Troy Kennedy Martin
Director
Z-Cars (1962)
Series 7
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 January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
Released Jan. 2, 1962
Episode 50 min
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Keywords: imdb.police-procedural, imdb.cult-tv, imdb.famous-opening-theme, imdb.partially-lost-tv-series, tmdb.police, tmdb.police-everyday-life, tmdb.police-investigation + 14 more, imdb.1960s, imdb.1970s, imdb.england, imdb.united-kingdom, imdb.police-officer, imdb.british, imdb.police, imdb.bobby, imdb.fictional-location, imdb.fictional-town, imdb.pig, imdb.briton, imdb.police-procedural-crime, imdb.cop-drama
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S7E1 - The Stone Standard Part 1
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Aug. 2, 1971, midnight
S7E2 - The Stone Standard Part 2
Sergeant Stone - up against militant management and militant workers. And he won't compromise.
Aug. 3, 1971, midnight
S7E3 - The Mystery Part 1
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April 9, 1971, midnight
S7E4 - The Mystery Part 2
A teenage girl and night time at a railway station brings a problem for PC Covill.
Aug. 10, 1971, midnight
S7E5 - Nobody Hit Me Part 1
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Aug. 16, 1971, midnight
S7E6 - Nobody Hit Me Part 2
Two grocers, one across the road from the other. Both ordinary, everyday characters. But then one of them has a fire in his shop. Goss and Stone end up with one villain and two very frightened men.
Aug. 17, 1971, midnight
S7E7 - Dan, Dan... Part 1
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Aug. 23, 1971, midnight
S7E8 - Dan, Dan... Part 2
To get stolen goods to the public a villain has to be an organising genius, and that's not all. The police are keeping an eye on Reg Thurley, who seems to be leading a double life.
Aug. 24, 1971, midnight
S7E9 - Funny Fellah
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Aug. 31, 1971, midnight
S7E10 - Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 1
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Sept. 6, 1971, midnight
S7E11 - Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 2
Liam Murphy is losing control of the gang. It's time for action.
Sept. 7, 1971, midnight
S7E12 - Purely Medical Purposes Part 1
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Sept. 13, 1971, midnight
S7E13 - Purely Medical Purposes Part 2
Charlie West is found with stolen property. He's in trouble, so he calls his lawyer.
Sept. 14, 1971, midnight
S7E14 - Grandstand Finish Part 1
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Sept. 20, 1971, midnight
S7E15 - Grandstand Finish Part 2
Sunday is all quiet, but Monday brings 'Open Day' problems at the Station. But there are more urgent troubles outside.
Sept. 21, 1971, midnight
S7E16 - Funny Creatures Women Part 1
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Sept. 27, 1971, midnight
S7E17 - Funny Creatures Women Part 2
Night, a deserted park and a young woman on her way home. Skinner is interviewed by Goss and Stone. Then they take the keys to his quarters.
Sept. 28, 1971, midnight
S7E18 - The Dirty Job Part 1
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Oct. 4, 1971, midnight
S7E19 - The Dirty Job Part 2
The Bannion family is in trouble, but at first not with the police. Bannion can possibly help Goss catch a villain. But is Goss willing to help Bannion in return?
Oct. 5, 1971, midnight
S7E20 - Ding Dong Part 1
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Oct. 11, 1971, midnight
S7E21 - Ding Dong Part 2
Juvenile crime in Newtown has reached a serious level. A clean-up campaign goes into operation. Then the Sheldon mob arrive in town.
Oct. 12, 1971, midnight
S7E22 - Intrusion Part 1
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Oct. 18, 1971, midnight
S7E23 - Intrusion Part 2
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Oct. 19, 1971, midnight
S7E24 - Not Often We Have Visitors Part 1
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Oct. 25, 1971, midnight
S7E25 - Not Often We Have Visitors Part 2
There's a V.I.P. visit in the offing and everyone is making plans: Newtown police, Special Branch, Headquarters. And they're not the only ones. It's a straight line from the airport to the Remand Home. And the roads should be fairly quiet.
Oct. 26, 1971, midnight
S7E26 - Contact Man Part 1
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Nov. 1, 1971, midnight
S7E27 - Contact Man Part 2
Three villains are under lock and key. But where is the missing eight thousand pounds? With business problems and an expensive wife Mr. Owen has lots of reasons to be worried, but there's another reason too.
Nov. 2, 1971, midnight
S7E28 - Take Away Part 1
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Nov. 8, 1971, midnight
S7E29 - Take Away Part 2
Nicked cars are normally just a routine job. So what makes Annette Minto's so different? At first she just wants her car back, but then something makes her change her mind.
Nov. 9, 1971, midnight
S7E30 - Who Were You With? Part 1
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Nov. 15, 1971, midnight
S7E31 - Who Were You With? Part 2
A hairdresser's shop is wrecked. In the middle is a frightened girl. She's alone and vulnerable and it's night time. She's no money and nowhere to go. It's not surprising that she's scared.
Nov. 16, 1971, midnight
S7E32 - Danny Boy's Home Part 1
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Nov. 22, 1971, midnight
S7E33 - Danny Boy's Home Part 2
Danny Baker returns to Newtown. But DS Haggar is back as well. It's not long before the two of them lock antlers.
Nov. 23, 1971, midnight
S7E34 - Rules Of The Game Part 1
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Nov. 29, 1971, midnight
S7E35 - Rules Of The Game Part 2
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Nov. 30, 1971, midnight
S7E36 - The Wrong Odds Part 1
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Dec. 6, 1971, midnight
S7E37 - The Wrong Odds Part 2
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Dec. 7, 1971, midnight
S7E38 - The Horse Dealer Part 1
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Dec. 13, 1971, midnight
S7E39 - The Horse Dealer Part 2
With Goss coming back Haggar wants to go out on a winner. And even he has a friend or two willing to help him.
Dec. 14, 1971, midnight
S7E40 - Collation Part 1
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Dec. 20, 1971, midnight
S7E41 - Collation Part 2
Promotion is in the air and Goss is in with an outside chance. A sighting, plus a report from a beat man, might just add up to a feather in Goss's cap at just the right time.
Dec. 21, 1971, midnight
S7E42 - Last Bus To Newtown
Bert Lynch has almost forgotten what life is like on the cars - out there in the thick of things.
Jan. 3, 1972, midnight
S7E43 - Lynch
Change. New people. Different methods. Some people call it progress. Bert Lynch, out on his own, is starting to feel left behind. Not the best time for his surprise visitor to call.
Jan. 10, 1972, midnight
S7E44 - Team Work
Whether it's a family trying to adjust to change or the police force mounting a big crime prevention operation a team is only as strong as its weakest member.
Jan. 17, 1972, midnight
S7E45 - The Attackers
A lad is walking home late at night...
Jan. 24, 1972, midnight
S7E46 - Retirement
An old man tries to stop a robbery...
Jan. 31, 1972, midnight
S7E47 - Promotion
Police life often puts a strain on a marriage, as Goss finds out. Stone is single, but that can also mean trouble.
Feb. 14, 1972, midnight
S7E48 - Canal
It's the age of fast getaways, but Frank and George are exceptions. They're villains all the same and Sgt. Miller thinks they're worth watching.
Feb. 21, 1972, midnight
S7E98 - Care
Two girls with their husbands away. Maureen is the social type and likes a drink; Jill is the lonely type, but she finds something for the police to do.
Feb. 22, 1973, midnight
S7E49 - Week Off
Lynch tries to get away from it all...
Feb. 28, 1972, midnight
S7E50 - Missing
Mariam Ahmed makes some trouble for the police.
March 6, 1972, midnight
S7E51 - Quilley
Quilley - on and off duty - with trouble on both fronts.
April 10, 1972, midnight
S7E52 - Tessa In The Woodpile
After a robbery Tessa goes on the warpath.
April 17, 1972, midnight
S7E53 - Keep To Yourself
Two loners. Stone cops one of them, Skinner the other.
April 24, 1972, midnight
S7E54 - Smoke
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May 1, 1972, midnight
S7E55 - Operation Ascalon
Is Goss to blame when the operation goes wrong?
May 8, 1972, midnight
S7E56 - Short Cut
Stone arrests and charges Andy Walker as a try-on.
May 15, 1972, midnight
S7E57 - Hagger
DS Cecil Haggar is back in Newtown. He's at a loose end, so he gravitates towards the nearest pub. There he finds trouble.
May 22, 1972, midnight
S7E58 - Playtime
Stone and Skinner are off duty. Then there's a jewel theft and a robbery with violence.
May 29, 1972, midnight
S7E59 - Sweet Girl
A lass is missing...
June 5, 1972, midnight
S7E60 - Access
Quilley stops at a pub. Is it routine, or isn't it?
June 12, 1972, midnight
S7E61 - Goss
Mrs. Goss and a lawyer add up to problems for DI Goss.
June 19, 1972, midnight
S7E62 - The Wolf And The Sheep Part 1
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July 10, 1972, midnight
S7E63 - The Wolf And The Sheep Part 2
Sgt. Miller is back on duty and up against another pro. He gets some good advice.
July 11, 1972, midnight
S7E64 - Forget It Part 1
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July 17, 1972, midnight
S7E65 - Forget It Part 2
A man with no name and no memory - or a man with something to hide?
July 18, 1972, midnight
S7E66 - A Neighbour's Goods Part 1
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July 24, 1972, midnight
S7E67 - A Neighbour's Goods Part 2
There's a dead woman and Sgt. Miller expects trouble. Then an anonymous phone call brings more surprises for him.
July 25, 1972, midnight
S7E68 - Loyalties Part 1
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July 31, 1972, midnight
S7E69 - Loyalties Part 2
Stolen gear, or planted? Stone and Lynch disagree. Lynch is trying to get one over Stone. Then the punch-up happens.
Aug. 1, 1972, midnight
S7E70 - Relative Values Part 1
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Aug. 7, 1972, midnight
S7E71 - Relative Values Part 2
OAPs are short of cash... and then the police are involved. Stone and Skinner are looking for something old-fashioned.
Aug. 8, 1972, midnight
S7E72 - Not Good Enough Part 1
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Aug. 14, 1972, midnight
S7E73 - Not Good Enough Part 2
Sgt. Miller wants him. So does Skinner. But Bright is clever. Miller tries the 'Chinese Water Torture'.
Aug. 15, 1972, midnight
S7E74 - Breakage Part 1
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Aug. 21, 1972, midnight
S7E75 - Breakage Part 2
A man with a parcel - George T. Wood - who's looking for someone; who's been kept waiting most of his life. And a derelict building, all glass and wind - and someone up on the roof. Quilley takes a big risk.
Aug. 22, 1972, midnight
S7E76 - Connor
Fred Connor is the new Detective Inspector at Newtown. He has unfinished business - with a villain named Bright.
Sept. 11, 1972, midnight
S7E77 - The Team
Inspector Connor is on trial. So is Sgt. Stone and the entire Newtown police force.
Sept. 18, 1972, midnight
S7E78 - Witness
Terence Nichols is in custody at Newtown police station after a wages snatch. There are three days to the trial and Stone thinks it's an open and shut case. He has a reliable witness in Sydney Adams. But one of the villains is still on the run.
Sept. 25, 1972, midnight
S7E79 - Takes All Sorts
A new Inspector arrives at Newtown, Ralph Edward Pratt by name, spruce as a pocket hanky and dripping self-confidence. He is fussy and believes in doing everything by the book. He also wants to get involved in everything that's going on, however trivial. It doesn't take long for Bert Lynch to take a violent dislike to the newcomer and to make every effort to avoid him!
Oct. 2, 1972, midnight
S7E80 - Sins Of The Father
Wives of prisoners are easier to chat up than the prisoners themselves - and Inspector Connor wants to find the missing money from a bank robbery.
Oct. 9, 1972, midnight
S7E81 - Damage
Night-time and a frightened house breaker. Newtown police reveal an unusual mystery.
Oct. 16, 1972, midnight
S7E82 - Day Trip
Sgt. Haggar and PC Quilley are back on the strength just at the time Dilly Watson, a clever thief, arrives in Newtown.
Oct. 23, 1972, midnight
S7E83 - Public Relations
DS Haggar doesn't like Ken Knowles. ""Journalists,"" he says, ""grow fat on misrepresenting police information"". He doesn't like old Bertha either. She doesn't give information. So what chance does he stand against both of them?
Oct. 30, 1972, midnight
S7E84 - Old Soldiers
Old Sepp is passing through Newtown. PC Hackett is on the way out. But both are involved with Marlene.
Nov. 6, 1972, midnight
S7E85 - Diabolical Liberty
There's just no helping some people, as Bert Lynch finds out when Chief Inspector Logie investigates a break-in with a difference.
Nov. 13, 1972, midnight
S7E86 - Old Acquaintance
A newly released prisoner, Dan Fowler, returns to his wife Julia and plans to fix an old enemy. But Julia has plans of her own.
Nov. 20, 1972, midnight
S7E87 - The Legacy
Sgt. Stone goes to the funeral of an old and respected thief in the hope of unearthing a few skeletons. But dead men don't talk and neither will this one's grandson.
Nov. 27, 1972, midnight
S7E88 - The Amateurs
While Austin Nuttall dreams of owning his own business Connor dreams of nailing a fence. And with two crimes unsolved, Connor demonstrates how to kill two men and two birds with one stone.
Dec. 4, 1972, midnight
S7E89 - Hobo
A gullible old man, a con man, and a do-gooder. And Tom Stone is right in the middle and in need of somewhere to live.
Dec. 11, 1972, midnight
S7E90 - Old Lag
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Dec. 18, 1972, midnight
S7E91 - Skinner
Skinner returns to C.I.D. He's after a villain, wanted by both the Met. and DS Haggar.
Jan. 4, 1973, midnight
S7E92 - Skin Game
A safe-breaker, a club owner and a farmer. All three play the same game until Miller joins in and gets under their skin.
Jan. 11, 1973, midnight
S7E93 - Backwater
All Tom Stone wants is a quiet weekend's fishing, but then he meets Sergeant Rust. Together they catch a very queer fish, but have different ideas about landing it.
Jan. 18, 1973, midnight
S7E94 - Big Jake
Who gets to Big Jake first, Billy Fielden or DC Skinner? One of them wants to help him, the other just wants him. And who, or what, is Big Jake anyway?
Jan. 25, 1973, midnight
S7E95 - Women At Work
Two working women, one admired by Lynch, the other disliked by Miller. And in the background a singular third person, badly wanted by Skinner.
Feb. 1, 1973, midnight
S7E96 - Jack The Dodger
There's a problem for Skinner when a suspicious odd-job man takes lodgings with an old flame of Bert Lynch.
Feb. 8, 1973, midnight
S7E97 - Miller
A body in a canal and Miller follows a chain of enquiries that brings him face to face with... himself.
Feb. 15, 1973, midnight
S7E99 - Operation Watchdog
Connor comes back to vandalism and to conflict with some local bigwigs. And Skinner's in a spot of bother
March 1, 1973, midnight
S7E100 - Defection
A member of a visiting Trade Delegation takes a positive step concerning th future. But Sgt. Stone's future is left for Connor and Richards to fight over.
March 8, 1973, midnight
S7E101 - Invention
Rowena Bishop has a reputation for storytelling. She tells Sgt. Lynch about a body down on the foreshore.
March 15, 1973, midnight
S7E102 - Hard Man
Clifford Roscoe is the local hard man. He's fresh out of jail and ready and anxious to cause trouble. But Stone and Connor are ready for him.
March 22, 1973, midnight
S7E103 - Domestic
A bitter argument, an unexpected tragedy and Sgt. Stone finds himself pushing a suspect very hard indeed.
March 29, 1973, midnight
S7E104 - Pat
Pat Mason is a Salvationist and everyone likes her, particularly the regulars at Alan Doherty's pub. So why should anyone want to hurt her?
April 5, 1973, midnight
S7E105 - Bowman
Bringing up a family in Newtown isn't easy, especially for a copper.
April 12, 1973, midnight
S7E106 - The Lady And The Gentleman
There's a housebreaker with a difference operating in Newtown. He leaves no marks when he breaks in and he never steals anything.
April 19, 1973, midnight
S7E107 - Suspicion
Sgt. Lynch takes an interest in Susan Rawlings while her husband is in prison.
April 30, 1973, midnight
S7E108 - Mileage
Jupp has a large family and needs to keep his job. But events pile up against him - his boss and a robbery - and he needs to keep his cool.
May 7, 1973, midnight
S7E109 - Routine
Lynch and Quilley are on 'nights'. And a routine call to a break-in leads to a break-up that's far from routine.
May 14, 1973, midnight
S7E110 - The Spike
A suspicious death. Who is and who isn't involved? And what is the fiddle going on at Munster House?
May 21, 1973, midnight
S7E111 - Hi-Jack
A stolen lorry load of meat parked on a busy road. A piece of cake for the police, unless the lorry driver's name is Houdini!
June 4, 1973, midnight
S7E112 - Mother And Child
Joyce is very protective towards her son - even when he's in prison.
June 11, 1973, midnight
S7E113 - Co-Operation
Understanding between husband and wife, detective and villain, Police Constable and member of the public - but what about the co-operation between Stone and Haggar?
June 18, 1973, midnight
S7E114 - No Proceedings
Hugo Vallance, an old-fashioned Lord of the Manor, is trying to survive in a modern world - of gossip, scandal and theft.
June 25, 1973, midnight
S7E115 - Officer Material...?
It's the day of Lynch's promotion board. He's already passed his exams, so he knows his stuff. But - is he the right type to be an officer?
July 2, 1973, midnight
BBC One
50 min/ep
40100 min
Jan. 2, 1962
Sept. 20, 1978, midnight
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