The Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 8

Bert Lynch has been promoted to Inspector. But is he still one of the lads?

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Writer: Leslie Duxbury

Alexandra is always complaining to an already overworked police force about her next door neighbour Percy. But is she just a nuisance? Or should Inspector Lynch take her complaints seriously?

Director: Julia Smith

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Some London villains spring Charlie Cotton from prison, but, too late, he cottons on to the fact that he's been sprung for a purpose.

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Writer: Allan Prior

A woman is arrested for shoplifting and a thief has his alibi checked. On the face of it two routine cases. But even the most routine cases can have repercussions.

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Mary Mangan disappears with her baby. The worst is feared and a full scale police search is mounted.

Director: Julia Smith

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A house is broken into and Skinner grabs at the opportunity to improve his record. But he grabs too hard and a man suffers.

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Goss is back! In court he finds himself in an unfamiliar role. Against Quilley... twice!

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Cadet Peter Preston wants nothing more than to be a policeman, and even though he's a bit of a joke at Newtown his future seems assured. Then his father takes someone for a ride.

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Writer: Leslie Duxbury

Goss goes out for a quiet day with a friend, but the friend ends up in a cell and a policeman ends up in hospital.

Director: Julia Smith

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A bank raid is in the offing and the only man who knows anything about it is Harry Dance.

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Julie and Dave are happy: then they're in the nick. It seems that simply being in love is a crime these days.

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Writer: Leslie Duxbury

Stone and Lynch are puzzled by two cases - one involving bears and the other old ladies.

Director: Julia Smith

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When Albert Smith goes looking for his daughter Joanna his enquiries cause trouble.

Director: Christopher Barry

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A young petty thief and a young Police Constable find themselves under a similar kind of pressure. The pressure to prove themselves.

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Writer: David Ellis

Not so much a skeleton in the cupboard - more a body, alive and kicking, in the attic.

Director: Julia Smith

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When villains like Burford and Tyndale fall out they will go to any lengths to settle a score. And somewhere along the line the police have to take drastic measures.

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Lunchtime - relaxation for some. But not for those on duty at Newtown Station.

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Writer: David Ellis

Joe Skinner questions a lad about breaking into a cigarette machine, but it soon becomes apparent that he is after more than a confession.

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The same crime can be committed over and over again, unless someone decides to co-operate with the police.

Director: Mary Ridge

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Quilley and Braithwaite have a tricky customer to deal with; Lynch has Stone, as well as a missing child and a shop break-in.

Director: Julia Smith

Writer: Leslie Duxbury

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DI Connor runs into Marjorie, an old flame. But what a change in her!

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Mary and Fiona, two women of equal ability and opportunity. So why is one of them a criminal?

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Director: Mary Ridge

Writer: Allan Prior

Several well-planned robberies, but none of the suspects with brains and style enough to organise them. So who did?

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