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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...

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  1. 10.0/10(16 votes)

    #1 - Somebody Said...

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    S4:E6

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  2. 7.6/10(17 votes)

    #2 - Attack

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    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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  3. 7.5/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Handle With Care

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    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
  4. 7.5/10(16 votes)

    #4 - A Preacher In Passing

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    S10:E8

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

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  5. 7.4/10(8 votes)

    #5 - Friday Night

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    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:N/A
  6. 7.4/10(16 votes)

    #6 - Thanks But... No Thanks

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    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:N/A
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  8. 7.4/10(22 votes)

    #7 - Transit

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    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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  9. 7.4/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Domestic

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    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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  10. 7.3/10(18 votes)

    #9 - Kidnap

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    S10:E6

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

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  11. 7.1/10(17 votes)

    #10 - Rage

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    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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  12. 7.1/10(18 votes)

    #11 - Skeletons

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    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
  13. 7.0/10(11 votes)

    #12 - Error of Judgement

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    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
  14. 6.9/10(11 votes)

    #13 - Scot Free

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    S10:E13

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

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  15. 6.9/10(20 votes)

    #14 - The Man Who Killed Songbirds

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    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:N/A
  16. 6.8/10(8 votes)

    #15 - The Limping Rabbit

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    S1:E2

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

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  17. 6.5/10(14 votes)

    #16 - Say Goodbye To The Horses

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    S10:E7

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

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  18. 6.4/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Four of a Kind

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    S1:E1

    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.

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  19. 6.4/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Scavengers

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    S11:E6

    Digging a deep hole in the sand by the light of the moon isn't the sort of behaviour you'd expect from a debt collector. Not even such a strange one as Clarrie Enwright.

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    Director:Bill Hays
    Writer:N/A
  20. 6.3/10(14 votes)

    #19 - Contact

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    S10:E5

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

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  21. 6.2/10(15 votes)

    #20 - Ringers

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    S10:E10

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

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  22. 6.2/10(13 votes)

    #21 - Transit

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    S10:E19

    A mystery call out for noise down the docks perplexes Yates, and he's stuck there with DS Haggar and an irritating PC. They shoot horses, don't they?

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    #22 - Stab In The Dark

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    S1:E4

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

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    #23 - Big Catch

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    S1:E5

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

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    #24 - Suspended

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    S1:E7

    The crew of Z-Victor One waste no time in arriving at the scene of a burglary. Their reward is to be suspected of theft themselves.

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    #25 - Family Feud

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    S1:E8

    When two feuding families go to war Lynch and Steele find themselves in the front line.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Somebody Said..." is the best rated episode of "Z-Cars". It scored 10/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/14/1964. This episode scored 2.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Attack".