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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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    #1 - Bits An' Bats

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    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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    #2 - Old Bones

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    S9:E2

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

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    #3 - Mysteries

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    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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    #4 - Night Train

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    S9:E4

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

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    #5 - Friends

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    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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    #6 - Mugs

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    S9:E33

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    #7 - Gardens

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    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
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    #8 - Quiet As The Grave

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    S9:E7

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

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    #9 - Pursuit

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    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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    #10 - Have You Seen This Child

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    S9:E9

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

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    #11 - Occupation

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    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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    #12 - Unnecessary Force

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    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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    #13 - The Bouncer

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    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
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    #14 - House To House

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    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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    #15 - Boy In Blue

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    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
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    #16 - Local Knowledge

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    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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    #17 - Innocent And Vulnerable

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    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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    #18 - Intervention

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    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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    #19 - Tonight And Every Night

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    S9:E18

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    #20 - Transit

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    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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    #21 - Snouts

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    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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    #22 - Squatters

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    S9:E21

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    #23 - Eviction

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    S9:E22

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

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    #24 - Incitement

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    S9:E23

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

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    Director:Colin Cant
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    #25 - Thanks But...No Thanks

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    S9:E24

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

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

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