Dixon of Dock Green Blue Lamp" Dixon has a wife named Em (Gladys Henson). It is mentioned that their only son, Bert, was killed in the Second World War—hence Dixon adopts a paternal aspect towards PC Andy Mitchell (Jimmy Hanley), a young policeman on his first day. Dixon comes across a raid and is shot. The rest of the film focuses on catching the perpetrator, a thug named Tom Riley (played by Dirk Bogarde). This gears up hugely once Dixon, who was said to be rallying in hospital, unexpectedly and suddenly dies, and Mitchell embarks on a perilous quest to find and bring Tom
Who Knows Where the Time Goes? puts an LP record on a turntable and the song plays as Mark Rylance's character, Johnny Byron, dances with her and is then brutally beaten by the girl's stepfather and his brothers. The version used is the live recording from BBC Radio "Sounds of the Seventies", recorded September 11, 1973. The song was played in the BBC's "Inspector George Gently" episode "The Lost Child" set in 1968. In 2018 the Nina Simone cover version was used at the end of episode 3 of "Save Me" a Sky Television programme. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? "Who Knows Where the Time