Z-Cars

Name: Z-Cars
Genre: Drama
Released: 1962-01-02
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Frank Windsor, James Ellis, Douglas Fielding, Allan O'Keefe

ENDED12 Seasons804 Episodes★ 7.3

Z-Cars is a drama series on BBC One that ran from 1962 to 1978, ending after 12 seasons and 804 episodes.

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NetworkBBC One

First AiredJan 2, 1962

Last AiredSep 20, 1978

GenreDrama

Runtime50 min

Created ByTroy Kennedy Martin, Allan Prior

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

ProductionBBC

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.

Cast

Frank Windsor

DS John Watt

James Ellis

Bert Lynch

Douglas Fielding

Sgt. Alec Quilley

Allan O'Keefe

PC Render

Seasons & Episodes12 seasons · 804 episodes

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E1Driver

Jun 28, 197850m

E2Heavenly Host

Jul 5, 197850m

Shabnam Chowdry is a young Asian girl. Roy Grant is a young white boy. Put them together and knives are drawn - and Lynch is in the middle.

E3Debris

Jul 12, 197850m

Newtown Marriage Guidance Centre has been burned down, so Haggar and Bowker start investigating its clients. They are looking for a man or woman with a grudge - a man or woman who will strike again.

E4Quilley On The Spot

Jul 19, 197850m

A policeman can only take so much. Lynch deals with the problem one way, Quilley another. Trouble is, in Quilley's case there's a woman involved.

E5A Woman's Place

Jul 26, 197850m

Night duty in Newtown is a rough turn; not the place for a young policewoman. But WPC Jane Beck won't listen to the warnings of Inspector Lynch.

E6Exposure

Aug 2, 197850m

Roger Stevens is the quiet sort of copper, always there. Perhaps that's why Lynch tends to take him for granted. But sometimes it's the quiet kind one needs to worry about most of all.

E7Fat Freddie BA

Aug 9, 197850m

Freddie Cowling has come out of prison a changed man. He's lost a lot of weight, he's got a degree and he's promised his wife he'll go straight from now on. But Lynch doesn't believe he's changed. Not when there's the proceeds of his last job to be collected - £40,000 hidden away and waiting...

E8First Offender

Aug 16, 197850m

Sunday - kids who have nothing to do. First Lynch, then Haggar gets involved - they do have something to do.

E9Deserter

Aug 23, 197850m

Frank Rafael Saietta has come home to Newtown. Lynch remembers him as a nice little lad, but that was years ago. Now there are different words to describe him - terrorist and murderer.

E10

E10Rummage

Aug 30, 197850m

Lynch holds the balance between C.I.D. and the Customs & Excise as they investigate a bent businessman and a suspicious German ship. The only link between them is a showgirl.

E11

E11Prey

Sep 6, 197850m

Maureen Price was always complaining to the police - so much so that they'd stopped listening. The pity is that if they hadn't she might be alive today.

E12

E12Departures

Sep 13, 197850m

Two men face retirement, one a policeman, the other a villain. There are younger men impatient to fill their shoes. The copper has no choice about it, but the villain has other ideas.

E13

E13Pressure

Sep 20, 197850m

A new security shutter is being installed at the entrance to Newtown station, just in time, it seems, as an angry mob gathers outside. A stream of visitors keeps the desk duty officer busy.

About Z-Cars

Z-Cars is a drama series on BBC One. The show first aired on Jan 2, 1962 and currently has 12 seasons and 804 episodes. Z-Cars has ended. It has a rating of 7.3/10 based on 7 votes. The cast includes Frank Windsor, James Ellis, Douglas Fielding, Allan O'Keefe. Created by Troy Kennedy Martin and Allan Prior.