Troy Kennedy Martin
Director
Z-Cars (1962)
Series 12
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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Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S12E1 - Driver
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June 28, 1978, midnight
S12E2 - Heavenly Host
Shabnam Chowdry is a young Asian girl. Roy Grant is a young white boy. Put them together and knives are drawn - and Lynch is in the middle.
July 5, 1978, midnight
S12E3 - Debris
Newtown Marriage Guidance Centre has been burned down, so Haggar and Bowker start investigating its clients. They are looking for a man or woman with a grudge - a man or woman who will strike again.
July 12, 1978, midnight
S12E4 - Quilley On The Spot
A policeman can only take so much. Lynch deals with the problem one way, Quilley another. Trouble is, in Quilley's case there's a woman involved.
July 19, 1978, midnight
S12E5 - A Woman's Place
Night duty in Newtown is a rough turn; not the place for a young policewoman. But WPC Jane Beck won't listen to the warnings of Inspector Lynch.
July 26, 1978, midnight
S12E6 - Exposure
Roger Stevens is the quiet sort of copper, always there. Perhaps that's why Lynch tends to take him for granted. But sometimes it's the quiet kind one needs to worry about most of all.
Aug. 2, 1978, midnight
S12E7 - Fat Freddie BA
Freddie Cowling has come out of prison a changed man. He's lost a lot of weight, he's got a degree and he's promised his wife he'll go straight from now on. But Lynch doesn't believe he's changed. Not when there's the proceeds of his last job to be collected - £40,000 hidden away and waiting...
Aug. 9, 1978, midnight
S12E8 - First Offender
Sunday - kids who have nothing to do. First Lynch, then Haggar gets involved - they do have something to do.
Aug. 16, 1978, midnight
S12E9 - Deserter
Frank Rafael Saietta has come home to Newtown. Lynch remembers him as a nice little lad, but that was years ago. Now there are different words to describe him - terrorist and murderer.
Aug. 23, 1978, midnight
S12E10 - Rummage
Lynch holds the balance between C.I.D. and the Customs & Excise as they investigate a bent businessman and a suspicious German ship. The only link between them is a showgirl.
Aug. 30, 1978, midnight
S12E11 - Prey
Maureen Price was always complaining to the police - so much so that they'd stopped listening. The pity is that if they hadn't she might be alive today.
Sept. 6, 1978, midnight
S12E12 - Departures
Two men face retirement, one a policeman, the other a villain. There are younger men impatient to fill their shoes. The copper has no choice about it, but the villain has other ideas.
Sept. 13, 1978, midnight
S12E13 - Pressure
A new security shutter is being installed at the entrance to Newtown station, just in time, it seems, as an angry mob gathers outside. A stream of visitors keeps the desk duty officer busy.
Sept. 20, 1978, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 40150 min.
Released: Jan. 2, 1962
Last Air Date: Sept. 20, 1978, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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