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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...
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC One
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Season 1

  • Four of a Kind
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    Four of a Kind

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/1962

    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

  • The Limping Rabbit
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    The Limping Rabbit

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/1962

    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

  • Handle With Care
    7.5/109 votes
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    Handle With Care

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/1962

    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

  • Stab In The Dark
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    Stab In The Dark

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/1962

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Big Catch
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    Big Catch

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/1962

    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

  • Friday Night
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    Friday Night

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/1962

    ""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

  • Suspended
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    Suspended

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/1962

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Allan Prior

  • Family Feud
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    Family Feud

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/1962

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fire!
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    Fire!

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/1962

    The report of a burning barn takes Smith and Weir into the country, searching for a fire-raiser.

    Director: Morris Barry

    Writer: Allan Prior

  • Threats And Menaces
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    Threats And Menaces

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/1962

    In Victor Division the police often live next door to unruly members of the community. Bob and Janey Steele find that this can have unpleasant, even dangerous, consequences.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Allan Prior

  • Jail Break
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    Jail Break

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/13/1962

    What is a mysterious stranger from Soho doing in Victor Division? John Watt would like to know, and keeps a close watch on him. Smith and Weir are heavily involved in the tracking down of money previously stolen in a mailbag robbery. Both events are triggered by a successful jail break.

    Director: John Llewellyn Moxey

    Writer: N/A

  • What Kind Of Hero?
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    What Kind Of Hero?

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/20/1962

    A young man risks his life to save that of an accident victim trapped under an overturned road tanker, then disappears quietly. One of the bystanders, a retired army officer, pesters Barlow to trace the man and see that he gets the recognition he deserves. Barlow eventually finds the reluctant hero, only to discover that he is an army deserter wanted by the Military Police!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sudden Death
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    Sudden Death

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/27/1962

    When a case of murder is reported Lynch and Steele are the first policemen on the scene. But the main responsibility for organising the hunt for the killer falls on Barlow, whose toughness is backed by vast experience and an intuitive mind.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Found Abandoned
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    Found Abandoned

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/3/1962

    Smith and Weir answer a call and find an abandoned baby. They bring it along to the station, where Inspector Dunn is in charge in Barlow's absence.

    Director: John Llewellyn Moxey

    Writer: John Hopkins

  • The Best Days
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    The Best Days

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/10/1962

    Lynch and Steele have their hands full when a gang of boys break into a school and smash up the headmaster's study. But the hooliganism doesn't stop there. When they are disturbed by the caretaker the oldest member of the gang attacks him and leaves him seriously injured.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Hopkins

  • Invisible Enemy
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    Invisible Enemy

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/17/1962

    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. What they encounter, though, is someone much more dangerous.

    Director: John McGrath

    Writer: N/A

  • Down And Out
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    Down And Out

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/24/1962

    A drunk causes a disturbance, two thieves break into a pet shop - and Steele and Lynch end the night at knife-point.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Further Enquiries
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    Further Enquiries

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/1/1962

    Weir stops a car driving without lights, the first event in a night which brings 'important' people in the county to Newtown police station.

    Director: Herbert Wise

    Writer: John Hopkins

  • Winner Takes All
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    Winner Takes All

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/8/1962

    A race track tout forgets to pay his alimony, and Steele and Lynch discover an ingenious fraud to beat the bookies.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Allan Prior

  • People's Property
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    People's Property

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/15/1962

    It's a busy night for Smith, Weir and Sergeant Watt when burglary is rife.

    Director: John McGrath

    Writer: N/A

  • Hi-Jack!
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    Hi-Jack!

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/22/1962

    At Pete's Caff Steele and Lynch report ""off watch for refreshments"". While they are eating and talking to Steele's friend Les Fielding his lorry is hi-jacked.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Allan Prior

  • Incident Reported
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    Incident Reported

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/29/1962

    Fancy Smith first meets Stan Carron in the Tabernacle pub where Carron is causing a disturbance. They have an argument. The second time they meet Carron is in no state to argue and Smith starts a long night's work.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Hopkins

  • Never On Wednesday
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    Never On Wednesday

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/5/1962

    For two years Barlow has been trying to catch a Newtown thief. When DCS Robins takes a personal interest the pressure is on for everyone - particularly Steele and Lynch.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Day Trip
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    Day Trip

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 6/12/1962

    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. It ends in violence.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Allan Prior

  • Affray
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    Affray

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 6/19/1962

    Two men claim the same prize and trouble begins. When Lynch and Steele are called there is an unexpected development and a policeman dies.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Hopkins

  • Contraband
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    Contraband

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 6/26/1962

    The prospect of a 'finder's reward' in a dockland smuggling case makes Smith and Weir eager volunteers for extra duty.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Allan Prior

  • Teamwork
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    Teamwork

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 7/3/1962

    Just when the crime figures are levelling out one man pushes them up and up with a series of aimless break-ins. When Steele and Lynch lay hands on him but let him escape Barlow, Watt and Dunn are ready to lay hands on them!

    Director: John McGrath

    Writer: N/A

  • Appearance In Court
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    Appearance In Court

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 7/10/1962

    Catching a thief is only the beginning as far as the police are concerned. When Smith and Weir have to justify their action in court the truth is made to look slightly less than the whole truth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Hopkins

  • Assault
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    Assault

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 7/17/1962

    Barlow is investigating a case of assault. Betty Ancoats accuses four youths of attacking her, but one of them, Hogan, who has a reputation for violence, denies any knowledge of the crime.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sunday Morning
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    Sunday Morning

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 7/24/1962

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: Allan Prior

  • Unconditional Surrender
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    Unconditional Surrender

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 7/31/1962

    Barlow initiates a campaign against the Cruddock brothers and their gang. The Z-Cars engage in 'Operation Harassment' and a state of total war develops.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A