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 (115)
1. The Stone Standard Part 1
Aired 2 August 1971 • 50 min
2. The Stone Standard Part 2
Aired 3 August 1971 • 50 min
Sergeant Stone - up against militant management and militant workers. And he won't compromise.
3. The Mystery Part 1
Aired 9 April 1971 • 50 min
4. The Mystery Part 2
Aired 10 August 1971 • 50 min
A teenage girl and night time at a railway station brings a problem for PC Covill.
5. Nobody Hit Me Part 1
Aired 16 August 1971 • 50 min
6. Nobody Hit Me Part 2
Aired 17 August 1971 • 50 min
Two grocers, one across the road from the other. Both ordinary, everyday characters. But then one of them has a fire in his shop. Goss and Stone end up with one villain and two very frightened men.
7. Dan, Dan... Part 1
Aired 23 August 1971 • 50 min
8. Dan, Dan... Part 2
Aired 24 August 1971 • 50 min
To get stolen goods to the public a villain has to be an organising genius, and that's not all. The police are keeping an eye on Reg Thurley, who seems to be leading a double life.
9. Funny Fellah
Aired 31 August 1971 • 50 min
10. Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 1
Aired 6 September 1971 • 50 min
11. Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 2
Aired 7 September 1971 • 50 min
Liam Murphy is losing control of the gang. It's time for action.
12. Purely Medical Purposes Part 1
Aired 13 September 1971 • 50 min
13. Purely Medical Purposes Part 2
Aired 14 September 1971 • 50 min
Charlie West is found with stolen property. He's in trouble, so he calls his lawyer.
14. Grandstand Finish Part 1
Aired 20 September 1971 • 50 min
15. Grandstand Finish Part 2
Aired 21 September 1971 • 50 min
Sunday is all quiet, but Monday brings 'Open Day' problems at the Station. But there are more urgent troubles outside.
16. Funny Creatures Women Part 1
Aired 27 September 1971 • 50 min
17. Funny Creatures Women Part 2
Aired 28 September 1971 • 50 min
Night, a deserted park and a young woman on her way home. Skinner is interviewed by Goss and Stone. Then they take the keys to his quarters.
18. The Dirty Job Part 1
Aired 4 October 1971 • 50 min
19. The Dirty Job Part 2
Aired 5 October 1971 • 50 min
The Bannion family is in trouble, but at first not with the police. Bannion can possibly help Goss catch a villain. But is Goss willing to help Bannion in return?
20. Ding Dong Part 1
Aired 11 October 1971 • 50 min
21. Ding Dong Part 2
Aired 12 October 1971 • 50 min
Juvenile crime in Newtown has reached a serious level. A clean-up campaign goes into operation. Then the Sheldon mob arrive in town.
22. Intrusion Part 1
Aired 18 October 1971 • 50 min
23. Intrusion Part 2
Aired 19 October 1971 • 50 min
24. Not Often We Have Visitors Part 1
Aired 25 October 1971 • 50 min
25. Not Often We Have Visitors Part 2
Aired 26 October 1971 • 50 min
There's a V.I.P. visit in the offing and everyone is making plans: Newtown police, Special Branch, Headquarters. And they're not the only ones. It's a straight line from the airport to the Remand Home. And the roads should be fairly quiet.
26. Contact Man Part 1
Aired 1 November 1971 • 50 min
27. Contact Man Part 2
Aired 2 November 1971 • 50 min
Three villains are under lock and key. But where is the missing eight thousand pounds? With business problems and an expensive wife Mr. Owen has lots of reasons to be worried, but there's another reason too.
28. Take Away Part 1
Aired 8 November 1971 • 50 min
29. Take Away Part 2
Aired 9 November 1971 • 50 min
Nicked cars are normally just a routine job. So what makes Annette Minto's so different? At first she just wants her car back, but then something makes her change her mind.
30. Who Were You With? Part 1
Aired 15 November 1971 • 50 min
31. Who Were You With? Part 2
Aired 16 November 1971 • 50 min
A hairdresser's shop is wrecked. In the middle is a frightened girl. She's alone and vulnerable and it's night time. She's no money and nowhere to go. It's not surprising that she's scared.
32. Danny Boy's Home Part 1
Aired 22 November 1971 • 50 min
33. Danny Boy's Home Part 2
Aired 23 November 1971 • 50 min
Danny Baker returns to Newtown. But DS Haggar is back as well. It's not long before the two of them lock antlers.
34. Rules Of The Game Part 1
Aired 29 November 1971 • 50 min
35. Rules Of The Game Part 2
Aired 30 November 1971 • 50 min
36. The Wrong Odds Part 1
Aired 6 December 1971 • 50 min
37. The Wrong Odds Part 2
Aired 7 December 1971 • 50 min
38. The Horse Dealer Part 1
Aired 13 December 1971 • 50 min
39. The Horse Dealer Part 2
Aired 14 December 1971 • 50 min
With Goss coming back Haggar wants to go out on a winner. And even he has a friend or two willing to help him.
40. Collation Part 1
Aired 20 December 1971 • 50 min
41. Collation Part 2
Aired 21 December 1971 • 50 min
Promotion is in the air and Goss is in with an outside chance. A sighting, plus a report from a beat man, might just add up to a feather in Goss's cap at just the right time.
42. Last Bus To Newtown
Aired 3 January 1972 • 50 min
Bert Lynch has almost forgotten what life is like on the cars - out there in the thick of things.
43. Lynch
Aired 10 January 1972 • 50 min
Change. New people. Different methods. Some people call it progress. Bert Lynch, out on his own, is starting to feel left behind. Not the best time for his surprise visitor to call.
44. Team Work
Aired 17 January 1972 • 50 min
Whether it's a family trying to adjust to change or the police force mounting a big crime prevention operation a team is only as strong as its weakest member.
45. The Attackers
Aired 24 January 1972 • 50 min
A lad is walking home late at night...
46. Retirement
Aired 31 January 1972 • 50 min
An old man tries to stop a robbery...
47. Promotion
Aired 14 February 1972 • 50 min
Police life often puts a strain on a marriage, as Goss finds out. Stone is single, but that can also mean trouble.
48. Canal
Aired 21 February 1972 • 50 min
It's the age of fast getaways, but Frank and George are exceptions. They're villains all the same and Sgt. Miller thinks they're worth watching.
49. Week Off
Aired 28 February 1972 • 50 min
Lynch tries to get away from it all...
50. Missing
Aired 6 March 1972 • 50 min
Mariam Ahmed makes some trouble for the police.
51. Quilley
Aired 10 April 1972 • 50 min
Quilley - on and off duty - with trouble on both fronts.
52. Tessa In The Woodpile
Aired 17 April 1972 • 50 min
After a robbery Tessa goes on the warpath.
53. Keep To Yourself
Aired 24 April 1972 • 50 min
Two loners. Stone cops one of them, Skinner the other.
54. Smoke
Aired 1 May 1972 • 50 min
55. Operation Ascalon
Aired 8 May 1972 • 50 min
Is Goss to blame when the operation goes wrong?
56. Short Cut
Aired 15 May 1972 • 50 min
Stone arrests and charges Andy Walker as a try-on.
57. Hagger
Aired 22 May 1972 • 50 min
DS Cecil Haggar is back in Newtown. He's at a loose end, so he gravitates towards the nearest pub. There he finds trouble.
58. Playtime
Aired 29 May 1972 • 50 min
Stone and Skinner are off duty. Then there's a jewel theft and a robbery with violence.
59. Sweet Girl
Aired 5 June 1972 • 50 min
A lass is missing...
60. Access
Aired 12 June 1972 • 50 min
Quilley stops at a pub. Is it routine, or isn't it?
61. Goss
Aired 19 June 1972 • 50 min
Mrs. Goss and a lawyer add up to problems for DI Goss.
62. The Wolf And The Sheep Part 1
Aired 10 July 1972 • 50 min
63. The Wolf And The Sheep Part 2
Aired 11 July 1972 • 50 min
Sgt. Miller is back on duty and up against another pro. He gets some good advice.
64. Forget It Part 1
Aired 17 July 1972 • 50 min
65. Forget It Part 2
Aired 18 July 1972 • 50 min
A man with no name and no memory - or a man with something to hide?
66. A Neighbour's Goods Part 1
Aired 24 July 1972 • 50 min
67. A Neighbour's Goods Part 2
Aired 25 July 1972 • 50 min
There's a dead woman and Sgt. Miller expects trouble. Then an anonymous phone call brings more surprises for him.
68. Loyalties Part 1
Aired 31 July 1972 • 50 min
69. Loyalties Part 2
Aired 1 August 1972 • 50 min
Stolen gear, or planted? Stone and Lynch disagree. Lynch is trying to get one over Stone. Then the punch-up happens.
70. Relative Values Part 1
Aired 7 August 1972 • 50 min
71. Relative Values Part 2
Aired 8 August 1972 • 50 min
OAPs are short of cash... and then the police are involved. Stone and Skinner are looking for something old-fashioned.
72. Not Good Enough Part 1
Aired 14 August 1972 • 50 min
73. Not Good Enough Part 2
Aired 15 August 1972 • 50 min
Sgt. Miller wants him. So does Skinner. But Bright is clever. Miller tries the 'Chinese Water Torture'.
74. Breakage Part 1
Aired 21 August 1972 • 50 min
75. Breakage Part 2
Aired 22 August 1972 • 50 min
A man with a parcel - George T. Wood - who's looking for someone; who's been kept waiting most of his life. And a derelict building, all glass and wind - and someone up on the roof. Quilley takes a big risk.
76. Connor
Aired 11 September 1972 • 50 min
Fred Connor is the new Detective Inspector at Newtown. He has unfinished business - with a villain named Bright.
77. The Team
Aired 18 September 1972 • 50 min
Inspector Connor is on trial. So is Sgt. Stone and the entire Newtown police force.
78. Witness
Aired 25 September 1972 • 50 min
Terence Nichols is in custody at Newtown police station after a wages snatch. There are three days to the trial and Stone thinks it's an open and shut case. He has a reliable witness in Sydney Adams. But one of the villains is still on the run.
79. Takes All Sorts
Aired 2 October 1972 • 50 min
A new Inspector arrives at Newtown, Ralph Edward Pratt by name, spruce as a pocket hanky and dripping self-confidence. He is fussy and believes in doing everything by the book. He also wants to get involved in everything that's going on, however trivial. It doesn't take long for Bert Lynch to take a violent dislike to the newcomer and to make every effort to avoid him!
80. Sins Of The Father
Aired 9 October 1972 • 50 min
Wives of prisoners are easier to chat up than the prisoners themselves - and Inspector Connor wants to find the missing money from a bank robbery.
81. Damage
Aired 16 October 1972 • 50 min
Night-time and a frightened house breaker. Newtown police reveal an unusual mystery.
82. Day Trip
Aired 23 October 1972 • 50 min
Sgt. Haggar and PC Quilley are back on the strength just at the time Dilly Watson, a clever thief, arrives in Newtown.
83. Public Relations
Aired 30 October 1972 • 50 min
DS Haggar doesn't like Ken Knowles. ""Journalists,"" he says, ""grow fat on misrepresenting police information"". He doesn't like old Bertha either. She doesn't give information. So what chance does he stand against both of them?
84. Old Soldiers
Aired 6 November 1972 • 50 min
Old Sepp is passing through Newtown. PC Hackett is on the way out. But both are involved with Marlene.
85. Diabolical Liberty
Aired 13 November 1972 • 50 min
There's just no helping some people, as Bert Lynch finds out when Chief Inspector Logie investigates a break-in with a difference.
86. Old Acquaintance
Aired 20 November 1972 • 50 min
A newly released prisoner, Dan Fowler, returns to his wife Julia and plans to fix an old enemy. But Julia has plans of her own.
87. The Legacy
Aired 27 November 1972 • 50 min
Sgt. Stone goes to the funeral of an old and respected thief in the hope of unearthing a few skeletons. But dead men don't talk and neither will this one's grandson.
88. The Amateurs
Aired 4 December 1972 • 50 min
While Austin Nuttall dreams of owning his own business Connor dreams of nailing a fence. And with two crimes unsolved, Connor demonstrates how to kill two men and two birds with one stone.
89. Hobo
Aired 11 December 1972 • 50 min
A gullible old man, a con man, and a do-gooder. And Tom Stone is right in the middle and in need of somewhere to live.
90. Old Lag
Aired 18 December 1972 • 50 min
91. Skinner
Aired 4 January 1973 • 50 min
Skinner returns to C.I.D. He's after a villain, wanted by both the Met. and DS Haggar.
92. Skin Game
Aired 11 January 1973 • 50 min
A safe-breaker, a club owner and a farmer. All three play the same game until Miller joins in and gets under their skin.
93. Backwater
Aired 18 January 1973 • 50 min
All Tom Stone wants is a quiet weekend's fishing, but then he meets Sergeant Rust. Together they catch a very queer fish, but have different ideas about landing it.
94. Big Jake
Aired 25 January 1973 • 50 min
Who gets to Big Jake first, Billy Fielden or DC Skinner? One of them wants to help him, the other just wants him. And who, or what, is Big Jake anyway?
95. Women At Work
Aired 1 February 1973 • 50 min
Two working women, one admired by Lynch, the other disliked by Miller. And in the background a singular third person, badly wanted by Skinner.
96. Jack The Dodger
Aired 8 February 1973 • 50 min
There's a problem for Skinner when a suspicious odd-job man takes lodgings with an old flame of Bert Lynch.
97. Miller
Aired 15 February 1973 • 50 min
A body in a canal and Miller follows a chain of enquiries that brings him face to face with... himself.
98. Care
Aired 22 February 1973 • 50 min
Two girls with their husbands away. Maureen is the social type and likes a drink; Jill is the lonely type, but she finds something for the police to do.
99. Operation Watchdog
Aired 1 March 1973 • 50 min
Connor comes back to vandalism and to conflict with some local bigwigs. And Skinner's in a spot of bother
100. Defection
Aired 8 March 1973 • 50 min
A member of a visiting Trade Delegation takes a positive step concerning th future. But Sgt. Stone's future is left for Connor and Richards to fight over.
101. Invention
Aired 15 March 1973 • 50 min
Rowena Bishop has a reputation for storytelling. She tells Sgt. Lynch about a body down on the foreshore.
102. Hard Man
Aired 22 March 1973 • 50 min
Clifford Roscoe is the local hard man. He's fresh out of jail and ready and anxious to cause trouble. But Stone and Connor are ready for him.
103. Domestic
Aired 29 March 1973 • 50 min
A bitter argument, an unexpected tragedy and Sgt. Stone finds himself pushing a suspect very hard indeed.
104. Pat
Aired 5 April 1973 • 50 min
Pat Mason is a Salvationist and everyone likes her, particularly the regulars at Alan Doherty's pub. So why should anyone want to hurt her?
105. Bowman
Aired 12 April 1973 • 50 min
Bringing up a family in Newtown isn't easy, especially for a copper.
106. The Lady And The Gentleman
Aired 19 April 1973 • 50 min
There's a housebreaker with a difference operating in Newtown. He leaves no marks when he breaks in and he never steals anything.
107. Suspicion
Aired 30 April 1973 • 50 min
Sgt. Lynch takes an interest in Susan Rawlings while her husband is in prison.
108. Mileage
Aired 7 May 1973 • 50 min
Jupp has a large family and needs to keep his job. But events pile up against him - his boss and a robbery - and he needs to keep his cool.
109. Routine
Aired 14 May 1973 • 50 min
Lynch and Quilley are on 'nights'. And a routine call to a break-in leads to a break-up that's far from routine.
110. The Spike
Aired 21 May 1973 • 50 min
A suspicious death. Who is and who isn't involved? And what is the fiddle going on at Munster House?
111. Hi-Jack
Aired 4 June 1973 • 50 min
A stolen lorry load of meat parked on a busy road. A piece of cake for the police, unless the lorry driver's name is Houdini!
112. Mother And Child
Aired 11 June 1973 • 50 min
Joyce is very protective towards her son - even when he's in prison.
113. Co-Operation
Aired 18 June 1973 • 50 min
Understanding between husband and wife, detective and villain, Police Constable and member of the public - but what about the co-operation between Stone and Haggar?
114. No Proceedings
Aired 25 June 1973 • 50 min
Hugo Vallance, an old-fashioned Lord of the Manor, is trying to survive in a modern world - of gossip, scandal and theft.
115. Officer Material...?
Aired 2 July 1973 • 50 min
It's the day of Lynch's promotion board. He's already passed his exams, so he knows his stuff. But - is he the right type to be an officer?