# New Scotland Yard (TV series)

New Scotland Yard is a police drama series produced by London Weekend Television (LWT) for the ITV network between 1972 and 1974. It features the activities of two officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in the Metropolitan Police force headquarters at New Scotland Yard, as they dealt with the assorted villains of the day.
The first three series ran from 1972 to 1973 and starred John Woodvine as Det. Chief Supt. John Kingdom and John Carlisle as Det. Inspector, later Det. Sgt., Alan Ward. But the series, scheduled on a Saturday night, failed to match the ratings of the similar format but more glamorous midweek counterpart from Thames, Special Branch.
The programme was resurrected for a fourth series in 1974, with an all-new cast headed by Michael Turner as Det. Chief Supt. Clay and Clive Francis as Det. Sgt. Dexter.
LWT were considered to have broken the rules of Saturday night broadcasting by showing a tough police drama in place of entertainment, but it was an inspiration for The Sweeney. Dennis Waterman, who went on to play a lead role in The Sweeney, appeared in a 1973 episode of New Scotland Yard called 'My Boy Robby?'.
The earlier unrelated Scotland Yard film series (1953–61) was made by Anglo-Amalgamated and was first aired on television by the American Broadcasting Company.

## Main cast members

* John Woodvine as Chief Supt. John Kingdom (series 1–3)
* John Carlisle as Det. Inspector, later Det. Sgt., Alan Ward (series 1–3)
* Michael Turner as Chief Supt. Tom Clay (series 4)
* Clive Francis as Det. Sgt. Dexter (series 4)

## Critical reception

Reviewing the DVD release of series 1,myReviewer.com noted "a fairly hard-hitting police drama even by today's standards"; and DVD compare.net called it " a fascinating issue-led series that is consistently good."

## Episodes

| Series | Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Series | Series | Episodes | Series premiere | Series finale |
| | 1 | 13 | 22 April 1972 (1972-04-22) | 15 July 1972 (1972-07-15) |
| | 2 | 13 | 13 October 1972 (1972-10-13) | 12 January 1973 (1973-01-12) |
| | 3 | 13 | 23 June 1973 (1973-06-23) | 15 September 1973 (1973-09-15) |
| | 4 | 7 | 13 April 1974 (1974-04-13) | 25 May 1974 (1974-05-25) |

### Series 1 (1972)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate |
| 1 | 1 | "Point of Impact" | Tony Wharmby | Don Houghton | 22 April 1972 (1972-04-22) |
| 2 | 2 | "The Come Back" | Tony Wharmby | Tony Hoare | 29 April 1972 (1972-04-29) |
| 3 | 3 | "Memory of a Gauntlet" | Christopher Hodson | Don Houghton | 6 May 1972 (1972-05-06) |
| 4 | 4 | "The Palais Romeo" | Bill Bain | Stuart Douglass | 13 May 1972 (1972-05-13) |
| 5 | 5 | "Hard Contract" | Paul Annett | Philip Martin | 20 May 1972 (1972-05-20) |
| 6 | 6 | "Shock Tactics" | John Reardon | Patrick Alexander | 27 May 1972 (1972-05-27) |
| 7 | 7 | "The Wrong-Un" | Paul Annett | Tony Hoare | 3 June 1972 (1972-06-03) |
| 8 | 8 | "Fire in a Honey Pot" | Bryan Izzard | Robert Banks Stewart | 10 June 1972 (1972-06-10) |
| 9 | 9 | "Perfect in Every Way" | Paul Annett | Stuart Douglass | 17 June 1972 (1972-06-17) |
| 10 | 10 | "The Banker" | James Ormerod | Don Houghton | 24 June 1972 (1972-06-24) |
| 11 | 11 | "Ask No Questions" | Oliver Horsbrugh | Lewis Greifer | 1 July 1972 (1972-07-01) |
| 12 | 12 | "Reunion" | David Cunliffe | Nicholas Palmer | 8 July 1972 (1972-07-08) |
| 13 | 13 | "And When You're Wrong" | Bryan Izzard | Alun Falconer | 15 July 1972 (1972-07-15) |

### Series 2 (1972–1973)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate |
| 14 | 1 | "Nothing to Live For" | Bryan Izzard | Tony Hoare | 13 October 1972 (1972-10-13) |
| 15 | 2 | "A Case of Prejudice" | Oliver Horsbrugh | Stuart Douglass | 20 October 1972 (1972-10-20) |
| 16 | 3 | "A Gathering of Dust" | Bryan Izzard | Don Houghton | 27 October 1972 (1972-10-27) |
| 17 | 4 | "Evidence of Character" | Bryan Izzard | Peter Wildeblood | 3 November 1972 (1972-11-03) |
| 18 | 5 | "Prove It" | Peter Moffatt | Richard Harris | 10 November 1972 (1972-11-10) |
| 19 | 6 | "Shadow of a Deadbeat" | Bryan Izzard | Don Houghton | 17 November 1972 (1972-11-17) |
| 20 | 7 | "Papa Charlie" | John Reardon | Stuart Douglass | 24 November 1972 (1972-11-24) |
| 21 | 8 | "Error of Judgement" | Oliver Horsbrugh | Victor Pemberton | 1 December 1972 (1972-12-01) |
| 22 | 9 | "Two Into One Will Go" | Howard Ross | Alun Falconer | 8 December 1972 (1972-12-08) |
| 23 | 10 | "The Money Game" | Bill Turner | Basil Dawson | 15 December 1972 (1972-12-15) |
| 24 | 11 | "We Do What We Can" | John Reardon | Tony Hoare | 22 December 1972 (1972-12-22) |
| 25 | 12 | "Hoax" | John Reardon | Stuart Douglass | 29 December 1972 (1972-12-29) |
| 26 | 13 | "My Boy Robby?" | Paul Annett | Tony Hoare | 12 January 1973 (1973-01-12) |

### Series 3 (1973)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate |
| 27 | 1 | "Where's Harry?" | John Reardon | Tony Hoare | 23 June 1973 (1973-06-23) |
| 28 | 2 | "Diamonds are Never Forever" | Oliver Horsbrugh | Tony Hoare | 30 June 1973 (1973-06-30) |
| 29 | 3 | "Bullet in a Haystack" | Bill Turner | Don Houghton | 7 July 1973 (1973-07-07) |
| 30 | 4 | "Weight of Evidence" | Jim Goddard | Andrew Brown | 14 July 1973 (1973-07-14) |
| 31 | 5 | "Crossfire" | Paul Annett | Nicholas Palmer | 21 July 1973 (1973-07-21) |
| 32 | 6 | "Property, Dogs & Women" | Paul Annett | Stuart Douglass | 28 July 1973 (1973-07-28) |
| 33 | 7 | "Exchange Is No Robbery" | Bill Turner | Peter Hill | 4 August 1973 (1973-08-04) |
| 34 | 8 | "Daisy Chain" | John Reardon | James Andrew Hall | 11 August 1973 (1973-08-11) |
| 35 | 9 | "Don't Go Out Alone" | Bill Turner | Peter Wildeblood | 18 August 1973 (1973-08-18) |
| 36 | 10 | "The Stone" | Bill Turner | James Andrew Hall | 25 August 1973 (1973-08-25) |
| 37 | 11 | "Monopoly" | Cyril Coke | Stuart Douglass | 1 September 1973 (1973-09-01) |
| 38 | 12 | "Rogues Gallery" | Bill Bain | John Lucarotti | 8 September 1973 (1973-09-08) |
| 39 | 13 | "Pier" | Cyril Coke | Peter J. Hammond | 15 September 1973 (1973-09-15) |

### Series 4 (1974)

| Series No. | Episode No. | Title | Director | Writer | Original airdate |
| 40 | 1 | "Come-back" | Philip Casson | Peter Hammond | 13 April 1974 (1974-04-13) |
| 41 | 2 | "The Trojan Horse" | Colin Cant | Basil Dawson & Frank Williams | 20 April 1974 (1974-04-20) |
| 42 | 3 | "Death by Misadventure" | Derrick Goodwin | Peter Wildeblood | 27 April 1974 (1974-04-27) |
| 43 | 4 | "For All Their Faults" | Oliver Horsbrugh | Tony Hoare | 4 May 1974 (1974-05-04) |
| 44 | 5 | "A Man of His Word" | Oliver Horsbrugh | Peter Hill | 11 May 1974 (1974-05-11) |
| 45 | 6 | "All That Glitters" | Bill Turner | Keith Bacchus & Tony Hoare | 18 May 1974 (1974-05-18) |
| 46 | 7 | "A Year to Kill" | Philip Casson | Stuart Douglass | 25 May 1974 (1974-05-25) |