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The Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 9

Every episode of Z-Cars Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 9!

The Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 9

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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    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #1 - Boy In Blue

    S9:E14

    The men at Newtown question their own stability when the past catches up with a lady called Gwen Newcombe.

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    Director:Michael Hayes
    Writer:N/A
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    7.0/10(19 votes)

    #2 - Scapegoat

    S9:E26

    As an act of kindness Bert Lynch gives a deadbeat tramp a cell for the night - and finds himself up to his neck in trouble.

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    Writer:N/A
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    6.9/10(12 votes)

    #3 - Distance

    S9:E28

    Joe Skinner fancies a bird. She seems to fancy him. So why is he investigating her background?

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    Director:Michael Hayes
    Writer:N/A
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    6.7/10(17 votes)

    #4 - Occupation

    S9:E10

    A factory work-in is on its last legs with the police outside the gates, keeping the peace but waiting for someone to break it.

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    6.2/10(14 votes)

    #5 - Eviction

    S9:E22

    Continuation of the previous episode 'Squatters'. With Quilley in hospital, Lynch's attitude to the squatters hardens.

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    Director:Paddy Russell
    Writer:N/A
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    6.1/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Squatters

    S9:E21

    No description available

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    Director:Paddy Russell
    Writer:N/A
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  8. Background image for Local Knowledge
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    #7 - Local Knowledge

    S9:E15

    Lynch receives a tip-off from a friend and finds himself in the middle of a delicate enquiry with his loyalties divided.

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    Writer:N/A
  9. Background image for Pursuit
    5.9/10(15 votes)

    #8 - Pursuit

    S9:E8

    A call reporting an early morning break-in is quickly answered and Render is only minutes behind the intruder.

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    Director:David Maloney
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    4.9/10(17 votes)

    #9 - The Bouncer

    S9:E12

    Eddy Howarth is the over-enthusiastic bouncer at the local dance hall, but his devotion to duty and jealousy over a woman land him in trouble, and he finds himself facing a serious charge.

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    Director:Fiona Cumming
    Writer:N/A
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    #10 - Bits An' Bats

    S9:E1

    There's a new Cash'n'Carry being built in Newtown and some odd characters work on it. One of them is on the fiddle - bits and bats to begin with.

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    #11 - Old Bones

    S9:E2

    Lynch deals with a skeleton on the moors and Skinner with several in various cupboards.

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    #12 - Mysteries

    S9:E3

    Ossie Davies is a security guard. He's a pushover. You just knock off his specs, threaten him a bit and help yourself. But Miller reckons there's more to Ossie than that.

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    Director:N/A
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    #13 - Night Train

    S9:E4

    Lynch, Quilley and Braithwaite take a night train to Manchester in search of a murder suspect.

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    #14 - Friends

    S9:E5

    Quilley is a good copper, but as an amateur footballer he has his limitations. Jesse Alty is a good footballer but has ambitions to be a better car thief. He and Quilley play for the same team and Gordon Glossop is a friend of both of them.

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    Director:Fiona Cumming
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    #15 - Mugs

    S9:E33

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    #16 - Gardens

    S9:E6

    A quiet Sunday - and the dead body of a man, smartly dressed, slumped in an allotment shed.

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    Director:Michael Hayes
    Writer:N/A
  18. Background image for Quiet As The Grave
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    #17 - Quiet As The Grave

    S9:E7

    Sunday night duty is traditionally quiet, but on this occasion it's too quiet for Miller's comfort.

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    #18 - Have You Seen This Child

    S9:E9

    Colin Williams haunts Inspector Lynch, and Sergeant Moffatt haunts a thief called Mulligan.

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    #19 - Unnecessary Force

    S9:E11

    How did a man like Derek Murphy get beaten up by his best friend, a man half his size? A puzzle for Miller, Yates and Skinner.

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    #20 - House To House

    S9:E13

    A full-scale house to house enquiry fails to produce a witness until a mysterious night prowler and two criminals lay their own freedom on the line.

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    #21 - Innocent And Vulnerable

    S9:E16

    Tempers fray among men constructing a block of flats, but for one family who actually live in a high-rise, nerves reach breaking point and an everyday flare-up develops into a police enquiry.

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    #22 - Intervention

    S9:E17

    Just two miles from Newtown centre lies open country and another world where people settle their grievances in a different way.

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    #23 - Tonight And Every Night

    S9:E18

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    #24 - Transit

    S9:E19

    When a lock-keeper complains of strange noises coming from a disused warehouse, a routine enquiry turns into a macabre situation.

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    #25 - Snouts

    S9:E20

    Jack Melish is walking down a deserted street near the docks to keep a secret appointment with Inspector Lynch. Suddenly a car pulls up alongside him and he is bundled into the back seat. The car races off...

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"Boy In Blue" is the best rated episode of "Z-Cars" season 9. It scored 7.9/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Michael Hayes and written by N/A, it aired on 1/6/1975. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Scapegoat".