What is Softly, Softly (TV series)?
{{Infobox television | runtime = 50 minutes | creator = [[Troy Kennedy Martin]] | starring = [[Stratford Johns]]<br>[[Frank Windsor]] | country = United Kingdom | network = [[BBC]] | first_aired = {{start date|1966|01|05|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|1969|11|13|df=y}} }} '''''Softly, Softly''''' is a British television drama series. It was produced by the [[BBC]] and screened on [[BBC One|BBC 1]]. It ran from January 1966 to November 1969. It revolved around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes [[Criminal Investigation Department|CID]] officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern. It was about characters from the popular police series ''[[Z-Cars]]''. In 1969, to match the BBC's move to colour broadcasting on BBC 1, the series changed. The main characters were promoted and moved to the South East of England. The series was going to change its name to ''Taskforce''. The BBC did not want to drop a popular brand and it became ''[[Softly, Softly: Taskforce]]''. ==Cast== *[[Stratford Johns]] &mdash; DCS Charlie Barlow /... (1966-1969 / Series 1-5 / 91 episodes) *[[Frank Windsor]] &mdash; DI/DCI John Watt /... (1966-1969 / Series 1-5 / 84 episodes) *[[Robert Keegan (actor)|Robert Keegan]] &mdash; Mr Bob Blackitt /... (1966-1967 / Series 1-2 / 42 episodes) *[[John Welsh (actor)|John Welsh]] &mdash; ACC Bill Calderwood /... (1966-1967 / Series 1-2 / 24 episodes) *[[Garfield Morgan]] &mdash; DCI Gwyn Lewis /... (1966 / Series 1 / 19 episodes) *[[Norman Bowler]] &mdash; DS Harry Hawkins /... (1966-1969 / Series 1-5 / 75 episodes) *[[Gilbert Wynne]] &mdash; DC Reg Dwyer /... (1966-1967 / Series 1-3 / 43 episodes) *[[Cavan Kendall]] - PC Greenly /... (1966 / Series 1 / 14 episodes) *[[Dan Meaden]] &mdash; DC Ben Box /... (1966-1968 / Series 1-4 / 49 episodes) *[[Eric McCaine]] -