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Softly, Softly: Task Force

Softly, Softly: Task Force is a police procedural series which ran on BBC1 from 1969 to 1976. It was a revamp of Softly, Softly, itself a spin-off from Z-Cars. The change was made partly to coincide with the coming of colour broadcasting to the BBC's main channel BBC1. The programme was due to be called simply Task Force, but reluctant to sacrifice a…

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Country of origin
United Kingdom
Created by
Troy Kennedy Martin Elwyn Jones
Network
BBC1
No. of episodes
149
No. of series
8
Release
20 November 1969 (1969-11-20) – 15 December 1976 (1976-12-15)

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Softly, Softly: Task Force

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples15
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
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Softly, Softly: Task Force

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Country of origin · 1
Softly, Softly: Task Force → United Kingdom
Created by · 1
Softly, Softly: Task Force → Troy Kennedy Martin Elwyn Jones
Network · 1
Softly, Softly: Task Force → BBC1
No. of episodes · 1
Softly, Softly: Task Force → 149
No. of series · 1
Softly, Softly: Task Force → 8
Release · 1
Softly, Softly: Task Force → 20 November 1969 (1969-11-20) – 15 December 1976 (1976-12-15)
Running time · 1
Softly, Softly: Task Force → 50 minutes
Starring · 1
Softly, Softly: Task Force → Stratford Johns Frank Windsor Terence Rigby Norman Bowler Walter Gotell David Lloyd Meredith
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Softly, Softly: Task Force → police procedural series which ran on BBC1 from 1969 to 1976

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Softly, Softly: Task ForceCountry of originUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Softly, Softly: Task ForceCreated byTroy Kennedy Martin Elwyn Jones1.00infobox
Softly, Softly: Task ForceNetworkBBC11.00infobox
Softly, Softly: Task ForceNo. of episodes1491.00infobox
Softly, Softly: Task ForceNo. of series81.00infobox
Softly, Softly: Task ForceRelease20 November 1969 (1969-11-20) – 15 December 1976 (1976-12-15)1.00infobox
Softly, Softly: Task ForceRunning time50 minutes1.00infobox
Softly, Softly: Task ForceStarringStratford Johns Frank Windsor Terence Rigby Norman Bowler Walter Gotell David Lloyd Meredith1.00infobox
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