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* [[Actor Allusion]] - expect some very knowing dialogue whenever the guest star is anybody famous for something other than acting.
* [[Bottle Episode]] - ''One Small Step'' (aka "the one where they all watch the moon landing").
* [[Characterization Marches On]] - Although it's meant to be the same character, David Stockwell's debut as a mentally handicapped man barely capable of doing anything for himself bears very little resemblance to his subsequent goofy but normally-functioning characterization when brought back as a regular.
* [[Comic Trio]]
* [[Cryptid Episode]]: In one episode, the cops go searching for some legendary big cats that are killing sheep on the Yorkshire moors. They turn out to be incompetent sheep rustlers instead.
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]] - About 90% of the show's main character deaths.
* [[Fake Defector]]
* [[Faking the Dead]] - Vernon Scripps, twice.
* [[A Father to His Men]] - Blaketon, starts becoming this in Series 3/4.
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]
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* [["Friend or Idol?" Decision]]
* [[Frozen in Time]] - 18 seasons and the series remained firmly in the 1960s. In fact, it was ''specifically 1969'' long enough that one character had two full term pregnancies in that year...
* [[Get Rich Quick Scheme]] - Vernon Scripps' favoured way of making a living.
* [[The Ghost]] - Mrs. Ventress.
* [[The Grim Reaper]] - wanders around in the background shortly before {{spoiler|Oscar Blaketon}} cops it.
* [[I Am Spartacus]]
* [[Loveable Rogue]]
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* [[Overtook the Series]] - already a very loose adaptation of Nicholas Rhea' source novels, the show quickly went its own way.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Gwen Taylor took the role of Peggy Armstrong as it gave her an opportunity to play a nasty character for once. She later expressed disappointment at Peggy being softened up in her second season.
* [[Real Song Theme Tune]] - "Heartbeat", originally a hit for [[Buddy Holly]] which charted in the UK in 1959 and 1960. The TV series used a cover version sung by the actor who played Nick Rowan.
* [[Train Job]]
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