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Juliet Bravo

TV·1980–1985·6 seasons, 88 episodes·BBC One·Crime, Drama·50m·Created by Ian Kennedy Martin

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Juliet Bravo was a drama that focused on two female police inspectors, neither of whom were called Juliet Bravo! These two inspectors worked in the small fictional town of Hartley, Lancashire. Jean Darblay was on the scene first and had trouble with her sexist colleagues. However she soon managed to gain their trust and prove a woman could be a successful police officer and housewife. Jean's call sign was Juliet Bravo. When she was promoted and moved on she was replaced by Kate Longton who not only took over the patch but also the headaches that went with it.

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Episodes by season

Season0116Episodes1980AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Juliet Bravo S01E01Shot GunAugust 30, 1980A new police inspector, Jean Darbley, arrives at Hartley police station and immediately has to deal with a man who takes his daughter from h
  2. S01E02Juliet Bravo S01E02Fraudulently UtteredSeptember 6, 1980An elderly tea-lady is arrested, accused of stealing large sums of money from her employer.
  3. S01E03Juliet Bravo S01E03The DraughtsmanSeptember 13, 1980A body is found in Hartley, and Insp Darbley helps a detective from the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad with the murder investigation.
  4. S01E04Juliet Bravo S01E04CoinsSeptember 20, 1980PC Bentley tells Jean he thinks a woman is involved in a burglary at Major Adams's fall-out shelter. He is almost right.
  5. S01E05Juliet Bravo S01E05Trouble At T'MillSeptember 27, 1980Insp Darbley finds herself caught up in a dispute over an old steam engine.
  6. S01E06Juliet Bravo S01E06The RunnerOctober 4, 1980Insp Darbley deals with nine-year-old tearaway Jonny Duffield.
  7. S01E07Juliet Bravo S01E07Coming BackOctober 11, 1980Mick Grainger is apprehensive about leaving prison after six years and returning to his wife Judy.
  8. S01E08Juliet Bravo S01E08CagesOctober 18, 1980Police make a bizarre discovery in the yard of Szabo's fish and chip shop.
  9. S01E09Juliet Bravo S01E09RageOctober 25, 1980Insp. Darbley tries to save a disturbed young mother and her baby.
  10. S01E10Juliet Bravo S01E10The One Who Got AwayNovember 1, 1980Officers from the crime squad mount an undercover operation against a gang of international counterfeiters.
  11. S01E11Juliet Bravo S01E11ExpectationsNovember 8, 1980Insp Darbley goes to the rescue of an inexperienced young W.P.C.
  12. S01E12Juliet Bravo S01E12Home-Grown Or Imported?November 15, 1980Violence erupts in Hartley when an incomer tries to open a country club.
  13. S01E13Juliet Bravo S01E13Family UnitNovember 22, 1980A widower and father of four who is fond of a drink or two comes between Insp Darbley and her husband.
  14. S01E14Juliet Bravo S01E14OscarNovember 29, 1980Eleven-year-old Janice claims she has been told to steal washing from a launderette by a mystery man named Oscar.
  15. S01E15Juliet Bravo S01E15The Anastasia SyndromeDecember 6, 1980Special Branch ask Insp Darbley to investigate a possible threat in advance of a planned royal visit.
  16. S01E16Juliet Bravo S01E16ReliefDecember 13, 1980Insp. Darbley takes a week's leave to carry out some home-decorating.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0214Episodes1981AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Juliet Bravo S02E01New ArrivalsSeptember 5, 1981Insp Darbley clashes with her new boss, Chief Superintendent Albert Hallam.
  2. S02E02Juliet Bravo S02E02ArleneSeptember 12, 1981Insp. Darbley tries to help a vulnerable young woman.
  3. S02E03Juliet Bravo S02E03Party FunSeptember 19, 1981Insp. Darbley is left holding the baby when a prisoner is released from H.M.P. Parkhurst.
  4. S02E04Juliet Bravo S02E04Lies and LiarsSeptember 26, 1981Police investigate a pet shop owner accused of inappropriate relations with a young child.
  5. S02E05Juliet Bravo S02E05A Private PlaceOctober 3, 1981Insp. Darbley deals with an elderly couple who refuse to comply with an eviction order.
  6. S02E06Juliet Bravo S02E06Unpicking the StitchesOctober 10, 1981Insp. Darbley arranges safe accommodation for the sole witness in an attempted murder case.
  7. S02E07Juliet Bravo S02E07Clever BoyOctober 17, 1981Police investigate the disappearance of a teenaged boy who walks out of school just before taking his O-Level examinations.
  8. S02E08Juliet Bravo S02E08Aunt SallyOctober 24, 1981A store detective's life starts to fall apart when she is compulsorily retired.
  9. S02E09Juliet Bravo S02E09GorgeousOctober 31, 1981A well-known and respected councillor faces scandal and ruin over the love of the wrong woman.
  10. S02E10Juliet Bravo S02E10WhispersNovember 7, 1981Information from an informant has sent a man to jail, with serious consequences for Insp Darbley's private life.
  11. S02E11Juliet Bravo S02E11BarriersNovember 10, 1981Tom Darblay attends to an illness in the family, while P.C. Gallagher has his own family crisis.
  12. S02E12Juliet Bravo S02E12JourneysNovember 21, 1981Sgt. Parrish is surprised by the revelations of a minor criminal, while Insp. Darbley tries to solve the mystery of an old woman's amazing j
  13. S02E13Juliet Bravo S02E13Catching UpNovember 28, 1981A man who was presumed dead after disappearing ten years earlier turns up to see Sgt. Beck.
  14. S02E14Juliet Bravo S02E14The Third ManDecember 5, 1981Insp. Darbley doubts a man who swears he is innocent of any involvement in a robbery.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0314Episodes1982AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Juliet Bravo S03E01BetrayalsSeptember 4, 1982A soldier, home on leave from service in Northern Ireland, gets involved in a serious incident.
  2. S03E02Juliet Bravo S03E02HeatSeptember 11, 1982Police investigate a rash of unexplained fires.
  3. S03E03Juliet Bravo S03E03AmenitiesSeptember 18, 1982Insp. Darbley investigates when the site of a new office development is vandalised.
  4. S03E04Juliet Bravo S03E04Amateur NightSeptember 25, 1982Insp. Darbley is determined to identify the practical joker behind a series of petty thefts.
  5. S03E05Juliet Bravo S03E05A Breach of the PeaceOctober 2, 1982A gypsy is released from prison, reawakening a long-standing family feud.
  6. S03E06Juliet Bravo S03E06Family TiesOctober 9, 1982PC Ted Palmer challenges Insp Darbley's authority, with unhappy consequences.
  7. S03E07Juliet Bravo S03E07Nothing to ReportOctober 16, 1982The police have to deal with a rowdy night at the Warmsleigh Road Social Club.
  8. S03E08Juliet Bravo S03E08You Can Go Home AgainOctober 23, 1982The police have to deal with the logistics of the annual pop festival. Meanwhile, a celebrated former resident returns to Hartley to visit h
  9. S03E09Juliet Bravo S03E09Past LivesOctober 30, 1982Insp. Darbley deals with a face from the past, in a week in which the police have to cope with a robbery at the local co-op and some missing
  10. S03E10Juliet Bravo S03E10Cause for ComplaintNovember 7, 1982P.C. Martin Helmshore faces a serious accusation.
  11. S03E11Juliet Bravo S03E11Hartley's Midnight CowboyNovember 14, 1982The police deal with conflict between neighbouring farmers.
  12. S03E12Juliet Bravo S03E12The IntruderNovember 21, 1982Insp Darbley is anxious to find out what Frankie Miller is doing in Hartley, and why Dick Graydon is covering up for him.
  13. S03E13Juliet Bravo S03E13MisunderstandingsNovember 28, 1982Two women struggle to cope with loneliness, with tragic consequences for one of them.
  14. S03E14Juliet Bravo S03E14Where There's Muck...December 4, 1982Sgt. Beck has difficulty trying to sell tickets for the annual police dance.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0414Episodes1983AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01Juliet Bravo S04E01TeamworkSeptember 3, 1983The team at Hartley police station await the arrival of the new inspector. Having lost Insp. Darbley, it will be good to have a man back in
  2. S04E02Juliet Bravo S04E02Teacher's PetSeptember 10, 1983Insp. Kate Longton leads an urgent search to save a life after receiving an anonymouse telephone call.
  3. S04E03Juliet Bravo S04E03RetributionSeptember 17, 1983Insp. Longton agrees to a meeting about a forthcoming speaking engagement, but finds herself in a perilous situation.
  4. S04E04Juliet Bravo S04E04Solvent SolutionSeptember 24, 1983Insp Longton tries to protect some children from a deadly habit.
  5. S04E05Juliet Bravo S04E05Who's Your Friend?October 1, 1983Sgt Parrish demands to know why Insp Longton has taken Sgt Beck's name off the duty sheets.
  6. S04E06Juliet Bravo S04E06MatesOctober 8, 1983P.C. Danny Sparks thinks about quitting the force, but Insp. Longton has decided to buy a house locally.
  7. S04E07Juliet Bravo S04E07Bad SeedOctober 15, 1983Insp Longton is struck by the resemblance between a missing husband and an artist's impression of a wanted man.
  8. S04E08Juliet Bravo S04E08DoorsOctober 22, 1983Insp. Longton becomes involved in the case of a young foster mother accused of shoplifting.
  9. S04E09Juliet Bravo S04E09GuiltOctober 29, 1983D.S. Bernie Duckworth faces a family tragedy when his daughter is knocked down by a lorry.
  10. S04E10Juliet Bravo S04E10John The LadNovember 5, 1983Insp. Longton enquires after John Morton, a dangerous young man who has returned to Hartley.
  11. S04E11Juliet Bravo S04E11Who Says the War is Over?September 12, 1983An elderly man reports hearing a threatening voice calling from outside his isolated house - in German.
  12. S04E12Juliet Bravo S04E12Off DutyNovember 19, 1983Insp. Longton attends a report of assault, and examines her relationship with John Holden.
  13. S04E13Juliet Bravo S04E13Simple SimonNovember 26, 1983Insp. Longton tries to unravel the secret behind the strange behaviour of seventeen-year-old Simon Bailey.
  14. S04E14Juliet Bravo S04E14BacktrackDecember 3, 1983Insp. Longton clashes with D.C.I. Mark Perrin over an armed robbery.

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season0514Episodes1984AiredSeason avg
  1. S05E01Juliet Bravo S05E01AttackSeptember 1, 1984D.C.I. Perrin asks Insp. Longton to help bring an important witness back on side.
  2. S05E02Juliet Bravo S05E02There's None So BlindSeptember 8, 1984Insp. Longton warns local pensioners about confidence tricksters who have been posing as council officials.
  3. S05E03Juliet Bravo S05E03The Day That the Circus Left TownSeptember 15, 1984A fourteen-year-old girl has gone missing along with two hundred pounds from her mother's desk.
  4. S05E04Juliet Bravo S05E04Getting Away With ItSeptember 22, 1984Insp. Longton investigates a road accident and tries to prove that a drink-driver was responsible.
  5. S05E05Juliet Bravo S05E05No PeaceSeptember 29, 1984A local newspaper encourages hostility towards a travelling community.
  6. S05E06Juliet Bravo S05E06Strike the FatherOctober 6, 1984A police officer's son is arrested.
  7. S05E07Juliet Bravo S05E07Lost and FoundOctober 13, 1984Insp. Longton is in court and finds her motives under attack by an aggressive defence barrister.
  8. S05E08Juliet Bravo S05E08WorkforceOctober 20, 1984The manager of a dry-cleaning establishment confesses to a prior conviction for fraud and finds himself out of a job.
  9. S05E09Juliet Bravo S05E09Hallowe'enOctober 27, 1984A girl complains that a young man told her she will die on Hallowe'en.
  10. S05E10Juliet Bravo S05E10AlibiNovember 3, 1984P.C. Sparks provides someone with a defence of alibi against accusations of involvement in a series of robberies.
  11. S05E11Juliet Bravo S05E11AbuseNovember 10, 1984An anonymous telephone call leads Insp. Longton to a hopeless domestic situation and possible child abuse.
  12. S05E12Juliet Bravo S05E12Ducks in a RowNovember 17, 1984Insp. Longton needs the advice of Sgt. Beck in dealing with a troublesome freelance journalist, but he is on leave and cannot be found.
  13. S05E13Juliet Bravo S05E13ResolutionNovember 24, 1984Sgt. Beck resigns when a prisoner is found dead in his cell.
  14. S05E14Juliet Bravo S05E14Flowers TomorrowDecember 1, 1984A man confesses murder to the new vicar of Hartley then threatens to kill himself.

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season0616Episodes1985AiredSeason avg
  1. S06E01Juliet Bravo S06E01Hostage to FortuneSeptember 7, 1985A gang, disguised as a shooting party, take the wife of a bank manager hostage.
  2. S06E02Juliet Bravo S06E02ScabSeptember 14, 1985Two brothers-in-law, on opposite sides during the miners' strike, are at loggerheads.
  3. S06E03Juliet Bravo S06E03Chasing the DragonSeptember 21, 1985Insp. Longton informs a woman of the death of her daughter from a drug overdose, but the mother seems to be hiding something.
  4. S06E04Juliet Bravo S06E04Talk to MeSeptember 28, 1985Sgt Beck and PC Sparks respond to a call to a break-in, but the suspect makes good his escape. Beck suspects a courting couple near the scen
  5. S06E05Juliet Bravo S06E05Friends and NeighboursOctober 5, 1985Insp. Longton finds that the demands of the job take their toll on her personal life, when responding to a report that an intruder has enter
  6. S06E06Juliet Bravo S06E06The CutOctober 12, 1985A series of video thefts leads to an investigation of a rather more serious crime.
  7. S06E07Juliet Bravo S06E07KeysOctober 19, 1985Insp. Longton discovers that one of her colleagues is a thief.
  8. S06E08Juliet Bravo S06E08Flesh and BloodOctober 26, 1985Insp. Longton suspects the involvement of animal rights activists when a butcher and a pathologist are subjected to harassment.
  9. S06E09Juliet Bravo S06E09Unlawful ArrestNovember 2, 1985The police have to contend with a hymn-singing religious fanatic and a sleepless lay preacher. Insp. Longton has a heart-to-heart with D.C.I
  10. S06E10Juliet Bravo S06E10InspectionNovember 9, 1985Hartley Police Station prepares for a visit from the Chief Constable.
  11. S06E11Juliet Bravo S06E11We Are the PeopleNovember 16, 1985A man detained overnight for being drunk and disorderly reports seing a young girl in chains.
  12. S06E12Juliet Bravo S06E12TurbulenceNovember 23, 1985An army major asks Insp Longton to help him find a deserting corporal.
  13. S06E13Juliet Bravo S06E13Girl TalkNovember 30, 1985Insp. Longton investigates an alleged affair between a teacher and one of his pupils.
  14. S06E14Juliet Bravo S06E14Jobs for the BoysDecember 7, 1985Local residents complain about a gang of youngsters asking for work.
  15. S06E15Juliet Bravo S06E15In a Man's WorldDecember 14, 1985Insp. Longton is held up on her way to an interview for the post of Chief Inspector of the Juvenile Board, as she has to deal with a derange
  16. S06E16Juliet Bravo S06E16Reasons for LeavingDecember 21, 1985The police deal with a spate of thefts of Christmas trees, while Insp. Longton considers her career options in light of her failed bid for p

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