Season 1

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Welcome to Coppers End

   19 Feb 1971 · 30 min

   Coppers End is a police station where the policemen work very hard to avoid work. PC Penny Pringle is the enthusiastic, efficient WPC posted to the station to shake things up.

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   2. If You Want to Know the Time, Ask a Policeman

   26 Feb 1971 · 30 min

   If you want the time, don't ask a policeman from Coppers End; no one has a watch.

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   3. High Noon

   5 Mar 1971 · 30 min

   Two thugs arrive at Coppers End.

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   4. The Drunken Irishman

   12 Mar 1971 · 30 min

   A drunken Irishman has a problem – he can't get into jail.

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   5. Sgt. Short in Love

   19 Mar 1971 · 30 min

   Short's new romance changes him as a man.

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   6. The Casualty Ward

   26 Mar 1971 · 30 min

   PC Edwards has gambling fever but ends up in the casualty ward.

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   7. The 12 Year Old

   2 Apr 1971 · 30 min

   Ripper blackmails Pringle into looking after his 12-year-old son. And that means trouble for everyone.

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   8. Agatha Pilbeam

   9 Apr 1971 · 30 min

   Agatha Pilbeam tells the men in Coppers End about a bank hold-up.

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   9. The Box of Blood

   16 Apr 1971 · 30 min

   Two lorry drivers find a sinister-looking box leaking blood.

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    10. The Arrangement

    23 Apr 1971 · 30 min

    Why is the constabulary at Coppers End moving faster than usual? Edwards announces that he and Pringle have come to an arrangement.

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    11. Fog

    30 Apr 1971 · 30 min

    Coppers End takes to examining itself.

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    12. The Con

    7 May 1971 · 30 min

    Ripper catches a con man — or is the con man catching him?

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    13. Caught Him – For a While!

    14 May 1971 · 30 min

    Everyone at Coppers End is shocked — someone has committed a crime and Ripper arrests him. But then Short takes action.