Troy Kennedy Martin
Director
Z-Cars (1962)
Series 8
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
S8E1 - Inspector Lynch
Bert Lynch has been promoted to Inspector. But is he still one of the lads?
Oct. 22, 1973, midnight
S8E2 - Nuisance
Alexandra is always complaining to an already overworked police force about her next door neighbour Percy. But is she just a nuisance? Or should Inspector Lynch take her complaints seriously?
Oct. 29, 1973, midnight
S8E3 - Escape
Some London villains spring Charlie Cotton from prison, but, too late, he cottons on to the fact that he's been sprung for a purpose.
Nov. 5, 1973, midnight
S8E4 - Break Up
A woman is arrested for shoplifting and a thief has his alibi checked. On the face of it two routine cases. But even the most routine cases can have repercussions.
Nov. 19, 1973, midnight
S8E5 - Stray Girl
Mary Mangan disappears with her baby. The worst is feared and a full scale police search is mounted.
Nov. 26, 1973, midnight
S8E6 - Pieces
A house is broken into and Skinner grabs at the opportunity to improve his record. But he grabs too hard and a man suffers.
Dec. 3, 1973, midnight
S8E7 - The Cinder Path
Goss is back! In court he finds himself in an unfamiliar role. Against Quilley... twice!
Dec. 10, 1973, midnight
S8E8 - Cadet
Cadet Peter Preston wants nothing more than to be a policeman, and even though he's a bit of a joke at Newtown his future seems assured. Then his father takes someone for a ride.
Dec. 11, 1973, midnight
S8E9 - Pressure Of Work
Goss goes out for a quiet day with a friend, but the friend ends up in a cell and a policeman ends up in hospital.
Dec. 17, 1973, midnight
S8E10 - Absence
A bank raid is in the offing and the only man who knows anything about it is Harry Dance.
Jan. 7, 1974, midnight
S8E11 - In Police Hands
Julie and Dave are happy: then they're in the nick. It seems that simply being in love is a crime these days.
Jan. 21, 1974, midnight
S8E12 - Two Hundred Tartan Teddy Bears
Stone and Lynch are puzzled by two cases - one involving bears and the other old ladies.
Feb. 4, 1974, midnight
S8E13 - Joanna
When Albert Smith goes looking for his daughter Joanna his enquiries cause trouble.
Feb. 11, 1974, midnight
S8E14 - Pressure
A young petty thief and a young Police Constable find themselves under a similar kind of pressure. The pressure to prove themselves.
Feb. 18, 1974, midnight
S8E15 - Waste
Not so much a skeleton in the cupboard - more a body, alive and kicking, in the attic.
Feb. 25, 1974, midnight
S8E16 - Two Wise Monkeys
When villains like Burford and Tyndale fall out they will go to any lengths to settle a score. And somewhere along the line the police have to take drastic measures.
March 4, 1974, midnight
S8E17 - Dinner Break
Lunchtime - relaxation for some. But not for those on duty at Newtown Station.
March 11, 1974, midnight
S8E18 - Allegiance
Joe Skinner questions a lad about breaking into a cigarette machine, but it soon becomes apparent that he is after more than a confession.
March 18, 1974, midnight
S8E19 - Rota
The same crime can be committed over and over again, unless someone decides to co-operate with the police.
March 25, 1974, midnight
S8E20 - Priority
Quilley and Braithwaite have a tricky customer to deal with; Lynch has Stone, as well as a missing child and a shop break-in.
April 1, 1974, midnight
S8E21 - Background
None
April 8, 1974, midnight
S8E22 - Losers
DI Connor runs into Marjorie, an old flame. But what a change in her!
April 10, 1974, midnight
S8E23 - Turnabout
Mary and Fiona, two women of equal ability and opportunity. So why is one of them a criminal?
April 22, 1974, midnight
S8E24 - Intruder
None
April 29, 1974, midnight
S8E25 - Mugs?
Several well-planned robberies, but none of the suspects with brains and style enough to organise them. So who did?
May 6, 1974, midnight
S8E26 - Pastime
A fire-raiser for Skinner and an extortionist for Stone and Lynch. Some people have the strangest pastimes.
May 13, 1974, midnight
S8E27 - Certain Parties
Back in Newtown after seven years in Parkhurst, Pikey Nimmo wants to settle up with the men who put him away. Stone was one of them.
May 20, 1974, midnight
S8E28 - Family
Susan Giles wants her father back inside and uses two men to help her. One of them is Quilley, and he unwittingly ruins Skinner's work.
June 30, 1974, 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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