Dixon of Dock Green (Full Episode) "Eye Witness" 1973 HD

Dixon of Dock Green. Full Episode called “Eye Witness” released in 1975 (Made in 1973) and starring Jack Warner as George Dixon.
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This episode…
Written by …Derek Ingrey
Created by… Ted Willis
Music by… Jeff Darnell
Directed by… Joe Walters
Full cast members in this complete episode were…
Jack Warner as George Dixon
David Rose as Chris Bowie
Gwyneth Powell as Anne Hastings
Chubby Oates as Terry
Stephen Grief as Tony
Steve Plytas as Mr Colly
Gordon Bilboe as Paul
Peter Byrne as Andy Crawford
Kenneth Watson as Det. Ch. Insp. Scott
Sidney Kean as Albert
Maureen Grayson as Girl in the Street
Andrew Lodge as John Pierce
Diana Scougal as Jane
Nancy Waite as Michele
Richard Reeves as Billy
Ken Haward as Police driver
Robert Tayman as Peter
John Salthouse as Cliff
Bernard Martin as the Pilot
More about Dixon of Dock Green (History Pt 1/6)
Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series about daily life at a London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. The central character was a mature and sympathetic police constable, George Dixon, played by Jack Warner in all of the 432 episodes, from 1955 to 1976.
Dixon was the embodiment of a typical "bobby" who would be familiar with the area and its residents in which he patrolled and often lived there himself. The series contrasted with later programmes such as Z-Cars, which reflected a more aggressive policing culture. It retained a faithful following throughout its run and was voted second most popular programme on British TV in 1961.
The actor Jack Warner was already well known to the public. Born Horace John Waters in London in 1895, he had been a comedian in radio and in his early film career. Starting in the early 1940s, he broadened his range to include dramatic roles, becoming a warmly human character actor in the process. But as well as playing in films with dramatic themes (such as The Blue Lamp (1950), in which the character George Dixon first appeared), Warner-by now hugely popular-continued to play in comedies such as the successful Huggett family programmes on BBC Radio and films made between 1948 and 1953.
Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series about daily life at a London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. The central character was a mature and sympathetic police constable, George Dixon, played by Jack Warner in all of the 432 episodes, from 1955 to 1976.
Warner's success as Dixon was popular amongst various police forces. He was made an honorary member of both the Margate and Ramsgate Police Forces in the 1950s. Warner said of Dixon of Dock Green: "It has been a very good meal ticket for twenty-one years-although the taxman has never been far behind." In his autobiography, Jack of All Trades, Warner tells of a visit by the Queen to the studios where the series was made, where she commented "that she thought Dixon of Dock Green had become part of the British way of life".
The regard in which Warner's portrayal of a fictional policeman was held was seen at the actor's funeral at Margate Crematorium on 1 June 1981. Six Margate constables stood as guards-of-honour outside the chapel, where hundreds of fans gathered to pay their respects. Among the mourners were officers from the Kensington District, where Warner had lived in London, and Paddington Green, where the Dixon series was based. Delegations of policemen attended (some coming from as far away as Wales and Newcastle upon Tyne), including a sixteen-man representation from the Metropolitan Police, led by Deputy Assistant Commissioner George Rushbrook and Commander John Atkins.
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[@bertspeggly4428]

I liked it when they drove on the unfinished motorway. I did the same thing once when travelling home with my band, our driver accidentally got onto the MI (I think) before it was opened. That would be in 1967, great fun! And I like the car chases at 40mph😁😁😁

[@jonathansmith4306]

Jack Warner was born in 1895, amazing he was aged 78 in this episode

[@michellefalleur960]

He wore extremely well

[@lifesforliving4929]

After junior school (born 1954) I would walk to my grandma's house in Blackgate Yard, Woodhouse, and have my tea with her and my two unmarried uncles who lived with her (one had rickets) and watch telly. Dixon Of Dock Green was one of my Gran's favourite programmes. Another she liked was Billy Cotton's Band Show and the Black & White Minstrels (I can't remember any derogatory comments about the latter, it was to Gran, just good singing of popular songs). My favourite was Watch With Mother and Tales Of The Riverbank, I would sit transfixed to the black & white telly watching the adventures of Ratty 😊😊😊 Back then the family bath was in a corner of the kitchen, the washing was done in a communal wash house in the yard and the toilet was outside in a row, one for each house. My gran thought having a toilet inside the house (having a 💩 indoors) was disgusting! Very happy times 😊😊😊

[@amethyst9998]

I'm five years older than you, born in 1949, so I can relate to what you're saying. Remember the old dolly tub and mangle? Oh, I could go on forever about those days. :0)

[@lifesforliving4929]

@@amethyst9998 Yes, Mum trapped her hand in the mangle. Gran's terrace (Blackgate Yard, Mansfield Woodhouse) had a communal washhouse with a cast iron wash tub set into a brick surround, the fire beneath. All the women and girls would attend, aprons or house coats on,. Then one by one each house bought (on tick) an electric tub but initially some still used the old mangle if they could not afford a machine with one. Later the twin-tub took over and the mangles went to the rag and bone man. About the same time some fitted toilets inside and had electric cookers. No longer was wash day a communal meet up but everyone still shared the yard, and still do as the houses were listed grade 2 years ago.

[@amethyst9998]

@@lifesforliving4929 Great memory. Poor mum worked in a cotton factory here in Lancashire, and she also did some cleaning. She also had us three kids to look after so times were hard for the women back then but, eventually, she actually got a Fisher gas washing machine. Yes, gas. It hooked up to the gas cooker pipe so she couldn't cook and wash at the time time. The Servis twin tub followed. Nice talking to you, Glenn. :0)

[@stephenreeds3632]

My memories are similar to yours...but not about abhorrence of inside toilets.... even then I found Dixon trite and unrealistic. Simply a propaganda exercise for what the authorities wanted us to think the police were like. Billy Cotton, I thought even then, was terrible and The Black and White Minstrel Show was insulting. And yes, racist. Even in the late 50s/early 60s.

[@lifesforliving4929]

@@stephenreeds3632 I was just a small kid, you must be older than me.

[@reverandtallywacker8371]

I wish there were coppers like George on the beat nowadays. I can't remember the last time I saw a bobby out and about.

[@MrWindermere123]

I went to a boarding school in the 1970s and television was rationed to short glimpses because rugby and chapel services were more character-forming. Now I'm catching up on what I missed 50 years ago. The Onedin Line is another 1970s classic drama available free here on KZbin. It's like time travel from my sofa!

[@bolshevikproductions]

I did too. We were allowed to watch tv for an hour or two , after tea.

[@JimProng]

Funny that unlike modern TV drama this didn't need heavy "mood" music. The audio is spot on every bit of dialog is clear. What the hell has happened in the last 46 years!

[@reddevil9554]

Muzak and overediting ruined everything. :/

[@lancebaylis3169]

The Bill took it as a blueprint. The natural sounds of the street are a surprisingly effective way to portray British coppers on film.

[@warwicktregurtha4198]

Actors aren't stage trained anymore. They know nothing about projected diction but rely on microphones which they mumble and whisper into. Just watch a few old creaky black and white films on "Talking Pictures" and listen how clearly everyone speaks.

[@Londonfogey]

@@lancebaylis3169 Goes back further than that I think - I'm pretty sure the Sweeney would have had background music during, say, the car chase scene (if you can call anything involving an Austin Maxi a 'chase' that is).

[@jujulionesselsa1416]

Spot on @Jim Prong it certainly didn't need all the fancy stuff - not with wonderful actors like these.

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

I'm new to this series and glad I found it. Thanks. I don't watch modern tv anymore and I'm 48. Pre-2000 was a much better time.

[@justaroundthecorner2883]

Great episode. A throw back to less complicated times when there existed respect for authority.

[@kathyflorcruz552]

When UK authorities respected UK people rather than those who DON'T.

[@rachelmayes298]

This is the second one I’ve watched of Dixon of Dock Green. These are just brilliant. I always find a film to watch at night as the tv is full of rubbish. Lovely to see Mrs McClusky as Ann, and also one of the men played a detective in The Bill Thank you so much for posting these. I really like them

[@davidzof]

wonder how she got that head teacher job with her record

[@doctordeej]

Ah. Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Softly-Softly. Happy memories.

[@thomasforsyth8329]

Thank you for this video, I remember Dixon of dock green in my early years, there was no foul language on TV back then.

[@tridbant]

Haha, I don’t know what you were watching. I heard enough bad language, remember The Sweeny?

[@rosemariemcgowan6388]

Standards have gone down sadly 😢

[@debwilson5236]

Omg I loved this series my mum and dad watched it I would sneak down to watch too

[@duncanrobinson3200]

I remember this well as a child; I was born in June 1964 and remember Dixon of Dock Green towards the end of it's run in the 1970s'; I think it ended in about 1976, when I was 12 and was on a Saturday evening either before or after the Dick Emery Show and maybe Dr Who also. Jack Warner was actually about 81 when it finished so well past actual police retirement age. It does seem like a lost age now the 1970's (not always for the better in some ways). I feel there were more manners back then and less aggressiveness in Britain.

[@elrjames7799]

@DUNCAN ROBINSON. My experience also: more manners and less aggressiveness.

[@stephenreeds3632]

I too remember watching Dixon of Dock Green. I was born in 1950 and even then in leafy Hampshire

[@wurlitzer895]

I'm nearly 70 now, having been born in 1953, and have always lived in the same part of SE London. I can say without any hesitation that your feelings are absolutely correct. We were in general a more polite, well mannered, less aggressive and less violent society in those days.

[@Londonfogey]

@@wurlitzer895 Indeed - though it's interesting to see that Sgt Dixon says 'England is changing' when he finds out criminals have tried to gun down a woman in broad daylight. If only he knew how much it was going to change...

[@wurlitzer895]

@@Londonfogey Probably just as well he didn't!! Thanks for your reply to my comment.

[@AlcyoneSong]

A minute in and you know someone is about to get unlived.

[@Bruce-1956]

I started watching Dixon in 1962 when the police were still respected.

[@mattcollier5957]

Brilliant, remember this as a youngster

[@GeordiePat1]

I remember this program. Born in 1950. Love the Billy Cotton Band Show too. Rag tag and Bobtail

[@Londonfogey]

Gwyneth Powell, who plays the eponymous 'Eye Witness', went on to find fame as headmistress Mrs McCluskey in BBC's 'Grange Hill'.

[@lancebaylis3169]

Cliff in this episode was played by John Salthouse, who'd go on to play Detective Insp Galloway in the first three seasons of The Bill 1984-1987.

[@JAY-lo3sx]

Thank you for uploading these episodes. I Have always heard about this program from my parents. The wonderful Jack Warner. He’s in one of my favourite films of all times The Lady Killers. Once again Thank you.

[@jackieporter5323]

Jack Warner wasn’t in the Ladykillers!

[@JAY-lo3sx]

@@jackieporter5323 am sure he was only for a few minutes when Mrs lopsided goes in to the police station he is just leaving playing his police character & she has to talk to a different officer. As I say I could be wrong.

[@JAY-lo3sx]

@@jackieporter5323 just looked on Google I was right. He played the superintendent. 👍

[@jackieporter5323]

@@JAY-lo3sx I offer you my unreserved apologies - he did have a cameo part in that film.

[@JAY-lo3sx]

@@jackieporter5323 not a problem. Have a great day.

[@yan24to]

The intro sends me way back.

[@angelaalexis8055]

I was just laying here last night and I heard the Lord say Dixon of Dock green in my head and I said yeah let me watch this childhood favourite. I used to watch it and now it seems like another lifetime compared with all the gore on TV now. I just miss the old series like love their neighbours which made me laugh till I nearly wet myself andvLassie and Flipper which always made me cry. Tines have not improved at all. I wish I had a time machine to go back to the old days. Technology is good but it really has caused more harm than good in my eyes

[@ravenhill-of-pentangle-1968]

a classic episode.

[@omalone1169]

Why ?

[@kadiummusic]

Love the cowboy sound FX when the gun shoots! 😀

[@malcolmjawohowelll2892]

From the days where settling down in front of the TV was an event. The production values were very good for drama of this period the pacing of scripts was a lot slower which given a good story gave time for development without the ick and over used editing and fast cutting of what we are used to now ...not just s police drama but an institution in the BBC stable having an incredibly long run

[@louisewhitehouse4881]

Thank you for downloading Dixon of Dock Green, because l wasn't born when it was on.But my parents and family said that it was brilliant so l download it to see myself

[@ilikepiracy1264]

learn the difference between downloading and uploading

[@richardenglish2195]

@@ilikepiracy1264 Learn the difference between civility and trolling.

[@lancebaylis3169]

When TV still had class. PC Dixon was infamously inherited from Ealing Studios 'The Blue Lamp' where his murder drove the plot and was astonishly shocking for the 1950s.

[@Londonfogey]

It was 1949 I think - it reflected the fears of the time about a post-war crime wave because a generation of young men had grown up in an atmosphere of violence during the war, whilst their fathers and other male role models were absent.

[@michellefalleur960]

'The Blue Lamp' I think is my favourite film of all time, xx Love it So much

[@randall8379]

"England's changing" he says. Never was a truer word spoken - and that was fifty years ago!

[@bridgetgibson5998]

I've just remembered who she is Mrs MC cluskey head mistress in Grange hill

[@kennethbooker4955]

Another British tv good cast

[@twinkle3026]

i used to love watching this series, when i was likkle! LoL! .... Incidentally, Mrs McCluskey, the headmistress from Grange Hill, looking very sexy there, at the start of the episode! xxxx

[@ianhassall3757]

Bridget the Midget McCluskey.

[@alunchurcher7060]

Always loved this show, it was a jewel in the dog shite. Way to many tv programs made it thankful we didn't have 24 hrs tv as today. Although todays TV and the dumb taxation of a TV licence is making many just watch internet films ad series from the US.

[@ClaireGarrard]

Thanks so much for uploading Dixon Of Dock Green

[@omalone1169]

And you like this ?

[@pj100565]

Oh look, it’s Mrs McCluskey!

[@SuperIliad]

Eye Witness, Season 20, Episode 1, aired 29 December 1973. Jack Warner as Sgt. George Dixon; David Rose as Chris Bowie; Gwyneth Powell as Anne Hastings; Stephen Greif as Tony; Steve Plytas as Mr. Colly; Gordon Bilboe as Paul; Peter Byrne as Det. Sgt. Andy Crawford; Kenneth Watson as Det. Chief Insp. Scott; Sidney Kean as Albert; Maureen Grayson, Girl in Street; Andrew Lodge as John Pierce; Diana Scougall as Jane; Chubby Oates as Terry; Nancie Wait as Michele; Richard Reeves as Billy; Ken Barker (as Ken Haward) as Police Driver; Robert Tayman as Peter; John Salthouse as Cliff; Bernard Martin, Pilot.

[@stingray4real]

RIP Gwyneth Powell

[@dlamiss]

And Stephen Greif

[@adriansherlock3907]

Planes, trains and automobiles. They sure did like to get about in these shows. Quite good story though and Jack Warner seems like a pillar of society.

[@MrRRHHMM]

This is from a long go time when Plod was respected.. sadly politicians have changed all that.... just look at what we face now... its chalk and cheese... its really very sad for the good people of the UK... These who can leave Blighty, should consider it.. imho..

[@SmallWonda]

What a trip down memory lane - I was going to college in London when they were extending & widening the A38 - & yes, I remember the Woodpecker - thank goodness Burgh Island is in better nick these days!!

[@essiefinch1356]

That was the man in fawlty towers as the drunk chef

[@debbiegonzales1314]

This is a really good series, great to watch 🎉🎉🎉

[@Tocsin-Bang]

George Dixon a proper copper!

[@johno4521]

Good God it's Bridget The Midget from Grange Hill...! 9/22 edit; RIP Gwyneth Powell.

[@richardrichard5409]

Always remember Mr Big as the resturant owner in the Good Life who Tom tried to sell produce too, rolling his carrot like a cigar.

[@jonl8509]

That theme tune though. Obviously the producers wanted to 'bring it up to date' for the '70s. It sounds like they went to Ronnie Hazlehurst - and he just mashed-up a bit of The Two Ronnies with the old Dixon theme.

[@maryearll3359]

@joni8509. It wasn't a good sound was it ? 😢

[@michelleseg1560]

In the sake of neighborliness, I add films to my "interesting movies" playlist.

[@amethyst9998]

I know this is nit-picking, but why didn't Andy record the make, model and colour of the Jag that carried out the gun attack on the street? I mean, back in those days, everybody taxed and insured their cars - unlike today's criminals - so it couldn't have been difficult to trace the owner, and there wouldn't have been very many like that then. I realise there were no computers then, but even so the DVLA kept a record of vehicles on the road, or am I being too simplistic? I doesn't matter, I suppose, but I love old series like this because I am a bit of a car nut and adore what are now classic cars.

[@beaufighter245]

I admire the classics too. But, this is a Daimler not not a Jaguar.

[@johno4521]

DVLC in those days (sorry, also nit-picking)

[@Londonfogey]

Perhaps, but remember this was a well-organised criminal gang run by a boss in France, so they would probably use some sort of shell-company or front for licensing their vehicles anyway.

[@MuchWhittering]

Is it bad I instantly recognised Mr Colly as the Geneva guy from Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet? Also according to IMDB he's the drunk Greek chef in Fawlty Towers.

[@keithdavies1395]

Steve Plytas?

[@vordman]

I knew I'd seen him somewhere before. Fawlty Towers: Gourmet Night. Absolute classic of an episode. Duck's Off!

[@lesselp]

Prince Philip in his acting days..

[@JohnWilliams-tc6fc]

It's a shame he's not around now sunak and Johnson plus there cabinets would be in prison now

[@martinabsolom2231]

Opening scenes. Is that Greg Davies’s Mum in Man Down?

[@jonathanmonck-mason6715]

Hilarious plot.

[@timbunker4529]

Love hot pursuit of a Hillman by a a Maxi, with all that salt they wouldn't last that long.

[@AudreyH100]

There should have thrown the eye witness off the boat talk about ingratitude. 😊

[@tridbant]

You notice all protected witnesses, in all the films, always get bored and want to go back to the city?

[@barttheanorak]

Mrs McCluskey!

[@lillianflorence6056]

Yes

[@philipgreen6085]

My grandad used to be mistaken for George Warner my grandad’s name was Fred, Ginger it was a guard with British rail

[@Gibbo1]

That was Mrs Mcluskey from Grange Hill

[@paulbrowne5049]

The flat was in Londsdale square Islington N1. Does anyone know any other locations?

[@Celtwoman1949]

Burgh Island, down in Devon. I went on a caravan holiday opposite there in the mid-60s

[@carolempluckrose4188]

They also drove across Slapton Ley.

[@daleleggett1215]

was on anglia tv

[@annenelson8650]

🥰

[@kevinastraw]

He looks about 70!

[@vaudevillefuntimes9753]

Yes...he probably would have been..😊

[@Fellwander]

Born 1895, so he would have beenabout 77 when this was filmed!

[@lleifior2]

The average retiring age for coppers these days after the pension changes

[@Londonfogey]

He was 83 when the series ended. Oddly enough, nowadays it would be possible in theory to be a special constable at that age, as there is no upper age limit. I knew of two special constables in their early 70s a couple of years ago, but they did office/back room stuff and school visits mosly rather than running after villains.

[@richardrichard5409]

FD Victor on the K plate...unusual.

[@spakkajack]

ah the good old days when you were dragged in a blue van, had the shit kicked out of you and sent to borstal

[@MrStevenToast]

Who am i? Dixon of Dock green...... "Evening all"!

[@nburgs6283]

Brilliant

[@mikeross4081]

@15:19 - looks like Prince Phillip!

[@beaufighter245]

But much taller

[@robcrossthwaite1361]

Bent Copper Dixon😊

[@richardrichard5409]

Let me get this right. Do a drive by shooting, plates on display, but no one runs them....and same plates still on the XJ6. Move woman undercover, then tell the hotel staff why she's there. Police officer leaves car unlocked, with keys in ignition. Broadcast witness name on what was open (FM) air back then. Woeful acting from some of the characters. Nostalgia certainly ain't what it used to be. 😂 This hotel was used in Poirot et al, and it's up for sale again, as I write this.

[@rocktapperrobin9372]

And they could have charged Mr Bug with kidnapping. where is the hotel?

[@vinm300]

Why not trace to Jaguar 2.8 ? You'll find it belongs to the victim's boss. I mean, I'm only trying to help governor. (This plot is as thin as Oliver Twist's gruel).

[@beaufighter245]

Daimler not a Jaguar

[@johno4521]

Some witness protection - using her REAL name over the airwaves....

[@guydecervens]

Dixon was 78 in this episode. Wasn't that a bit past the compulsory retirement age of 65 back then?

[@vaudevillefuntimes9753]

ha ha..just a tad guyd !!!😮😀

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@jrb designer alliance The whole series was complete wank.

[@maryearll3359]

​@@PreservationEnthusiastTakes one to know one eh ?

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@maryearll3359 I wouldn't know as I'm not a series! I'm thinking you maybe need to go back to school :p

[@kernowarty]

What make of car is that police vehicle, it looks American?

[@midsomerparva5188]

I think its a Vauxhall Viscount

[@richardrichard5409]

2.8 XJ6... Not the ideal getaway ride, they burnt more pistons than my wife does toast

[@wolflupus788]

Dixon way past his pension.!

[@barbaracrickley6191]

I hated those tan, beige, brown colours of the 1970s

[@vaudevillefuntimes9753]

He would been...

[@barbaracrickley6191]

@jrb designer alliance , are you really, what a sweet talking guy.

[@Jesusisking2785]

I'm sorry I like this show but thus has got to be the dumbest bunch of mistakes that police could ever make

[@steved7961]

Opening scene, 'Mini-cab, sir'. How did they know he was expecting a cab? And if one was on its way, they were taking a risk killing him weren't they? Spoilt from scene 1 for me. (And I remember this programme but by the 70's it was really 'on its last legs').

[@mikehopkins4040]

They were listening in on the police radios. In those days it wasn't hard to do,you could tune in on most radio's

[@RideoutMr]

Was almost hoping she did get caught.....nasty girl.

[@jacksugden8190]

Horace John Water born in 1895 he was 78 in the episode for 1973, so a pensioner, and too old to have been promoted to an inspector, far too old to be in the job and should have retired years earlier, as he was not fit enough at 78, only to be an actor here and out of step with the modern world of dangerous crime of the day.

[@richardrichard5409]

That music rearrangement is awful.

[@dawnydoodah]

I remember watching Dixon of Dock Green when I was a kid. I thought I was going to enjoy this but couldn't get passed the first 10 minutes. I'd forgotten how acceptably nasty men were to the women, and how shallow the female parts were. The Sweeney was the same. Middle aged men talking down to the women, referring to them as 'these birds' and their stinking attitude, as though the they were shit under their shoes. No thanks, the nasty 70s TV can stay where it is, thank you very much, buried in the past where it belongs.

[@vordman]

People still refer to girls as "birds" to this day. I don't myself, but I get your point. The fascination with old TV is the time capsule effect, and often the out-dated lingo is the most amusing part. Just laugh at it if you think it's insulting.

[@omalone1169]

@@vordman exactly what is this ?

[@mikemartin2957]

You think 70s TV is bad? It's a joy to watch a 50 year old fondly remembered TV series like this! late 60s,70s & 80s TV is far superior to the tame, woke & PC nonsense with overbearing " muzac" that ruins drama & action series nowadays! Even the cars used in drama shows today drive about with " false" number plates incase of incriminating anyone! Bet you disaprove of top comedy shows like Benny Hill, Dick Emery & Sez Lez too?

[@pparrker5420]

Now we have women who think they're men and bringing down society to the pits of hell , now piss if you commie pig .

[@dawnydoodah]

@@mikemartin2957 My, you are an angry man, aren't you. But my point still stands. There were some really nasty aspects of old TV shows regarding attitudes to girls and women back then, it's undeniable. Just because you are hankering for the past, doesn't change that point. I liked Les Dawson in the 80's, and thought his characters to be really funny, the same for Dick Emery, when I was a child. But Benny Hill made me cringe and was never "top comedy". Slobbering over women's bodies and slapping bald men on the head, never really did it for me. Neither does the woke and PC nonsense you mention. Most people are in agreement with that and are switching off in droves, me included. But to each his own.