
Breakaway
Detective Inspector Sam Harvey investigates intricate murder cases while contemplating retirement to pursue his passion for writing children's books.
- Created By
Francis Durbridge
- First Aired on
Jan 11, 1980
- Popularity: 7.9975
- 0 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Production
BBC (GB)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
2 seaons till Mar 28, 1980
Last episode: The Local Affair, Episode Six
Seasons & episodes
Total 2 seasons, 12 episodes

Season 1
Aired
Episode 1The Family Affair, Episode One30 min
Det. Insp. Sam Harvey plans to quit the force for a career as a children's writer, but his plans are put on hiatus when his parents are killed in a bizarre accident.
Episode 2The Family Affair, Episode Two30 min
Harvey and his colleagues are shocked when a film of his parents prior to their fatal accident emerges.
Episode 3The Family Affair, Episode Three30 min
Harvey connects people to his parents' deaths when he discovers phone numbers. Harvey learns Voss' identity.
Episode 4The Family Affair, Episode Four30 min
When he hears his father's will, Harvey realises that perhaps he didn't know his parents as well as he thought.
Episode 5The Family Affair, Episode Five30 min
Harvey learns more about who's after him and why. A strange telephone call tells him not to answer the door.
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