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.
Showing Season 9 of 12
Series 9
1974
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01. Bits An' Bats
1974-09-09
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.
02. Old Bones
1974-09-16
Lynch deals with a skeleton on the moors and Skinner with several in various cupboards.
03. Mysteries
1974-09-30
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.
04. Night Train
1974-10-07
Lynch, Quilley and Braithwaite take a night train to Manchester in search of a murder suspect.
05. Friends
1974-10-14
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.
33. Mugs
1974-10-21
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06. Gardens
1974-10-28
A quiet Sunday - and the dead body of a man, smartly dressed, slumped in an allotment shed.
07. Quiet As The Grave
1974-11-04
Sunday night duty is traditionally quiet, but on this occasion it's too quiet for Miller's comfort.
08. Pursuit
1974-11-11
A call reporting an early morning break-in is quickly answered and Render is only minutes behind the intruder.
09. Have You Seen This Child
1974-11-18
Colin Williams haunts Inspector Lynch, and Sergeant Moffatt haunts a thief called Mulligan.
10. Occupation
1974-11-25
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.
11. Unnecessary Force
1974-12-02
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.
12. The Bouncer
1974-12-09
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.
13. House To House
1974-12-16
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.
14. Boy In Blue
1975-01-06
The men at Newtown question their own stability when the past catches up with a lady called Gwen Newcombe.
15. Local Knowledge
1975-01-13
Lynch receives a tip-off from a friend and finds himself in the middle of a delicate enquiry with his loyalties divided.
16. Innocent And Vulnerable
1975-01-20
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.
17. Intervention
1975-01-27
Just two miles from Newtown centre lies open country and another world where people settle their grievances in a different way.
18. Tonight And Every Night
1975-02-03
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19. Transit
1975-02-10
When a lock-keeper complains of strange noises coming from a disused warehouse, a routine enquiry turns into a macabre situation.
20. Snouts
1975-02-17
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...
21. Squatters
1975-02-24
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22. Eviction
1975-03-03
Continuation of the previous episode 'Squatters'. With Quilley in hospital, Lynch's attitude to the squatters hardens.
23. Incitement
1975-03-10
Why should a woman want to betray her husband to the police - even before he has committed the crime?
24. Thanks But...No Thanks
1975-03-17
Alec Quilley is up for promotion. He has an excellent service record, but how close an examination will his private life bear?
25. Kronur
1975-03-24
A fool and his money are soon parted - all the sooner if you don't know how much the money is worth.
26. Scapegoat
1975-04-07
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.
27. Bit Of Business
1975-04-14
A casual enquiry about car thieves leads Skinner to suspect that someone is taking him for a ride.
28. Distance
1975-04-21
Joe Skinner fancies a bird. She seems to fancy him. So why is he investigating her background?
29. Ritual
1975-04-28
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?
30. Legacy
1975-05-05
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?
31. A New Broom
1975-05-12
The new CID Inspector is an old mate of Cecil Haggar's... isn't he?