The Best Episodes of Z-Cars

Bert Lynch has been promoted to Inspector. But is he still one of the lads?

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Writer: Leslie Duxbury

The men at Newtown question their own stability when the past catches up with a lady called Gwen Newcombe.

Director: Michael Hayes

Writer: N/A

Alexandra is always complaining to an already overworked police force about her next door neighbour Percy. But is she just a nuisance? Or should Inspector Lynch take her complaints seriously?

Director: Julia Smith

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A house is broken into and Skinner grabs at the opportunity to improve his record. But he grabs too hard and a man suffers.

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A quiet Sunday and Moffat finds himself in church. But not praying!

Director: Derrick Goodwin

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An explosion in a quarry disturbs two lovers. It also disturbs Detective Sergeant John Watt when he finds out what caused it.

Director: Shaun Sutton

Writer: Allan Prior

""It's going to be one of those nights"", pronounced Sgt. Percy Twentyman, and he wasn't far wrong. Steele and Lynch have to cope with the aftermath of a traffic accident in which a drunken driver has killed a motor cyclist and his pillion passenger. Small time felon Grandpa Maddigan blows up the safe in the Gas Company office, Watt and DCS Robins are hot on the trail of the notorious Comber gang, and Twentyman himself gets more than he bargained for when he tries to break up a free-for-all in the Tabernacle pub.

Director: John McGrath

Writer: N/A

A rag week kidnap for charity starts out all right, but...

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Two boys are trapped in a disused mine. Why is their friend terrified of going to the police?

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PC Foster, helped by ex-boxer Len Phillips, breaks up a gang of youngsters blocking the pavement. His unnecessarily rough treatment of the rowdies comes to the attention of Sgt. Blackitt, who sets about putting his house in order.

Director: Ridley Scott

Writer: Alan Plater

As an act of kindness Bert Lynch gives a deadbeat tramp a cell for the night - and finds himself up to his neck in trouble.

Director: Christopher Baker

Writer: N/A

Joe Skinner fancies a bird. She seems to fancy him. So why is he investigating her background?

Director: Michael Hayes

Writer: N/A

A girl disappears, and Steele and Lynch are faced by a conspiracy of silence in her broken family.

Director: Morris Barry

Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin

A factory work-in is on its last legs with the police outside the gates, keeping the peace but waiting for someone to break it.

Director: Julia Smith

Writer: Leslie Duxbury

There are plenty of ways to make sure a horse loses a race, but how do you make a horse WIN a race?

Director: Christopher Baker

Writer: Anthony Read

The search is on for four young men to ""crew"" the new cars in the tough and troubled district of Newtown, a North of England overspill estate. A mixed community, displaced from the larger towns by slum clearance, has been brought together and housed on an estate without amenities.

Director: John McGrath

Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin

In detection you need routine and instinct. But not necessarily in that order.

Director: N/A

Writer: Allan Prior

A man is trapped under a load of dangerous chemicals. Move him, and the lot might go up. Leave him there and...

Director: Matthew Robinson

Writer: N/A

Continuation of the previous episode 'Squatters'. With Quilley in hospital, Lynch's attitude to the squatters hardens.

Director: Paddy Russell

Writer: N/A

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Director: Paddy Russell

Writer: N/A

Lynch receives a tip-off from a friend and finds himself in the middle of a delicate enquiry with his loyalties divided.

Director: Christopher Barry

Writer: N/A

A call reporting an early morning break-in is quickly answered and Render is only minutes behind the intruder.

Director: David Maloney

Writer: Allan Prior

Eddy Howarth is the over-enthusiastic bouncer at the local dance hall, but his devotion to duty and jealousy over a woman land him in trouble, and he finds himself facing a serious charge.

Director: Fiona Cumming

Writer: N/A

A wounding case brings top brass into Victor Division to investigate. Lynch and Steele work overtime to find the villain.

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When the whalers hit Seaport after a good season Smith and Weir have their work cut out to keep trouble to a minimum.

Director: John McGrath, Morris Barry

Writer: Allan Prior