 ∙ Episode #1.13

Dec 7, 1959

During a Ban the Bomb demonstration a police horse rider is felled. Peter Fry is the nearest person and arrested. He is sentenced to 14 years in jail, suspended for one year. Main

S1·E14 Core

S1.E14 ∙ Episode #1.14

Dec 14, 1959

Joyce Langley and Kathleen Morgan are charged of attacking John Anderson. Morgan is sentenced to six months in jail but Langley is given probation has it is her first offence. Iris

S1·E15 Core

S1.E15 ∙ Episode #1.15

Dec 21, 1959

Philip Main's client Mr. Belcher is father of six children charged for receiving stolen goods from his daughter. Main would like him to have probation. Iris Cope has deal with daug

S1·E16 Core

S1.E16 ∙ Episode #1.16

Dec 28, 1959

Richard Bates is found guilty of GBH, on Peter Woodburn, in a drunken rage. Bates was a former staff officer and a managing director but lost his job when the company was taken ove

S1·E17 Core

S1.E17 ∙ Episode #1.17

Jan 4, 1960

Philip Main has to deal with two different types of boys who are put on probation by a juvenile court.

S1·E19 Core

S1.E19 ∙ Episode #1.19

Jan 18, 1960

A youth with a bad past is found the one kind of work - wood carving - that interests him but there is trouble when a shop steward recognises him as someone who is on probation.

S1·E21 Core

S1.E21 ∙ Episode #1.21

Feb 1, 1960

The problems of an elderly Jewish tailor and his son after the father is brought to court for receiving stolen cloth.

S1·E22 Core

S1.E22 ∙ Episode #1.22

Feb 8, 1960

70-year-old grandad Charlie Toliver has broke into the gas meter to pay for his radio. At court, the judge Charlie is given 12 months probation. Jim Blake wants Charlie to consider

S1·E23 Core

S1.E23 ∙ Episode #1.23

Feb 15, 1960

A Hungarian refugee faces prejudice and loneliness and is not accepted by his trade union.

S1·E25 Core

S1.E25 ∙ Episode #1.25

Feb 29, 1960

The probation officers deal with a case of matrimonial difficulties.

S1·E26 Core

S1.E26 ∙ Episode #1.26

Mar 7, 1960

The spoilt 16-year-old son of a wealthy novelist is a problem for the probation authorities.

S1·E28 Core

S1.E28 ∙ Episode #1.28

Mar 21, 1960

Merchant seaman Greg Miller is told by a doctor that he is unfit to continue his life at sea because of failing eyesight. When he gets involved in a brawl his case comes to the att

S1·E30 Core

S1.E30 ∙ Episode #1.30

Apr 4, 1960

A girl is put on probation because of her association with a man who has been sent to prison.

S1·E31 Core

S1.E31 ∙ Episode #1.31

Apr 11, 1960

Former Polish soldier Paul Kresler is in trouble after stealing a few pennies from a newspaper stand because of his bad former record.

S1·E32 Core

S1.E32 ∙ Episode #1.32

Apr 18, 1960

A 15-year-old boy keeps getting into trouble because he wants to show his friends that he is not afraid.

S1·E33 Core

S1.E33 ∙ Episode #1.33

Apr 25, 1960

A criminal who complains that his circumstances have been against him gets a new start, but his determination to reform doesn't last long.

S1·E34 Core

S1.E34 ∙ Episode #1.34

May 2, 1960

A former sergeant major still under the influence of army discipline exerts it on his family with unhappy results.

S1·E35 Core

S1.E35 ∙ Episode #1.35

May 9, 1960

The case of a young man with a disregard for the law and an ability for getting in trouble in spite of his father's best efforts.

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