September 14, 1959
Philip Main is recruited has a probation officer. Arthur Finney was arrested for burglary. The prison doctor says the boy has been...Read more
September 21, 1959
Mr. Alexander asks Philip Main to help him to persuade his son Johnny not to marry white girl Mary Sadler. When a razor gang attac...Read more
September 28, 1959
Residivist Patsy Morley convinces the Judge that he is worth another chance, so Philip Main has to access him for probation. Meanw...Read more
October 5, 1959
Episode 4 of Season 1 premiered on October 5, 1959
October 12, 1959
An old friend of Philip Main, Corporal Len Grantham contacts him for help with his marriage. He says his German wife, Eva is seein...Read more
October 19, 1959
Iris Cope is given the task of helping Carrie West, a doctor's daughter given a two years probation for stealing. Her parents are ...Read more
October 26, 1959
Former regular army officer Colonel Chester is in court for using his cane to smash a car windscreen. Philip Main has to make a pr...Read more
November 2, 1959
Con Barnes is released from borstal and starts a knife fight with Larry Melvin. Both are arrested. When Blake visits Melvin's fami...Read more
November 9, 1959
Episode 9 of Season 1 premiered on November 9, 1959
November 16, 1959
The probation officers deal with two cases: the sliding fortunes of ex-pilot Mark Kennedy and the theft of a baby by its nanny.
November 23, 1959
Episode 11 of Season 1 premiered on November 23, 1959
November 30, 1959
A doctor feels isolated by his sexuality.
December 7, 1959
During a Ban the Bomb demonstration a police horse rider is felled. Peter Fry is the nearest person and arrested. He is sentenced ...Read more
December 14, 1959
Joyce Langley and Kathleen Morgan are charged of attacking John Anderson. Morgan is sentenced to six months in jail but Langley is...Read more
December 21, 1959
Philip Main's client Mr. Belcher is father of six children charged for receiving stolen goods from his daughter. Main would like h...Read more
December 28, 1959
Richard Bates is found guilty of GBH, on Peter Woodburn, in a drunken rage. Bates was a former staff officer and a managing direct...Read more
January 4, 1960
Philip Main has to deal with two different types of boys who are put on probation by a juvenile court.
January 11, 1960
Episode 18 of Season 1 premiered on January 11, 1960
January 18, 1960
A youth with a bad past is found the one kind of work - wood carving - that interests him but there is trouble when a shop steward...Read more
January 25, 1960
Episode 20 of Season 1 premiered on January 25, 1960
February 1, 1960
The problems of an elderly Jewish tailor and his son after the father is brought to court for receiving stolen cloth.
February 8, 1960
70-year-old grandad Charlie Toliver has broke into the gas meter to pay for his radio. At court, the judge Charlie is given 12 mon...Read more
February 15, 1960
A Hungarian refugee faces prejudice and loneliness and is not accepted by his trade union.
February 22, 1960
The problems caused by hire-purchase payments on luxury goods.
February 29, 1960
The probation officers deal with a case of matrimonial difficulties.
March 7, 1960
The spoilt 16-year-old son of a wealthy novelist is a problem for the probation authorities.
March 14, 1960
A woman steals a coat when her husband becomes too ill to work.
March 21, 1960
Merchant seaman Greg Miller is told by a doctor that he is unfit to continue his life at sea because of failing eyesight. When he ...Read more
March 28, 1960
Episode 29 of Season 1 premiered on March 28, 1960
April 4, 1960
A girl is put on probation because of her association with a man who has been sent to prison.
April 11, 1960
Former Polish soldier Paul Kresler is in trouble after stealing a few pennies from a newspaper stand because of his bad former record.
April 18, 1960
A 15-year-old boy keeps getting into trouble because he wants to show his friends that he is not afraid.
April 25, 1960
A criminal who complains that his circumstances have been against him gets a new start, but his determination to reform doesn't last long.
May 2, 1960
A former sergeant major still under the influence of army discipline exerts it on his family with unhappy results.
May 9, 1960
The case of a young man with a disregard for the law and an ability for getting in trouble in spite of his father's best efforts.
May 16, 1960
Episode 36 of Season 1 premiered on May 16, 1960
May 23, 1960
Episode 37 of Season 1 premiered on May 23, 1960
May 30, 1960
A former army man is charged with embezzlement.
June 6, 1960
Episode 39 of Season 1 premiered on June 6, 1960