Softly, Softly

Softly, Softly

1966 · 12 seasons · 269 eps · ★ 7.5 · Drama, Crime

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Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern, supposedly in the Bristol area of England.

Created by Troy Kennedy Martin

Network: BBC One

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