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The Best Episodes of Z-Cars

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The Best Episodes of 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...
  1. Background image for Somebody Said...
    9.3/10(24 votes)

    #1 - Somebody Said...

    S4:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Inspector Lynch
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Inspector Lynch

    S8:E1

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

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    Director:Unknown
  3. Background image for Boy In Blue
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #3 - Boy In Blue

    S9:E14

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

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    Director:Michael Hayes
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #4 - Nuisance

    S8:E2

    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?

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    Director:Julia Smith
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Quiet As The Grave
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Quiet As The Grave

    S9:E7

    Sunday night duty is traditionally quiet, but on this occasion it's too quiet for Miller's comfort.

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    Director:Unknown
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    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #6 - Pieces

    S8:E6

    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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Handle With Care
    7.5/10(9 votes)

    #7 - Handle With Care

    S1:E3

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

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    Director:Shaun Sutton
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    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #8 - A Preacher In Passing

    S10:E8

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

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    Writer:Unknown
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    7.5/10(19 votes)

    #9 - Attack

    S11:E10

    Coppers are fair game and copper-baiting is a good sport - unless the copper you pick on happens to be an expert in unarmed combat. In that case the game's called mayhem.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #10 - Debris

    S12:E3

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Friday Night
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Friday Night

    S1:E6

    ""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.

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    Director:John McGrath
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Thanks But... No Thanks
    7.3/10(18 votes)

    #12 - Thanks But... No Thanks

    S10:E24

    Quilley is up for promotion, but personal circumstances may hinder his path. At the same time, a troublesome thief is causing him severe problems.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #13 - Kidnap

    S10:E6

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.2/10(24 votes)

    #14 - Transit

    S11:E4

    Crime Squad from Cardiff want Inspector Moffat to lodge a prisoner overnight in the Newtown cells - and no-one must know about it. But someone has to know, even if it's only another policeman.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.1/10(19 votes)

    #15 - Rage

    S11:E2

    It's not like Arthur Scarsdale to be violent. He's normally a peaceful little villain, but in the Newtown nick it takes three policemen to hold him down - and all Bowker did was offer him a cup of tea.

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    7.1/10(20 votes)

    #16 - Skeletons

    S11:E11

    Excavating for a swimming pool a young couple come across an old trunk buried in their garden. For the police it means old files, old memories and old wounds must all be re-opened.

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    Director:Gerald Blake
  18. Background image for Error of Judgement
    7.0/10(11 votes)

    #17 - Error of Judgement

    S4:E40

    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.

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    Director:Ridley Scott
  19. Background image for Domestic
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #18 - Domestic

    S11:E12

    Unlike his brother Terry, who's just a flat-footed scuffer, Graham Moffat is all set to wheeler-dealer his way into big business. Trouble is - the way it looks to Terry - brother Graham is all set to wheeler-dealer his way into crime.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.9/10(20 votes)

    #19 - Scapegoat

    S9:E26

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
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    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #20 - Distance

    S9:E28

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

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    Director:Michael Hayes
    Writer:Unknown
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    6.9/10(12 votes)

    #21 - Scot Free

    S10:E13

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Man Who Killed Songbirds
    6.9/10(22 votes)

    #22 - The Man Who Killed Songbirds

    S11:E1

    Young Colin's route home from school lies across a grubby parkland. Hiding in the bushes is a man with sweets... and a knife.

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    Director:Fiona Cumming
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for First Offender
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    #23 - First Offender

    S12:E8

    Sunday - kids who have nothing to do. First Lynch, then Haggar gets involved - they do have something to do.

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    Director:Unknown
  25. Background image for The Limping Rabbit
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #24 - The Limping Rabbit

    S1:E2

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

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    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #25 - Occupation

    S9:E10

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Somebody Said..." is the best rated episode of "Z-Cars". It scored 9.3/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/14/1964. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Inspector Lynch".