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The Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 12

Every episode of Z-Cars Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 12!

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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 12 Episode 1 - Driver
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Driver

    S12:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Z-Cars Season 12 Episode 2 - Heavenly Host
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    #2 - Heavenly Host

    S12:E2

    Shabnam Chowdry is a young Asian girl. Roy Grant is a young white boy. Put them together and knives are drawn - and Lynch is in the middle.

    Director:Derek Martinus
    Writer:Roger Parkes

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  3. Z-Cars Season 12 Episode 3 - Debris
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:Christopher Barry
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Z-Cars Season 12 Episode 4 - Quilley On The Spot
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    #4 - Quilley On The Spot

    S12:E4

    A policeman can only take so much. Lynch deals with the problem one way, Quilley another. Trouble is, in Quilley's case there's a woman involved.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Z-Cars Season 12 Episode 5 - A Woman's Place
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    #5 - A Woman's Place

    S12:E5

    Night duty in Newtown is a rough turn; not the place for a young policewoman. But WPC Jane Beck won't listen to the warnings of Inspector Lynch.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Z-Cars Season 12 Episode 6 - Exposure
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    #6 - Exposure

    S12:E6

    Roger Stevens is the quiet sort of copper, always there. Perhaps that's why Lynch tends to take him for granted. But sometimes it's the quiet kind one needs to worry about most of all.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Z-Cars Season 12 Episode 7 - Fat Freddie BA
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    #7 - Fat Freddie BA

    S12:E7

    Freddie Cowling has come out of prison a changed man. He's lost a lot of weight, he's got a degree and he's promised his wife he'll go straight from now on. But Lynch doesn't believe he's changed. Not when there's the proceeds of his last job to be collected - £40,000 hidden away and waiting...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Z-Cars Season 12 Episode 8 - First Offender
    6.8/10(20 votes)

    #8 - First Offender

    S12:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  9. Z-Cars Season 12 Episode 9 - Deserter
    5.2/10(18 votes)

    #9 - Deserter

    S12:E9

    Frank Rafael Saietta has come home to Newtown. Lynch remembers him as a nice little lad, but that was years ago. Now there are different words to describe him - terrorist and murderer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Z-Cars Season 12 Episode 10 - Rummage
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Rummage

    S12:E10

    Lynch holds the balance between C.I.D. and the Customs & Excise as they investigate a bent businessman and a suspicious German ship. The only link between them is a showgirl.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Z-Cars Season 12 Episode 11 - Prey
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Prey

    S12:E11

    Maureen Price was always complaining to the police - so much so that they'd stopped listening. The pity is that if they hadn't she might be alive today.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Z-Cars Season 12 Episode 12 - Departures
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Departures

    S12:E12

    Two men face retirement, one a policeman, the other a villain. There are younger men impatient to fill their shoes. The copper has no choice about it, but the villain has other ideas.

    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Z-Cars Season 12 Episode 13 - Pressure
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Pressure

    S12:E13

    A new security shutter is being installed at the entrance to Newtown station, just in time, it seems, as an angry mob gathers outside. A stream of visitors keeps the desk duty officer busy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 12 Ratings Summary

"Driver" is the best rated episode of "Z-Cars" season 12. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/28/1978. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Heavenly Host".