P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.
Bernard Lee
Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry

Peggy Evans
Diana Lewis

Patric Doonan
Spud

Bruce Seton
PC 'Jock' Campbell