Target

Target

Target

7.0

1977 – Present2 Seasons · 17 EpisodesCanceled

Overview

A crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve.

Network: BBC One

Cast

Patrick Mower

DS Steve Hackett

Philip Madoc

DCS Tate

Brendan Price

DS Frank Bonney

Vivien Heilbron

DS Louise Colbert

Episodes

Season 1 Season 2

S1E1

Episode 1 · 50m

Shipment

Hackett and team stake out a cargo ship carrying £30,000 in silver. A tip-off from snout Ted Knight points the finger at Jack Maynard. When the stakeout is terminated, the team discover Knight with his throat slit on the dock.

Sep 9, 1977

S1E2

Episode 2 · 50m

Blow Out

Harry Skeats runs a gang of jewel thieves. During a safe breaking, gang member Rocky Wall is badly burned; he's dumped and dies in hospital. Knowing they need a new burner, Hackett bails Tim Farlow out of jail to use has bait.

Sep 16, 1977

S1E3

Episode 3 · 50m

Big Elephant

Courier Pink gives Sharkey a chance to make some money by bringing Lebanon hashish into Britain. Before he can hand it to Cetti, police raid his home, leaving Sharkey in possession of half a million pounds' worth of heroin.

Sep 23, 1977

S1E4

Episode 4 · 50m

Hunting Parties

Criminals Dickie Tufnell and Harry Kemp are shot dead in a gangland hit. Hackett learns that the latter had been forced into the robbery by a pair of revolutionaries looking to raise funds.

Sep 30, 1977

S1E5

Episode 5 · 50m

Vandraggers

Two youths hijack four lorries and beat up the drivers. Tate believes they are stealing to order. When the pair attempt to sell new TV/radio cassette players to Tyler Electronics, they cross a big firm.

Oct 14, 1977

S1E6

Episode 6 · 50m

Lady Luck

Hackett's snout Collars is murdered. Inquiries lead to the release of Swain and Lewis from Parkhurst. Target criminal Ruby Daniels' daughter Sam is kidnapped and the abductors want £300,000 in cash. Hackett believes Daniels is connected to the pair.

Oct 21, 1977

S1E7

Episode 7 · 50m

Set Up

An informer tells Hackett to go to a squash club where he will find a briefcase in a locker. Leaving, he is approached by Dep. Chief Constable Goddard. Instead of documents, there's £10,000 in cash and Hackett facing suspension.

Oct 28, 1977

S1E8

Episode 8 · 50m

Roadrunner

A young runaway is found at the scene of a lorry hijacking. Down the road, a second lorry is hijacked but the driver is dead and carrying a large amount of money. Hackett suspects that girls are being used as bait and goes undercover.

Nov 4, 1977

S1E9

Episode 9 · 50m

Carve Up

Bids are being placed for a lucrative city development building project but is there an element of police corruption connected to one of them?

Nov 11, 1977

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