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The Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 3

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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 3 Episode 1 - Lucky Accident
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Lucky Accident

    S3:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writer:John Hopkins

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  2. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 2 - Made For Each Other
    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Made For Each Other

    S3:E2

    Two arrests, two court cases - and also two people, in one of whom Fancy Smith takes a personal interest.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John Hopkins

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  3. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 3 - A La Carte
    9.5/10(31 votes)

    #3 - A La Carte

    S3:E3

    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

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  4. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 4 - Light The Blue Paper
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Light The Blue Paper

    S3:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:John Hopkins

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  5. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 5 - A Quiet Night
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - A Quiet Night

    S3:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Alan Plater

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  6. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 6 - Hit And Run
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Hit And Run

    S3:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  7. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 7 - Hide - And Go Seek
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Hide - And Go Seek

    S3:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 8 - The Kiter
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - The Kiter

    S3:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  9. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 9 - Special Duty
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Special Duty

    S3:E9

    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

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  10. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 10 - Remembrance Of A Guest
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Remembrance Of A Guest

    S3:E10

    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

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

    #11 - Daylight Robbery

    S3:E11

    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:Unknown

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  12. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 12 - Running Milligan
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Running Milligan

    S3:E12

    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:Unknown

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  13. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 13 - Choose Your Partners
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Choose Your Partners

    S3:E13

    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:Unknown
    Writer:John Hopkins

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  14. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 14 - Tuesday Afternoon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Tuesday Afternoon

    S3:E14

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Alan Plater

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  15. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 15 - Supper In The Morning
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Supper In The Morning

    S3:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:John Hopkins

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  16. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 16 - Wait For It
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Wait For It

    S3:E16

    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:Unknown

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  17. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 17 - It Never Rains ...
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - It Never Rains ...

    S3:E17

    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:Unknown
    Writer:John Hopkins

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  18. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 18 - .. And A Happy New Year
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - .. And A Happy New Year

    S3:E18

    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

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  19. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 19 - Happy-Go-Lucky
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Happy-Go-Lucky

    S3:E19

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 20 - Promise Made
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Promise Made

    S3:E20

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Alan Plater

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  21. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 21 - I Mean...Where Does It Stop?
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    #21 - I Mean...Where Does It Stop?

    S3:E21

    Weir finds that being a policeman doesn't stop when he goes off duty, particularly as his girl friend Sally has shady connections.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John Hopkins

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  22. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 22 - A Stroll Along The Sands
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - A Stroll Along The Sands

    S3:E22

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 23 - No Malice
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - No Malice

    S3:E23

    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:Unknown

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  24. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 24 - Profit By Their Example
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Profit By Their Example

    S3:E24

    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

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  25. Z-Cars Season 3 Episode 25 - A Question Of Storage
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - A Question Of Storage

    S3:E25

    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

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Lucky Accident" is the best rated episode of "Z-Cars" season 3. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by John Hopkins, it aired on 9/4/1963. This episode is rated 7.4 points higher than the second-best, "Made For Each Other".