Troy Kennedy Martin
Director
Z-Cars (1962)
Series 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 on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
Released Jan. 2, 1962
Episode 50 min
None+
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Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S9E1 - Bits An' Bats
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.
Sept. 9, 1974, midnight
S9E2 - Old Bones
Lynch deals with a skeleton on the moors and Skinner with several in various cupboards.
Sept. 16, 1974, midnight
S9E3 - Mysteries
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.
Sept. 30, 1974, midnight
S9E4 - Night Train
Lynch, Quilley and Braithwaite take a night train to Manchester in search of a murder suspect.
Oct. 7, 1974, midnight
S9E5 - Friends
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.
Oct. 14, 1974, midnight
S9E6 - Gardens
A quiet Sunday - and the dead body of a man, smartly dressed, slumped in an allotment shed.
Oct. 28, 1974, midnight
S9E7 - Quiet As The Grave
Sunday night duty is traditionally quiet, but on this occasion it's too quiet for Miller's comfort.
Nov. 4, 1974, midnight
S9E8 - Pursuit
A call reporting an early morning break-in is quickly answered and Render is only minutes behind the intruder.
Nov. 11, 1974, midnight
S9E9 - Have You Seen This Child
Colin Williams haunts Inspector Lynch, and Sergeant Moffatt haunts a thief called Mulligan.
Nov. 18, 1974, midnight
S9E10 - Occupation
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.
Nov. 25, 1974, midnight
S9E11 - Unnecessary Force
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.
Dec. 2, 1974, midnight
S9E12 - The Bouncer
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.
Dec. 9, 1974, midnight
S9E13 - House To House
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.
Dec. 16, 1974, midnight
S9E14 - Boy In Blue
The men at Newtown question their own stability when the past catches up with a lady called Gwen Newcombe.
Jan. 6, 1975, midnight
S9E15 - Local Knowledge
Lynch receives a tip-off from a friend and finds himself in the middle of a delicate enquiry with his loyalties divided.
Jan. 13, 1975, midnight
S9E16 - Innocent And Vulnerable
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.
Jan. 20, 1975, midnight
S9E17 - Intervention
Just two miles from Newtown centre lies open country and another world where people settle their grievances in a different way.
Jan. 27, 1975, midnight
S9E18 - Tonight And Every Night
None
Feb. 3, 1975, midnight
S9E19 - Transit
When a lock-keeper complains of strange noises coming from a disused warehouse, a routine enquiry turns into a macabre situation.
Feb. 10, 1975, midnight
S9E20 - Snouts
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...
Feb. 17, 1975, midnight
S9E21 - Squatters
None
Feb. 24, 1975, midnight
S9E22 - Eviction
Continuation of the previous episode 'Squatters'. With Quilley in hospital, Lynch's attitude to the squatters hardens.
March 3, 1975, midnight
S9E23 - Incitement
Why should a woman want to betray her husband to the police - even before he has committed the crime?
March 10, 1975, midnight
S9E24 - Thanks But...No Thanks
Alec Quilley is up for promotion. He has an excellent service record, but how close an examination will his private life bear?
March 17, 1975, midnight
S9E25 - Kronur
A fool and his money are soon parted - all the sooner if you don't know how much the money is worth.
March 24, 1975, midnight
S9E26 - Scapegoat
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.
April 7, 1975, midnight
S9E27 - Bit Of Business
A casual enquiry about car thieves leads Skinner to suspect that someone is taking him for a ride.
April 14, 1975, midnight
S9E28 - Distance
Joe Skinner fancies a bird. She seems to fancy him. So why is he investigating her background?
April 21, 1975, midnight
S9E29 - Ritual
Continuation of the previous episode 'Distance'. Skinner has been shot dead and the Murder Squad have taken over the case. So why is Haggar meeting a mate halfway down the M6?
April 28, 1975, midnight
S9E30 - Legacy
Continuation of the two previous episodes 'Distance' and 'Ritual'. The hunt for Skinner's murderer has moved away from Newtown. So why is a London detective on his way there, in secret?
May 5, 1975, midnight
S9E31 - A New Broom
The new CID Inspector is an old mate of Cecil Haggar's... isn't he?
May 12, 1975, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 40100 min.
Released: Jan. 2, 1962
Last Air Date: Sept. 20, 1978, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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