NaN/100 votes#1 - The Dark Side Of The Road
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1964
Outside in the dark a girl screams. Inside the tall flats she is heard and ignored. It is half an hour before one man puts out a reluctant hand to dial 999.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Hopkins
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#2 - What A Main Event!
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1964
Two men in a parked car - and the beginning of a night Lynch and Graham will talk about all their lives. The eventual haul is so good it even induces Barlow to stand drinks for the duo.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Hopkins
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#3 - Finders Keepers
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1964
The grimy cafe down by the docks is keeping pretty busy as usual. The juke-box is giving out the latest sounds of the Mersey Beat at full volume; the youngsters are sitting around drinking strong tea out of thick mugs. But there is one customer at McKinley's who doesn't seem to fit in. That is Brayne, the old tramp. He has no money for tea, but he is wearing an expensive overcoat and a business gent's bowler hat. Smith and Weir get really involved when they try to find the reason.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Hopkins
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#4 - Lucky Partners
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1964
To the young Mrs. Napier the man at the door seems anything but sinister, just buying old gold. But his method of purchase leaves something to be desired.
Director: Leonard Lewis
Writer: John Hopkins
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#5 - Soft Spot
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1964
Alby Rafferty, an over-zealous car enthusiast, is not past redemption according to John Watt. But Watt is not the only influence in Alby's life. So when Mr. Cull's shiny new white car is driven off from under his nose, it is not for use in a robbery - just Alby indulging his passion.
Director: N/A
Writer: Allan Prior
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#6 - Somebody Said...
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1964
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Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#7 - Charity Begins ...
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1964
""What's all the fuss about then?"" asks Fancy Smith when he and Jock Weir are called to a case of shoplifting. ""Cause maybe there's something else too,"" replies Jock. And as the men of Z-Victor One discover, something else, something much more sinister, there most certainly is.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Hopkins
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#8 - The Hunch
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/1964
A passing car and a radio message lead Graham and Baker to a particular club with interesting results. DC Lynch, meanwhile, has the job of finding the leader of a gang specialising in quick break-ins and small but profitable hauls of liquor and cigarettes. It is his most important case yet and he pins his hopes on a hunch that takes him to London.
Director: N/A
Writer: Allan Prior
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#9 - Two In The Bush
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1964
Two crimes - same place, same time - and Smith and weir are ready and able to deal with them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Welcome Home, Jigger
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1964
Sgt. Blackitt sets off to give a first aid demonstration at a youth club where trouble is in the air. Jigger Daniels, released from Borstal, is back in town and has a few old scores to settle. Meanwhile Lynch has his own problems. Someone is going around Newtown stealing transistor radios from parked cars, and Barlow is in one of his 'leave no stone unturned' moods.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Hayles
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#11 - In A Day's Work
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1964
A friendly call on a neighbour turns into a sudden nightmare for a young housewife. She dials 999. Fancy Smith, alone in Z-Victor One, is sent to investigate and finds himself in a situation that would tax the patience of a priest and a psychologist combined.
Director: Shaun Sutton
Writer: John Hopkins
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#12 - No Stone Unturned
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1964
A sudden death in Newtown brings the new man, Detective Superintendent Prentiss, from Headquarters. And before the investigation is closed he makes his presence very much felt.
Director: N/A
Writer: Elwyn Jones
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#13 - You Pays Your Money
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1964
When the only witnesses disagree Sergeant Watt settles for the most likely suspect - with surprising results.
Director: N/A
Writer: John Hopkins
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#14 - One Day In Spring Street
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/9/1964
Investigating a reported disturbance, Dave Graham finds it is one more skirmish in a running war fought with stones between the boys of a local school and old Lewis, an eccentric character who lives in the house opposite. It's not long before Sgt. Blackitt appears on the scene. When he is followed by Sgt. Watt Graham has little to do but sit in the car and watch.
Director: Michael Simpson
Writer: Alan Plater
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#15 - Bring Back The Cat
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/16/1964
It's a lively evening for Smith and Weir. First they have to try and cope with a woman who is charging her husband with an unusual theft. Then they have to intervene when two dockers engage in a punch-up, deal with a pensioner who thinks that the police are trying to steal his money, and finally confront a Scots tearaway who is handy with a shovel but is more interested in the works of Sir Walter Scott.
Director: Peter Duguid
Writer: N/A
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#16 - If He Runs - Grab Him
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 12/23/1964
An old lady is assaulted and robbed. She manages to struggle home to her companion and soon both the cars and DCI Barlow are on the scene.
Director: N/A
Writer: Elwyn Jones
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#17 - First Foot
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 12/30/1964
New Year's Eve in Newtown means a three-line whip for the lads on the cars. Everyone has to be on the job to cope with the drunks, the rowdy parties and aggression in the pubs. Then there is the thief using the occasion to carry out some quiet breaking and entering, and the teenage girl, daughter of a loveless home, looking for brief happiness by running away with a sailor.
Director: N/A
Writer: Alan Plater
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#18 - Think On
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/6/1965
A bus load of witnesses - and not one with a voice. Pub closing time in Newtown has come to mean more than the problem of drunken passengers for the men who crew the buses on route no. 86. It has come to be a time to be feared - a time when violence strikes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#19 - The Luck Of The Game
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 1/13/1965
Some parents' trouble is that they protect their children too much.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#20 - I Love You Bonzo
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 1/20/1965
Lynch is on the trail of an artist of a thief who broke into the Seaport Supermarket.
Director: Leonard Lewis
Writer: N/A
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#21 - Brotherly Love
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 1/27/1965
In any community you'll find a few people who are out of alignment - and all too often they find themselves involved with the police.
Director: Shaun Sutton
Writer: Alan Plater
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#22 - A Matter Of Give And Take
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/3/1965
The suspicions of a canal lock-keeper bring Z-Victor One into contact with the canal community and eventually lead to the investigation of a more serious crime.
Director: Paul Bernard
Writer: Brian Hayles
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#23 - Give A Dog A Name
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2/10/1965
A lost constable, but Sgt. Watt refuses to join his colleagues in jumping to conclusions. PC Boyle has been transferred to Newtown with a black mark on his record. Everyone knows why, and only John Watt is convinced of Boyle's good character.
Director: Peter Cregeen
Writer: N/A
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#24 - The Long Spoon
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 2/17/1965
Barlow accepts a favour from a local trader - and his integrity becomes suspect.
Director: Bill Hays
Writer: Elwyn Jones
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#25 - Teething Trouble
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 2/24/1965
A child cries, and family man PC Baker finds himself getting too involved.
Director: Ian MacNaughton
Writer: Alan Plater
The Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 4
Every episode of Z-Cars Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 4!
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"The Dark Side Of The Road" is the best rated episode of "Z-Cars" season 4. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by John Hopkins, it aired on 9/9/1964. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "What A Main Event!".