- NaN/100 votes
#1 - Lucky Accident
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1963
An attempted burglary and a hit-and-run accident - PC Lynch sees the connection first. Proving it is a job for the whole of Victor Division.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Hopkins
- NaN/100 votes
#2 - Made For Each Other
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/1963
Two arrests, two court cases - and also two people, in one of whom Fancy Smith takes a personal interest.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Hopkins
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - A La Carte
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1963
Chief Inspector Barlow is known locally as something of a gourmet, but not even the chef believes that he is interested only in food.
Director: Shaun Sutton
Writer: Elwyn Jones
- NaN/100 votes
#4 - Light The Blue Paper
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1963
The bang is loud in the night. The conspiracy of silence which follows is more sinister. When an explosion destroys Bill Webster's betting shop CID runs up against a blank wall. No clues and there is nobody willing to talk. Webster himself stubbornly maintains it was an accident, but Barlow is convinced there is a connection between the explosion and the fact that Webster intends to compete with his rivals by opening more shops in the area.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Hopkins
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - A Quiet Night
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/2/1963
PCs Lynch and Graham find that a quiet night can be just as busy as any other, but for some of the people they encounter it is also a night of tragedy.
Director: N/A
Writer: Alan Plater
- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Hit And Run
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/1963
A slight collision between two cars, a bad-tempered blow, and a young man finds himself involved in serious trouble - both for himself and for those close to him.
Director: N/A
Writer: Allan Prior
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - Hide - And Go Seek
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/1963
A young rookie constable cannot hold his liquor. In his cups he reveals the whereabouts of a 'safe house' holding a vital witness, with disastrous consequences.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - The Kiter
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/23/1963
An outbreak of thefts from offertory boxes, a flood of dud cheques - and Victor Division's crime figures begin to soar. Barlow and Watt try to identify a petty criminal with an interest in churches.
Director: N/A
Writer: Allan Prior
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Special Duty
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/30/1963
Lynch and Graham investigate a domestic tragedy. And for Barlow there's the urgent problem of saving a man's life.
Director: Bill Hays
Writer: John Hopkins
- NaN/100 votes
#10 - Remembrance Of A Guest
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/6/1963
Complaints about a fast-moving, fast-talking door-to-door salesman give Weir and Smith a busy day, while Sgt. Watt prepares the trap.
Director: Michael Leeston-Smith
Writer: John Hopkins
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Daylight Robbery
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/13/1963
When a Newtown pillar box begins to belch smoke Graham's first reaction is that someone has been posting red hot love letters. But by the time thirteen pillar boxes have been burned out he and Lynch are on the trail of an unusual kind of pyromaniac. Meanwhile Sgt. Watt is keeping an eye on Oliver Snow, a visitor from London who goes out of his way to be offensive.
Director: Shaun Sutton
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Running Milligan
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/20/1963
Freddy Milligan is servinga prison sentence for robbery with violence. With six weeks of his sentence to run, he is given compassionate parole to attend his wife's funeral. He fails to report back, and the Newtown police get the job of bringing him in.
Director: Shaun Sutton
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Choose Your Partners
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 11/27/1963
A report of breaking and entering at Mallory Hall and soon Lord Tenterden's home is swarming with policemen from the ACC right down to Fancy Smith. The thieves have taken something far more valuable than the money they were after. Is espionage involved?
Director: N/A
Writer: John Hopkins
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - Tuesday Afternoon
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/4/1963
A case of shoplifting, the disappearance of 3,000 bricks and some unbuilt houses give Barlow and the boys in Z-Victor One a busy day.
Director: N/A
Writer: Alan Plater
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Supper In The Morning
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/11/1963
Dave Graham is used to sorting out the problems of other people, but only as a policeman. He finds it much more difficult to cope with a crisis in his own home.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Hopkins
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - Wait For It
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 12/18/1963
Some crimes are solved by logic. Barlow finds one but Smith and Weir look like upsetting him in their persistent search for a stolen purse.
Director: Terence Dudley
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - It Never Rains ...
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 12/25/1963
On Christmas Eve Lynch and Graham are as full of goodwill to all men as any police officers can be - with a garage robbery to deal with and other people's celebrations getting in the way.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Hopkins
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - .. And A Happy New Year
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/1/1964
The revelry of New Year's Eve has its normal problems for the Newtown police and its special opportunities for a lone marauder in the streets. Sgt. Blackitt, leaving PC Sweet on the desk, is on the beat himself for a change. Down by the canal is a nurse from the Cottage Hospital and she is out on a cold night without a cloak over her uniform.
Director: Christopher Morahan
Writer: John Hopkins
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Happy-Go-Lucky
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 1/8/1964
When a happy-go-lucky thief refuses to confess to a simple breaking and entering job Barlow continues enquiries. This starts an avalanche of evidence and soon Barlow fears that everyone in Newtown is implicated somewhere along the line.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - Promise Made
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 1/15/1964
It can't possibly be blackmail - the old lady seems much too innocent and can have nothing to hide. But Lynch and Graham are sure that something has happened and Barlow decides to set a trap.
Director: N/A
Writer: Alan Plater
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - I Mean...Where Does It Stop?
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 1/22/1964
Weir finds that being a policeman doesn't stop when he goes off duty, particularly as his girl friend Sally has shady connections.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Hopkins
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - A Stroll Along The Sands
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 1/29/1964
A chance encounter is soon forgotten by Lynch and Graham. But remembering a face becomes vital when Barlow orders a search for missing money - and a missing man.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#23 - No Malice
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 2/5/1964
Barlow loses a case against a known criminal. He believes the man is guilty but he is ordered to re-investigate the crime and finds a problem he doesn't want to face.
Director: Michael Hayes
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Profit By Their Example
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 2/12/1964
A mysterious meeting at a sports pavilion attracts the attention of Z-Victor Two. John Watt investigates. When a sharp warning to a friend is unheeded Watt finds himself at the centre of hostilities.
Director: Ken Loach
Writer: John Hopkins
- NaN/100 votes
#25 - A Question Of Storage
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 2/19/1964
Barlow's attendance at a police conference starts a spring cleaning at Newtown station. But the arrest of an elderly drunk by Smith and Weir upsets the efficiency drive.
Director: Shaun Sutton
Writer: Alan Plater
The Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 3
Every episode of Z-Cars Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 3!
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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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Lucky Accident" is the best rated episode of "Z-Cars" season 3. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by John Hopkins, it aired on 9/4/1963. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Made For Each Other".