9.4/108 votes#1 - Inspector Lynch
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 10/22/1973
Bert Lynch has been promoted to Inspector. But is he still one of the lads?
Director: N/A
Writer: Leslie Duxbury
- 8.0/107 votes
#2 - Nuisance
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/29/1973
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
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - Escape
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 11/5/1973
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Allan Prior
- NaN/100 votes
#4 - Break Up
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/1973
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Stray Girl
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/1973
Mary Mangan disappears with her baby. The worst is feared and a full scale police search is mounted.
Director: Julia Smith
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/109 votes
#6 - Pieces
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/1973
A house is broken into and Skinner grabs at the opportunity to improve his record. But he grabs too hard and a man suffers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#7 - The Cinder Path
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/1973
Goss is back! In court he finds himself in an unfamiliar role. Against Quilley... twice!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Cadet
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 12/11/1973
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Leslie Duxbury
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Pressure Of Work
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/1973
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
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#10 - Absence
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/1974
A bank raid is in the offing and the only man who knows anything about it is Harry Dance.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#11 - In Police Hands
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 1/21/1974
Julie and Dave are happy: then they're in the nick. It seems that simply being in love is a crime these days.
Director: N/A
Writer: Leslie Duxbury
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Two Hundred Tartan Teddy Bears
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 2/4/1974
Stone and Lynch are puzzled by two cases - one involving bears and the other old ladies.
Director: Julia Smith
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Joanna
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/1974
When Albert Smith goes looking for his daughter Joanna his enquiries cause trouble.
Director: Christopher Barry
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - Pressure
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/1974
A young petty thief and a young Police Constable find themselves under a similar kind of pressure. The pressure to prove themselves.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Ellis
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Waste
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/1974
Not so much a skeleton in the cupboard - more a body, alive and kicking, in the attic.
Director: Julia Smith
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - Two Wise Monkeys
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/1974
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Dinner Break
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 3/11/1974
Lunchtime - relaxation for some. But not for those on duty at Newtown Station.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Ellis
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Allegiance
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/18/1974
Joe Skinner questions a lad about breaking into a cigarette machine, but it soon becomes apparent that he is after more than a confession.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Rota
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/1974
The same crime can be committed over and over again, unless someone decides to co-operate with the police.
Director: Mary Ridge
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - Priority
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/1974
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
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Background
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/1974
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Losers
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 4/10/1974
DI Connor runs into Marjorie, an old flame. But what a change in her!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Turnabout
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 4/22/1974
Mary and Fiona, two women of equal ability and opportunity. So why is one of them a criminal?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Intruder
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 4/29/1974
No description available
Director: Mary Ridge
Writer: Allan Prior
- NaN/100 votes
#25 - Mugs?
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 5/6/1974
Several well-planned robberies, but none of the suspects with brains and style enough to organise them. So who did?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 8
Every episode of Z-Cars Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 8!
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 8 Ratings Summary
"Inspector Lynch" is the best rated episode of "Z-Cars" season 8. It scored 9.4/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Leslie Duxbury, it aired on 10/22/1973. This episode is rated 1.4 points higher than the second-best, "Nuisance".