Softly, Softly: Series 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Softly, Softly Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Recovery
Sep 11, 1969 · 50 min
DC Morgan receives information that a big art robbery will take place. The squad acts... but so does the thief.
Flash Point
Sep 18, 1969 · 50 min
Barlow is enjoying a pint at the pub when Watt's girl friend, Dr. Jean Morrow, tells him about an old lady who has been brutally attacked for the sake of a few pounds. Jean's stor
In At the Death
Sep 25, 1969 · 50 min
When the head of a successful firm dies there is always someone waiting to step into his shoes. In this case the dead man's business venture is believed to be crooked and DS Hawki
Error of Judgement
Oct 2, 1969 · 50 min
A race meeting at Chepstow; and incompetent amateur pilot; a lonely field near Wyvern; why is Barlow interested in these three things? Who is it that Barlow wants to set a trap fo
Dead Aboard
Oct 9, 1969 · 50 min
A prostitute is found murdered in a quiet backwater quay at Wyvern. Who is the killer? Barlow and his team make every effort to find out.
One Thing Leads To Another
Oct 16, 1969 · 50 min
When Harry Hawkins and Barbara Allin visit a gambling joint it is not just for the purpose of spending their own money. Their main interest is in the easy money that flows, and th
General Post
Oct 23, 1969 · 50 min
When a crime occurs on the doorstep of Headquarters the local force thinks it's funny. But Barlow is not amused. He is aware the incident could be a prelude to a much bigger crim
Wild Goose
Oct 30, 1969 · 50 min
What is a criminal like Jack Carter doing in Wyvern? Barlow hopes to find out by surveillance and is furious when Digby inadvertently makes the squad's interest apparent.
We Shall Miss You
Nov 6, 1969 · 50 min
Barlow and watt travel to Thamesford and back - but not together - in pursuit of important changes in their careers. While they wait to hear the results of their journeys they joi
Write Off
Nov 13, 1969 · 50 min
Why is DS Allin so interested in the leisure activities of the elite of Wyvern? And why does a car involved in a minor accident unaccountably burst into flames? The subsequent en
Arrival
Nov 20, 1969 · 50 min
Barlow's first day at Thamesford is rounded off with a telephone call that involves him in his first major investigation as head of C.I.D.
Diversion
Dec 4, 1969 · 50 min
Routine enquiries into a series of minor break-ins become a major hunt for a dangerous criminal.
Private Mischief
Jan 22, 1970 · 50 min
A worried barman asks John Watt why a detective constable is asking questions about him. Watt makes some alarming discoveries about the constable in question.
Sprats And Mackerels
Feb 5, 1970 · 50 min
A whisper from the north of England leads the Task Force to Eastcote Docks. A domestic dispute takes them to the nearby caravan site at Bathgate. But what is the link between the
Like Any Other Friday
Feb 12, 1970 · 50 min
Barlow is pursuing the hint of an armed robbery. Hawkins and Jackson are tackling another in a series of Thursday night thefts. But there is something different about this partic