| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Guest stars | Original air date |
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| 1 | Picking It Up | Robert Banks Stewart | Martyn Friend | Floella Benjamin, Judith Byfield, David Savile, Roland Oliver, Graeme Eton | 18 October 1981 |
| 2 | Nice People Die in Bed | John Kershaw | Martin Campbell | Rosemary Martin, Richard Morant, Ian Redford, George Little, Lloyd McGuire | 25 October 1981 |
| 3 | Unlucky Dip | Bob Baker | Ian Toynton | Prunella Scales, Jack Galloway, Brian Hall | 1 November 1981 |
| 4 | Campaign for Silence | Alistair Bell | Martyn Friend | Ian Hendry, Simon Cadell, Peter Dahlsen, John Gillett, Julian Fox, Neil Hallett, Jay Neill, John Golightly | 8 November 1981 |
| 5 | See You in Moscow | Gerry O'Hara | Don Leaver | Sara Kestelman, Bernard Gallagher, Anthony Head, Michael Osborne, George Irving, Ray Mort, Harry Waters | 15 November 1981 |
| 6 | Portrait of Yesterday | Dennis Spooner | Laurence Moody | Sarah Lawson, Derek Farr, Tenniel Evans, Charles Kay, Christopher Villiers, David Webb | 22 November 1981 |
| 7 | Last Chance For a Loser | Philip Broadley | Ian Toynton | Patrick Mower, Sarah Douglas, Sean Caffrey, Bill Treacher, George Roubicek, Ishia Bennison | 29 November 1981 |
| 8 | Late For a Funeral | Dennis Spooner | Henry Herbert | James Cossins, Christopher Ellison, Ann Tirard, Leon Eagles, Eric Mason, Gary Watson, Glen Murphy | 6 December 1981 |
| 9 | Relative Values | Peter Miller | Martin Campbell | Lynda La Plante (billed as Lynda Marchal), Maureen O'Brien, Warren Clarke, Geoffrey Bayldon, John Carlisle, Freddie Earlle | 13 December 1981 |
| 10 | The Hood and the Harlequin | Terence Feely | Roger Tucker | Greta Scacchi, Anthony Forrest, Marc Boyle, Lawrence Davidson, Tim Audrain | 20 December 1981 |
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| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Guest stars | Original air date |
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| 1 | A Message for the Rich | Robert Banks Stewart | Alan Grint | Dandy Nichols, Phil Davis, Norman Jones, Kevin Stoney | 9 January 1983 |
| 2 | Always Leave Them Laughing | Robert Banks Stewart, Peter Miller | Peter Smith | Joanne Whalley, Brian Capron, Edward Phillips, Harry Littlewood, Rikki Fulton | 16 January 1983 |
| 3 | Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie | Dennis Spooner | Michael Rolfe | William Hootkins, Gareth Thomas, Victor Lucas, Ling Tai, Hayden Jones | 23 January 1983 |
| 4 | Prime Target | Robert Banks Stewart, Robert Holmes | Henry Herbert | Anthony Valentine, Catherine Schell, Nickolas Grace, Nell Campbell, Marc Sinden, Tamara Ustinov | 30 January 1983 |
| 5 | Almost Like a Holiday | Alistair Bell | Laurence Moody | Norman Wisdom, Michael Attwell, Sheila Ruskin, Elvi Hale, Jeff Rawle, Kevin Stoney, David Quilter, Penelope Lee, Roy Spencer | 6 February 1983 |
| 6 | Fall of a Birdman | Paul Wheeler | Ben Bolt | Richard Griffiths, Philip Stone, Donald Sumpter, Brian Grellis | 13 February 1983 |
| 7 | A Miracle Every Week | Robert Banks Stewart, Leslie Darbon | Colin Bucksey | Art Malik, Nicholas Ball, Denis Lawson, Derek Thompson, Zienia Merton, Ben Aris, Timothy Block, David Purcell | 20 February 1983 |
| 8 | A Perfect Recapture | Paul Wheeler | Paul Ciappessoni | Barbara Shelley, Ronald Hines, Tracey Childs, Richard Beale | 27 February 1983 |
| 9 | The Moonlight Girls | Bob Baker | Michael Rolfe | Jeremy Child, Alibe Parsons, Kevin Stoney, Maya Woolfe, Peter Craze, Nicolas Chagrin | 6 March 1983 |
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| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Guest stars | Original air date |
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| 1 | Ninety Per Cent Proof | Brian Clemens | Robert Young | Carol Royle, Ray Winstone, John Gordon Sinclair, Anthony Steel, Dallas Adams, Neville Barber | 3 December 1983 |
| 2 | A Hole in the Bucket | Bill Craig | Ian Toynton | Celia Gregory, Rosy Clayton, Donald Morley, Barrie Cookson, Godfrey James, Peter Childs | 10 December 1983 |
| 3 | Holiday Snaps | Nick McCarty | Ben Bolt | Lee Montague, Michael Angelis, Jean Boht, Brian Hawksley, Graham Cull | 17 December 1983 |
| 4 | Ice Maiden | Rod Beacham | Robert Tronson | Liza Goddard, Richard Hurndall, Frederick Hall, Ian Collier | 24 December 1983 |
| 5 | Come Out Fighting | Alistair Bell | Robert Young | Lee Montague, Oliver Cotton, Tony Osoba, Eva Mottley, John Abineri, Kevin Lloyd, Clifford Rose, Brian McDermott, Tessa Peake-Jones, Timothy Block, Richard Steele | 31 December 1983 |
| 6 | A Touch of Eastern Promise | Brian Finch | Christopher King | Zia Mohyeddin, Nadim Sawalha | 7 January 1984 |
| 7 | A Cry in the Night | Robert Holmes | Oliver Horsbrugh | Primi Townsend, Rosalind Lloyd, Peter Birrel, Frank Mills, Derek Smith | 14 January 1984 |
| 8 | The Company You Keep | Tony Hoare | David Reynolds | Mel Martin, Tony Selby, Denis Lill, Mike Grady, Angela Browne, Ralph Michael, Roy Barraclough | 21 January 1984 |
| 9 | Tug of War | Paul Wheeler | Laurence Moody | Alan Lake, Stephen Yardley, Shirley Stelfox, Marianne Borgo, Edwin Richfield, Mary Tamm | 28 January 1984 |
| 10 | House Guests | Bill Craig | Robert Tronson | Patrick Allen, Dudley Sutton, Kate Fahy, Gerald Sim, Jeffrey Segal, Eric Mason, Wolfe Morris, Robert Cartland | 4 February 1984 |
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| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Guest stars | Original air date |
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| 1 | The Last Interview | Robert Banks Stewart | Brian Farnham | Barry Foster, Kate Harper, Stephen McGann, Gareth Milne, Eileen Helsby, John Rolfe | 11 October 1985 |
| 2 | Off Shore Trades | Nick McCarty | David Reynolds | Ian McCulloch, Bernard Archard, Nicolas Chagrin, Carole Ashby, Arthur Blake, Gilbert Wynne, Jon Croft, Patrick Duncan, Leonie Mellinger, Stephen Riddle | 18 October 1985 |
| 3 | What Dreams May Come? | Brian Finch | Ben Bolt | Charles Gray, Jill Meager, Malcolm Tierney, John Ringham, Jim Morris, John Abbott, Hubert Rees | 25 October 1985 |
| 4 | Low Profile | Roger Davenport | David Reynolds | Beryl Reid, Mark Strickson, Jerome Willis, Benjamin Whitrow, Lois Baxter, Martin Fisk | 1 November 1985 |
| 5 | Return of the Ice Maiden | Rod Beacham | Michael Custance | Liza Goddard, Elizabeth Spriggs, Ian Marter, John Baker | 8 November 1985 |
| 6 | Chrissie | Edwin Pearce | David Reynolds | Veronica Smart, Duncan Preston, Sheila Ruskin, Hilary Mason, Michelle Collins, Perry Fenwick, Rosie Marcel, Arthur Cox, Clare Clifford | 15 November 1985 |
| 7 | The Tennis Racket | Terry James | Les Chatfield | Reece Dinsdale, Constance Chapman, Andrew Burt | 29 November 1985 |
| 8 | Sins of the Fathers | Tessa Coleman | Graeme Harper | Warren Clarke, Lynn Farleigh, Francesca Brill, Ursula Howells, Maurice Roëves, Ivor Roberts, Petra Markham, Terry Molloy, Andrew McCulloch, Dennis Edwards | 13 December 1985 |
| 9 | Avenge O'Lord | John Fletcher | Robert Tronson | Bernard Hepton, Ian Redford, Terrence Hardiman, Haluk Bilginer, Ian McNeice | 20 December 1985 | |
| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Guest stars | Original air date |
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| 1 | The Memory Man | Chris Boucher | Graeme Harper | Jeremy Clyde, Judy Cornwell, Richard Morant, Jeremy Sinden, Nigel Lambert, Philip Hurd-Wood | 3 January 1987 |
| 2 | Winner Take All | Robert Holmes | Robert Young | Michael Gambon, Connie Booth, Nick Brimble, David Schofield | 10 January 1987 |
| 3 | Root and Branch | Brian Finch | Baz Taylor | Christopher Fairbank | 17 January 1987 |
| 4 | A Desirable Little Residence | Rod Beacham | Robert Tronson | George Shane, Liz Crowther, Harry Landis, Milton Johns | 24 January 1987 |
| 5 | The Deadly Virus | Nick McCarty | Gerry Mill | Rosemary Martin, Daniel Hill, Peter Llewellyn Williams, Ian Thompson, Mary Healey, Desmond McNamara | 31 January 1987 |
| 6 | SPARTA | Rod Beacham | Robert Young | Liza Goddard, David Calder, Judy Buxton | 7 February 1987 |
| 7 | Thanks for Everything | Nick McCarty | Richard Bramall | Lee Montague, Morag Hood, Rowena Cooper, Geoffrey Bateman, Davyd Harries, Christian Rodska | 14 February 1987 |
| 8 | Poison | John Fletcher | Robert Tronson | Alfred Burke, Bernard Archard, Peter Tuddenham, Philip Anthony, Philip Bond | 21 February 1987 |
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| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Guest stars | Original air date |
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| 1 | Whatever Lola Wants | Brian Finch | Nigel Finch | Ann Mitchell, Ronald Lacey | 2 January 1988 |
| 2 | Crossed Swords | Edwin Pearce | David Carson | Cherry Gillespie, James Warwick, Peter Woodward, Patricia Quinn, Colin Jeavons, Nick Burnell, Terry Walsh | 9 January 1988 |
| 3 | A Horse of a Different Colour | Rod Beacham | Matthew Robinson | Liza Goddard, Tony Haygarth, Shirley Stelfox, Donald Burton | 16 January 1988 |
| 4 | Burnt | John Fletcher | Robert Tronson | Ronald Pickup, Vivian Pickles, James Cossins, Tyler Butterworth, Tenniel Evans, David Gooderson, Graham Weston, William Maxwell | 23 January 1988 |
| 5 | The Sin of Forgiveness | John Collee | Tristan DeVere Cole | John Bennett, Susan Fleetwood, Alan MacNaughtan, David John Pope | 30 January 1988 |
| 6 | A Man of Sorrows | John Fletcher | Geoffrey Sax | Jack Galloway, George Baker, William Simons, Donald Douglas, Valentino Musetti | 6 February 1988 |
| 7 | Private Fight | Edmund Ward | Alan Dossor | John Forgeham, Ralph Nossek, Lill Roughley, Nick Stringer | 13 February 1988 |
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| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Guest stars | Original air date |
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| 1 | Sea Changes | Edwin Pearce | Richard Standeven | Edward Brayshaw, Denica Fairman, Sean Caffrey, David McAlister | 28 January 1989 |
| 2 | Natural Enemies | Andrew Caine | Geoffrey Sax | Susan Penhaligon, Kenneth Cope, Billy J. Mitchell, Pat Starr, Joanne Bell | 4 February 1989 |
| 3 | Tangos in the Night | John Fletcher | Stuart Urban | Hetty Baynes, Stephen McGann, Sarah Lawson, Reginald Marsh, Tony Adams | 11 February 1989 |
| 4 | The Other Woman | John Collee | Peter Ellis | Frances Tomelty, Jack Watling | 18 February 1989 |
| 5 | Weekend Off | John Milne | Charlie Naim | James Faulkner, David Troughton, Simon Dutton, Geoffrey Hutchings, Marianne Borgo | 25 February 1989 |
| 6 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | Robert Banks Stewart | Alex Kirby | Benedict Taylor, Tom Radcliffe, Philip Locke, Annabel Leventon, Geoffrey Beevers | 4 March 1989 |
| 7 | Old Acquaintance | Rod Beacham | Richard Standeven | Liza Goddard, Ben Onwukwe, David Neilson, Jill Benedict | 11 March 1989 |
| 8 | Trenchard's Last Case | Brian Finch | Mike Barnes | Alec McCowen, George Costigan, Catherine Neilson | 18 March 1989 |
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| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Guest stars | Original air date |
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| 1 | A True Detective | John Milne | Richard Bramall | Julian Wadham, Louis Mahoney, John Cater, Tim Whitnall, John Hart Dyke | 14 January 1990 |
| 2 | My Name's Sergeant Bergerac | John Milne | Michael Brayshaw | Tony Robinson, Ronald Allen, Sue Lloyd, John Bluthal, Derren Nesbitt, Barry Jackson | 21 January 1990 |
| 3 | The Dig | John Milne | Geoffrey Sax | Susan Wooldridge, Trevor Cooper, Gordon Gostelow | 28 January 1990 |
| 4 | Roots of Evil | Brian Finch | Richard Spence | Geoffrey Palmer, Lynsey Baxter, Steve McFadden, Struan Rodger | 4 February 1990 |
| 5 | Entente Cordiale | Jeremy Burnham | Ken Grieve | Peter Miles, John Abineri, Michael Cronin, Jack Watling | 11 February 1990 |
| 6 | In Love and War | John Collee | Jeremy Ancock | Brenda Bruce, Clive Merrison | 18 February 1990 |
| 7 | Under Wraps | Edmund Ward | Geoffrey Sax | Geoffrey Chater, Alfred Lynch, Leonard Trolley, Jerome Flynn | 25 February 1990 |
| 8 | All the Sad Songs | Rod Beacham | Tim Fywell | Gary Bond, Diane Langton, Peter Martin, Jeff Nuttall | 4 March 1990 |
| 9 | The Messenger Boy | Cyril Williams | Tristan DeVere Cole | Andrew Burt, Alec Sabin | 11 March 1990 |
| 10 | Diplomatic Incident | David Crane | Ken Grieve | Julian Glover, Tip Tipping | 18 March 1990 |
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| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Guest stars | Original air date |
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| 1 | Something to Hide | Cyril Williams | Tony Dow | Jack Watling, David de Keyser | 5 January 1991 |
| 2 | The Dark Horse | John Milne | Tristan DeVere Cole | Frederick Treves, Bernice Stegers, Peter-Hugo Daly, Lloyd McGuire | 12 January 1991 |
| 3 | Snow in Provence | John Milne | Tony Dow | Louise Lombard, Pippa Guard, Martin Cochrane, André Maranne | 19 January 1991 |
| 4 | The Evil That Men Do | John Milne | Tristan DeVere Cole | John Hallam, Maxine Audley, Robin Soans | 26 January 1991 |
| 5 | My Friend Charlie | Graham Hurley | Michael Rolfe | William Hootkins | 2 February 1991 |
| 6 | On the Rocks | Christopher Russell | Michael Rolfe | Jean Badin | 9 February 1991 |
| 7 | The Waiting Game | David Crane | Colm Villa | Jack Watling, Simon Oates, Eileen Way, Simon Coady | 16 February 1991 |
| 8 | Warriors | Tony MacNab | Terry Green | Ursula Howells, Terence Harvey, Eamonn Walker, Leonard Maguire, Richard Caldicot, Oona Kirsch | 23 February 1991 |
| 9 | The Assassin | John Fletcher | Colm Villa | Christian Burgess, Peter Cellier | 2 March 1991 |
| 10 | The Lohans | Peter Palliser | Terry Green | Billy Murray, Kate Fahy, Cindy O'Callaghan | 9 March 1991 |
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