This is a good series from 1958 shown on a Sunday evening around 5.30pm on ITV in the UK.
These days people may well laugh at the acting and stories, but for 1958 it was a good show. As an example one story has our hero DI Mike McGuire chasing an armed gang into a factory workshop where there are people at work on machines or benches all around them. The armed gang open fire but not one workman moves away from his bench, they are all too busy to stop work because some criminal is discharging a firearm. Not worried about health and safety these lads. Mind you this was made around 1957 so the workmen would have all been ex-servicemen used to being shot at in the not to distant past by the Germans or Japanese.
Another episode entitled "The Barge Burglars" a young Harry Fowler is the leader of of smash and Grab gang. However the interesting thing is their getaway choice, not legging it , not a car, not a bike, its novel rarely they go catch the water-bus on the canal. London has many canals and years ago there was a public transport water-bus system so the public could get around London just using the canals, and that is how the gang would get away timing each robbery just before the canal water-bus barge was due. Hard to believe these days but it worked then.
There are a few episodes of Dial 999, on Youtube and maybe Dailymotion that you can watch for free. Now and again you will also find people selling them on e-bay or iOffer websites.
Another episode entitled "The Barge Burglars" a young Harry Fowler is the leader of of smash and Grab gang. However the interesting thing is their getaway choice, not legging it , not a car, not a bike, its novel rarely they go catch the water-bus on the canal. London has many canals and years ago there was a public transport water-bus system so the public could get around London just using the canals, and that is how the gang would get away timing each robbery just before the canal water-bus barge was due. Hard to believe these days but it worked then.
There are a few episodes of Dial 999, on Youtube and maybe Dailymotion that you can watch for free. Now and again you will also find people selling them on e-bay or iOffer websites.