About this season
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.
Episodes (17)
1. Guns
Aired 5 January 1976 • 50 min
Armed robbery is becoming almost a daily event and sooner or later somebody's bound to get hurt. But what happens if the police meet violence with violence?
2. Manslaughter
Aired 12 January 1976 • 50 min
The public expect to be protected by the police. But if a policeman kills a member of the public in the execution of his duty, will the protector be prosecuted?
3. Prisoner
Aired 19 January 1976 • 50 min
When a constable is ten minutes late reporting in an alert goes out. Alec Quilley hasn't been seen or heard of for over an hour.
4. The Frighteners
Aired 26 January 1976 • 50 min
An ex-villain is entitled to police protection just like anyone else - isn't he?
5. Contact
Aired 2 February 1976 • 50 min
A man is trapped under a load of dangerous chemicals. Move him, and the lot might go up. Leave him there and...
6. Kidnap
Aired 9 February 1976 • 50 min
A rag week kidnap for charity starts out all right, but...
7. Say Goodbye To The Horses
Aired 16 February 1976 • 50 min
There are plenty of ways to make sure a horse loses a race, but how do you make a horse WIN a race?
8. A Preacher In Passing
Aired 23 February 1976 • 50 min
A quiet Sunday and Moffat finds himself in church. But not praying!
9. Nightwatch
Aired 1 March 1976 • 50 min
Keeping surveillance on a goods yard full of empty wagons seems a pretty barren exercise - unless you know what's at stake.
10. Ringers
Aired 8 March 1976 • 50 min
In detection you need routine and instinct. But not necessarily in that order.
11. Fairground
Aired 15 March 1976 • 50 min
A young girl is attacked and Lynch has to look into 'all the fun of the fair'.
12. Hunch
Aired 22 March 1976 • 50 min
Which is more important - a batch of missing cameras, or a missing girl?
13. Scot Free
Aired 29 March 1976 • 50 min
Two boys are trapped in a disused mine. Why is their friend terrified of going to the police?
19. Transit
Aired 10 February 1975
A mystery call out for noise down the docks perplexes Yates, and he's stuck there with DS Haggar and an irritating PC. They shoot horses, don't they?
20. Snouts
Aired 17 February 1975
A police informer is found badly beaten on a rubbish tip, whilst Bert Lych waits for him in a local pub. Who was responsible, and what is the connection to a rough local pub?
24. Thanks But... No Thanks
Aired 17 February 1975
Quilley is up for promotion, but personal circumstances may hinder his path. At the same time, a troublesome thief is causing him severe problems.
31. A New Broom
Aired 12 May 1975
A series of break-ins have some peculiar traits. Haggar thinks that an old lag just out of gaol may be responsible. But what is the significance of a missing schoolboy, and why is the MO of the mystery criminal familiar?