Softly, Softly: Season 8
Season 8 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 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
Surveillance
Sep 27, 1972 · 50 min
Observation is being kept at the scene of an intended robbery. PC Snow is one of the watchers and he later finds himself in considerable danger.
New Broom
Nov 8, 1972 · 50 min
It's surprising what turns up in household refuse. What is it the dustmen find that brings John Watt and the Task Force so promptly to the rubbish tip?
Paper Chase
Nov 15, 1972 · 50 min
Task Force chase counterfeit notes; CID the money snatchers.
Conversion
Dec 6, 1972 · 50 min
Change creates uncertainty. A shake up in No. 1 Task Force causes PC Snow to think carefully about himself and his future.
Needle
Dec 13, 1972 · 50 min
Watt and the Task Force investigate an 'accident' and their enquiries take them behind prison walls.
Time-Table
Jan 3, 1973 · 50 min
A safe is blown in Manchester - the suspected man is in Kingley. Watt has a problem.
Conspiracy
Jan 10, 1973 · 50 min
A gang of safe breakers are plaguing Thamesford constabulary. Adler puts the pressure on Evans to obtain concrete evidence against the villains.
For Love or Money
Jan 24, 1973 · 50 min
A policeman has many unpleasant duties, not the least of which is investigating the activities of a fellow officer. John Watt has to face this unpleasant task.