| Softly, Softly | |
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| Created by | Troy Kennedy Martin |
| Starring | Stratford Johns Frank Windsor |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 120 (83 missing) |
| Production | |
| Producers | David Rose Leonard Lewis |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 5 January 1966 – 13 November 1969 |
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Softly, Softly is a British television police procedural series produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It was created as a spin-off from the series Z-Cars, which ended its fifth series run in December 1965. The series took its title from the proverb "Softly, softly, catchee monkey", the motto of Lancashire Constabulary Training School.[1]
- ^ World Wide Words, Newsletter 853, Saturday 12 October 2013