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Z-Cars (1962)

January. 02,1962

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Z-Cars

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.

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Z-Cars

1962

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 12 : 1978

13 Episode

Episode 1 - Driver

June. 28,1978

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Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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...

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Seasons 11 : 1977

13 Episode

Seasons 10 : 1976

13 Episode

Seasons 9 : 1974

32 Episode

Seasons 8 : 1973

28 Episode

Seasons 7 : 1971

115 Episode

Seasons 6 : 1967

416 Episode