The third part of the Charlie Barlow story saw the former Z Carsand Softly Softlybully boy (Stratford Johns) somewhat uncomfortably installed in Whitehall, working for suave and smarmy civil servant A.G. Fenton (Neil Stacy), with whom he didn’t always see eye to eye.
Working within the Home Office as part of the Police Research Services Branch, his job was to help regional police forces investigating particularly complex cases as a kind of troubleshooter.
Though he was accompanied by Detective Sergeant Rees (Norman Corner) and later Detective Inspector Tucker (Derek Newark), Barlow always seemed a little lost, and the long-running sparring with his old mucker John Watt (Frank Windsor) was hard to replicate.
After one series, the title was simplified to Barlow, and an attempt was made to make the show more action-packed and modern – primarily by having a new title sequence and theme tune, though there was occasionally more filming abroad.
There was a reunion between Barlow and Watt in the summer of 1973, with the duo – now both Detective Chief Superintendents – re-investigating one of the most famous and mysterious series of historical crimes, in the six-part documentary-drama series Jack the Ripper.
DCS Charlie Barlow
Stratford Johns DS David Rees
Norman Corner A.G. Fenton
Neil Stacy DI Tucker
Derek Newark
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