 The first series was due to consist of twelve episodes, but only eleven were fully completed.The episodes "A Friend in Need" and "Clutching At Straws" were transmitted in their usual 9.00pm Tuesday slots on the 23rd & 30th of October 1984, in the Thames TV (London) region only, as technicians had walked-out, leaving management to run the service.ACTT members in the other ITV companies supported their London-based colleagues by refusing to transmit Thames output across the network, so these episodes were shown in all other ITV regions in February 1985, a few weeks after the last episode "The Sweet Smell of Failure" had been broadcast.