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The Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 11

Every episode of Z-Cars Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 11!

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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 on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 1 - The Man Who Killed Songbirds
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Fiona Cumming
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 2 - Rage
    7.1/10(22 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Derrick Goodwin
    Writer:Anthony Read

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  3. Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 3 - Guilt
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Guilt

    S11:E3

    Quilley was at school with Chris Murray and knows he wouldn't hurt a soul. So when Chris half murders a man and pleads guilty Quilley wants to know why.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 4 - Transit
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 5 - Error Of Judgement
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Error Of Judgement

    S11:E5

    Lorry hi-jacks: too many, too well-planned and executed. Braithwaite goes 'under cover' as a lorry driver with a shady past. He's out in the cold - and vulnerable.

    Directors:Derrick Goodwin, Ridley Scott
    Writer:Anthony Read

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  6. Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 6 - Scavengers
    6.3/10(17 votes)

    #6 - Scavengers

    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.

    Director:Bill Hays
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 7 - Fall Of Wiskers Castle
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Fall Of Wiskers Castle

    S11:E7

    It's his first day as a sergeant and Alec Quilley's hung over. It's his first job as a sergeant, and it requires a bit of gentle persuasion. But how can you be gently persuasive to a double-barrelled sawn-off shotgun?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 8 - Rip Off
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - Rip Off

    S11:E8

    DC Bowker and Jack Crawford have met before. Their relationship is very simple: one way or another Bowker is going to nail Crawford, unless Crawford can nail Bowker first.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  9. Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 9 - Quarry
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Quarry

    S11:E9

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    Director:Gerald Blake
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 10 - Attack
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Derrick Goodwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 11 - Skeletons
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Gerald Blake
    Writer:Anthony Read

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  12. Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 12 - Domestic
    6.9/10(23 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Z-Cars Season 11 Episode 13 - Juvenile
    6.4/10(17 votes)

    #13 - Juvenile

    S11:E13

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 11 Ratings Summary

"The Man Who Killed Songbirds" is the best rated episode of "Z-Cars" season 11. It scored 7/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by Fiona Cumming and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/5/1977. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Rage".