Target was a police drama show that ran on BBC1 from 1977-78. It was set in Southampton. The show was initially developed under the title of Hackett by producer Graham Williams, but he was asked to swap functions Who Target. It starred Patrick Mower as Det. Supt. Steve Hackett, Brendan Price as Det. Sgt. Frank Bonney, Vivien Heilbron as Det. Sgt. Louise Colbert along with Philip Madoc as Det. Chief Supt. Tate. Seventeen episodes were produced over two chain. The show has been the BBC answer to the tremendously successful show The Sweeney of ITV. Much like The Sweeney the cars utilized were Fords, largely Cortinas and Granadas. However Hackett car is American along the lines of a Dodge Charger and can be seen in several of episodes. There is a definite lack of humor when compared with this Sweeney and at the time the show was thought as being more violent compared to the Sweeney, though watching this today it's tough to tell the difference. The show was down. Patrick Mower being such a powerful celebrity seems to overpower the cast, some thing that wasn't evident in the Sweeney. The theme music was Dudley Simpson. Each episode lasted approx 50mins. A third show has been mooted with Robert Banks Stewart. He spent two weeks in the producer's chair, during which he intended to improve the cast, bring the violence down and steer the show away in The Sweeney. But he has informed by the mind of play that the show was being scrapped and asked to think of an upgraded crime collection. The private eye play shoe-string was devised by him.