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TV schedule Saturday 20th July 1974

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 8:45pm
25 min
Thick As Thieves. Image shows from L to R: Stan (John Thaw), Annie (Pat Ashton), George Dobbs (Bob Hoskins). Copyright: London Weekend Television

Thick As Thieves

Episode 8 - Holy Deadlock

The old adage that crime doesn't pay fittingly describes the efforts of this band of totally unsuccessful crooks who have never yet made a job pay. As Annie says, Stan and Dobbs never get on Police Five because the police solve their crimes in half-a-minute. This comment is taken as a challenge to their prowess and spurs the lads to try a bit of house-breaking ...

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