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Z-Cars

  • 1962 – 1978
  • Ended
  • Drama
  • ~50m / ep
  • 12 seasons
  • 7.3/10

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.

Latest: Series 12 · 1978

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  1. E1. Driver

    Jun 28, 1978 · 50m

  2. E2. Heavenly Host

    Jul 5, 1978 · 50m

    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.

  3. E3. Debris

    Jul 12, 1978 · 50m

    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.

  4. E4. Quilley On The Spot

    Jul 19, 1978 · 50m

    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.

  5. E5. A Woman's Place

    Jul 26, 1978 · 50m

    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.

  6. E6. Exposure

    Aug 2, 1978 · 50m

    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.

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