Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The classic long running police series that became one of the BBC&s most successful spin-offs Stratford Johns stars as no-nonsense DCS Charlie Barlow a tough relentless & sharp-tongued copper with Frank Windsor as his even-tempered sidekick DS John Watt Together they tackle the force&s most heinous crimes & unravel the most perplexing cases The two hard-nosed officers first became household names in Troy Kennedy Martin&s legendary TV series Z Cars In this colour spin-off Barlow & Watt headed south to head up a special task force in fictional Thamesford where they continued their nice & nasty cop routine to good effect The groundbreaking series was created by Elwyn Jones a stalwart of BBC crime drama & featured a stellar British cast of regulars alongside the crime-busting duo including Terence Rigby as dog hander PC Snow (with his dogs Inky & Radar) David Lloyd Meredith as Sgt Evans & Walter Gotell as Chief Constable Cullen All sixteen episodes from Series 1