The opening of the third series, set in the suburban town of Goodford rather than metropolitan London as previously.

A Jamaican girl living with her sister in a crowded lodging house attempts suicide by turning on the gas.

A 15-year-old girl who has grown up in a children's home dreams of returning to her mother.

Philip Main comes to the aid of the son of a friend who has given up his studies for the clergy to become a barman in a drinking club.

A father reports his daughter to the police for stealing.

The story of a former garage mechanic who lives in a prisoner release hostel.

A family wish to adopt the child that they have been fostering. Can the child's mother be traced, and will she agree to the plan?

A youth of 16 is put on probation for the attempted murder of his girlfriend.

The case of police sergeant Donald Bates who is married to a much younger woman caught behind the wheel of a stolen car.