
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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Air Date: 1962-01-02
The search is on for four young men to ""crew"" the new cars in the tough and troubled district of Newtown, a North o...
Air Date: 1962-01-09
A girl disappears, and Steele and Lynch are faced by a conspiracy of silence in her broken family.
Air Date: 1962-01-16
An explosion in a quarry disturbs two lovers. It also disturbs Detective Sergeant John Watt when he finds out what ca...
Air Date: 1962-01-23
A wounding case brings top brass into Victor Division to investigate. Lynch and Steele work overtime to find the vil...
Air Date: 1962-01-30
When the whalers hit Seaport after a good season Smith and Weir have their work cut out to keep trouble to a minimum.
Air Date: 1962-02-06
""It's going to be one of those nights"", pronounced Sgt. Percy Twentyman, and he wasn't far wrong. Steele and Lynch...
Air Date: 1962-02-13
The crew of Z-Victor One waste no time in arriving at the scene of a burglary. Their reward is to be suspected of th...
Air Date: 1962-02-20
When two feuding families go to war Lynch and Steele find themselves in the front line.
Air Date: 1962-02-27
The report of a burning barn takes Smith and Weir into the country, searching for a fire-raiser.
Air Date: 1962-03-06
In Victor Division the police often live next door to unruly members of the community. Bob and Janey Steele find tha...
Air Date: 1962-03-13
What is a mysterious stranger from Soho doing in Victor Division? John Watt would like to know, and keeps a close wa...
Air Date: 1962-03-20
A young man risks his life to save that of an accident victim trapped under an overturned road tanker, then disappear...
Air Date: 1962-03-27
When a case of murder is reported Lynch and Steele are the first policemen on the scene. But the main responsibility...
Air Date: 1962-04-03
Smith and Weir answer a call and find an abandoned baby. They bring it along to the station, where Inspector Dunn is...
Air Date: 1962-04-10
Lynch and Steele have their hands full when a gang of boys break into a school and smash up the headmaster's study. ...
Air Date: 1962-04-17
When a gas meter is broken into in a big block of flats Weir and Smith think their hunt is only for a petty thief. W...
Air Date: 1962-04-24
A drunk causes a disturbance, two thieves break into a pet shop - and Steele and Lynch end the night at knife-point.
Air Date: 1962-05-01
Weir stops a car driving without lights, the first event in a night which brings 'important' people in the county to ...
Air Date: 1962-05-08
A race track tout forgets to pay his alimony, and Steele and Lynch discover an ingenious fraud to beat the bookies.
Air Date: 1962-05-15
It's a busy night for Smith, Weir and Sergeant Watt when burglary is rife.
Air Date: 1962-05-22
At Pete's Caff Steele and Lynch report ""off watch for refreshments"". While they are eating and talking to Steele's...
Air Date: 1962-05-29
Fancy Smith first meets Stan Carron in the Tabernacle pub where Carron is causing a disturbance. They have an argume...
Air Date: 1962-06-05
For two years Barlow has been trying to catch a Newtown thief. When DCS Robins takes a personal interest the pressur...
Air Date: 1962-06-12
A charabanc outing, a halt at a pub and an exponent of the three-card trick: this is how a day at the seaside begins....
Air Date: 1962-06-19
Two men claim the same prize and trouble begins. When Lynch and Steele are called there is an unexpected development...
Air Date: 1962-06-26
The prospect of a 'finder's reward' in a dockland smuggling case makes Smith and Weir eager volunteers for extra duty.
Air Date: 1962-07-03
Just when the crime figures are levelling out one man pushes them up and up with a series of aimless break-ins. When...
Air Date: 1962-07-10
Catching a thief is only the beginning as far as the police are concerned. When Smith and Weir have to justify their...
Air Date: 1962-07-17
Barlow is investigating a case of assault. Betty Ancoats accuses four youths of attacking her, but one of them, Hoga...
Air Date: 1962-07-24
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Air Date: 1962-07-31
Barlow initiates a campaign against the Cruddock brothers and their gang. The Z-Cars engage in 'Operation Harassment...