Softly, Softly (TV series)
| Softly, Softly | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Troy Kennedy Martin |
| Starring | Stratford Johns Frank Windsor |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 120 (83 missing ) |
| Production | |
| Producers | David Rose Leonard Lewis |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 5 January 1966 – 13 November 1969 |
Softly, Softly is a British television police procedural series produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from January 1966. It was created as a spin-off from the series Z-Cars, which ended its fifth series run in December 1965. The series took its title from the proverb "Softly, softly, catchee monkey", the motto of Lancashire Constabulary Training School.