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The Best Episodes of Z-Cars Season 9

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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 9 Episode 1 - Bits An' Bats
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Michael E. Briant
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 2 - Old Bones
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Old Bones

    S9:E2

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

    Director:Michael E. Briant
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #3 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 4 - Night Train
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Night Train

    S9:E4

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

    Director:Christopher Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 5 - Friends
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    #5 - 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.

    Director:Fiona Cumming
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  6. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 6 - Gardens
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - Gardens

    S9:E6

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

    Director:Michael Hayes
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 7 - Quiet As The Grave
    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #7 - Quiet As The Grave

    S9:E7

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

    Director:Derek Martinus
    Writers:Bob Baker, Dave Martin

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  8. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 8 - Pursuit
    6.0/10(19 votes)

    #8 - Pursuit

    S9:E8

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

    Director:David Maloney
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  9. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 9 - Have You Seen This Child
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Have You Seen This Child

    S9:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 10 - Occupation
    6.8/10(20 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Julia Smith
    Writer:Leslie Duxbury

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  11. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 11 - Unnecessary Force
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Christopher Barry
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 12 - The Bouncer
    4.9/10(20 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Fiona Cumming
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 13 - House To House
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Baker, Dave Martin

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  14. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 14 - Boy In Blue
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #14 - Boy In Blue

    S9:E14

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

    Director:Michael Hayes
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 15 - Local Knowledge
    6.0/10(14 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Christopher Barry
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 16 - Innocent And Vulnerable
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 17 - Intervention
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Intervention

    S9:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 18 - Tonight And Every Night
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Tonight And Every Night

    S9:E18

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 19 - Transit
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Transit

    S9:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 20 - Snouts
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - 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...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 21 - Squatters
    6.1/10(15 votes)

    #21 - Squatters

    S9:E21

    No description available

    Director:Paddy Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 22 - Eviction
    6.4/10(18 votes)

    #22 - Eviction

    S9:E22

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

    Director:Paddy Russell
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 23 - Incitement
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Incitement

    S9:E23

    Why should a woman want to betray her husband to the police - even before he has committed the crime?

    Director:Colin Cant
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 24 - Thanks But...No Thanks
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Thanks But...No Thanks

    S9:E24

    Alec Quilley is up for promotion. He has an excellent service record, but how close an examination will his private life bear?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  25. Z-Cars Season 9 Episode 25 - Kronur
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Kronur

    S9:E25

    A fool and his money are soon parted - all the sooner if you don't know how much the money is worth.

    Director:Matthew Robinson
    Writer:Allan Prior

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"Bits An' Bats" is the best rated episode of "Z-Cars" season 9. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Michael E. Briant and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/9/1974. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Old Bones".