Z-Cars

Z-Cars

ENDED12 Seasons802 Episodes7.0
NetworkBBC One
First AiredJan 2, 1962
Last AiredSep 20, 1978
GenreDrama
Runtime50 min
Created ByTroy Kennedy Martin, Allan Prior

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
Frank Windsor
DS John Watt
James Ellis
James Ellis
Bert Lynch
D
Douglas Fielding
Sgt. Alec Quilley

Seasons & Episodes12 seasons · 802 episodes

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E1
E1Driver
Jun 28, 197850m
E2
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.
E3
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.
E4
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.
E5
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.
E6
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.
E7
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...
E8
E8First Offender
Aug 16, 197850m
Sunday - kids who have nothing to do. First Lynch, then Haggar gets involved - they do have something to do.
E9
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 802 episodes. Z-Cars has ended after 12 seasons. It has a rating of 7.0/10 based on 6 votes. The cast includes Frank Windsor, James Ellis, Douglas Fielding. Created by Troy Kennedy Martin and Allan Prior.

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