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Horrific effects in general must be closely watched. Supernatural or pseudo-supernatural sequences are to be avoided – ghosts, night-prowling, gorillas or vampires. (Ed: What’s wrong with gorillas?) The location work - usually one of the most costly features of scripted television - is plentiful and the acting is more or less solid throughout. As you would expect from such a short serial, the whole thing runs like the clappers and the scripts - mostly by Clive Exton, who would later bring Poirot and Jeeves & Wooster to television - wisely play it straight throughout. There is, of course, the odd bit of wince-inducing dialogue, but all such things can be waved away as attempts at period authenticity.
The series was replaced from time to time by one about the adventures of an explorer. One episode was entitled "Plague on the Plateau". To be honest its not perfect, the film can be a tad static and stiff when things aren't in motion, however its never long before some is getting shot at or chased, so the flaws are really minor annoyances and quibbles.Nevertheless, Norman Collins had to admit that even he had underestimated the series’ appeal and the audience that would follow it. The BBC never had a young audience in mind, but Collins was philosophical about it and said, ‘that is what we’ve got and we must act accordingly.’ With this in mind, on 27 August 1947, Collins circulated a twelve-point code of conduct for writers of the series.
The character of Barton originally appeared on radio from 1946, played first by Noel Johnson (who reputedly received 2,000 fan letters a week) and then by Duncan Carse (a former Antarctic explorer) and Gordon Davies.
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Barton’s enemies have more latitude in their behaviour but they may not indulge in actually giving any injury or punishment that is basically sadistic. Barton and his friends do not wittingly involve innocent members of the public in situations which would cause them to be distressed. For example, a motor car cannot be requisitioned for the purpose of chasing bandits, without the owner’s permission. Barton’s audience continued to grow, boasting anywhere between 15 to 20 million listeners at its peak No! No! No!" screams Snowy. "Don't! It's from the War Office. Have you forgotten? You're a Z-reservist. They're calling you up" The Morning Star claimed that the show was ‘so bad as to be beyond most criticism’, before dubbing Barton as a ‘ crypto-facist.’ Some older listeners wrote to the National Newspapers of the time to complain about the programme’s possible harmful effects on children but The Times newspaper were moved to write an editorial – in the show’s defence:
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