Z-Cars

Z-Cars

  • 1962
  • 12 Seasons
  • 803 Episodes
  •  7  (6)
  •   Ended

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.

Z-Cars
Seasons
Pressure
13. Pressure
September 20, 1978
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.
Departures
12. Departures
September 13, 1978
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.
Prey
11. Prey
September 06, 1978
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.
Rummage
10. Rummage
August 30, 1978
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.
Deserter
9. Deserter
August 23, 1978
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.
First Offender
8. First Offender
August 16, 1978
Sunday - kids who have nothing to do. First Lynch, then Haggar gets involved - they do have something to do.
Fat Freddie BA
7. Fat Freddie BA
August 09, 1978
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...
Exposure
6. Exposure
August 02, 1978
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.
A Woman's Place
5. A Woman's Place
July 26, 1978
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.
Quilley On The Spot
4. Quilley On The Spot
July 19, 1978
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.
Debris
3. Debris
July 12, 1978
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.
Heavenly Host
2. Heavenly Host
July 05, 1978
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.
Description
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.
  • Premiere Date
    January 02, 1962
  • Rating
    7  (6)