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Season 1

  • S01E01 Shipment

    • September 9, 1977
    • BBC One

    Hackett follows up on information about dodgy dealings aboard an international cargo ship provided by a murdered snitch.

  • S01E02 Blow Out

    • September 16, 1977
    • BBC One

    Hackett is baffled by a series of jewel thefts and turns to a prisoner awaiting release for help.

  • S01E03 Big Elephant

    • September 23, 1977
    • BBC One

    A sailor tries to sell a package of stolen drugs he believes to be hashish, but it is actually heroin.

  • S01E04 Hunting Parties

    • September 30, 1977
    • BBC One

    A revolutionary action group interrupts a burglary at a former villain's home. Hackett and the victim's family try to track them down.

  • S01E05 Vandraggers

    • October 14, 1977
    • BBC One

    An electronics shipment has been hi-jacked, prompting Hackett to empty a bank's safety deposit boxes.

  • S01E06 Lady Luck

    • October 21, 1977
    • BBC One

    Hackett quits the force in disgrace after being accused of accepting a bribe. He arranges to sell police files to people traffickers to pay for his enforced retirement.

  • S01E07 Set Up

    • October 28, 1977
    • BBC One

    Hackett is suspended for alleged corruption. "If you're innocent, stand and fight" pleads Ros. So why's Hackett on the run?

  • S01E08 Roadrunner

    • November 4, 1977
    • BBC One

    Hackett investigates the hijacking of a truck and the subsequent murder of its driver by a hitchhiker and uncovers pilfering at an electronics plant.

  • S01E09 Carve Up

    • November 11, 1977
    • BBC One

    Hackett investigates possible police corruption in relation to bids for a city development project and is led into an embarrassing triangle with the daughter of a chief superintendent.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Rogue's Gallery

    • September 15, 1978
    • BBC One

    Hackett investigates the curious theft of rare old paintings from wealthy homes and finds a dedicated young woman determined to advance the careers of several young artists.

  • S02E02 A Good And Faithful Woman

    • September 22, 1978
    • BBC One

    Hackett and his people do not succeed, to intercept gangster Ray Blake at the airport. Blake has been taken to an old colleague who fixes him up with a crook. Blakes wife Diana is pressured suddenly from the police, the gangsters and her man...

  • S02E03 Queen's Pardon

    • September 29, 1978
    • BBC One

    Hackett has to deal with a hostage situation when a disturbed father demands a pardon for his son who was executed for murder fifteen years before.

  • S02E04 Fringe Banking

    • October 13, 1978
    • BBC One

    Hackett stumbles onto a scheme to acquire a struggling construction company that is in line to win a lucrative government contract.

  • S02E05 Promises

    • October 20, 1978
    • BBC One

    A young squad member is murdered when accompanying a key witness to the trial of a prominent gangster.

  • S02E06 The Trouble With Charlie

    • October 27, 1978
    • BBC One

    Hackett meets an old flame at the airport but her current boyfriend gets involved in a cocaine deal that goes wrong.

  • S02E07 Figures Of Importance

    • November 3, 1978
    • BBC One

    Hackett's former fiancée is killed by a strong arm man. He and her delinquent son want to find out who killed her and why.

  • S02E08 The Run

    • November 10, 1978
    • BBC One

    Hackett uses an accountant to get evidence against a porn publisher who is buying drugs with smuggled gold.