Z-Cars (1962)
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.
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Episode 1 - Guns
Release Date: 1976-01-05Armed 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?
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Episode 2 - Manslaughter
Release Date: 1976-01-12The 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?
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Episode 3 - Prisoner
Release Date: 1976-01-19When 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.
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Episode 4 - The Frighteners
Release Date: 1976-01-26An ex-villain is entitled to police protection just like anyone else - isn't he?
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Episode 5 - Contact
Release Date: 1976-02-02A man is trapped under a load of dangerous chemicals. Move him, and the lot might go up. Leave him there and...
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Episode 6 - Kidnap
Release Date: 1976-02-09A rag week kidnap for charity starts out all right, but...
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Episode 7 - Say Goodbye To The Horses
Release Date: 1976-02-16There are plenty of ways to make sure a horse loses a race, but how do you make a horse WIN a race?
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Episode 8 - A Preacher In Passing
Release Date: 1976-02-23A quiet Sunday and Moffat finds himself in church. But not praying!
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Episode 9 - Nightwatch
Release Date: 1976-03-01Keeping surveillance on a goods yard full of empty wagons seems a pretty barren exercise - unless you know what's at stake.
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Episode 10 - Ringers
Release Date: 1976-03-08In detection you need routine and instinct. But not necessarily in that order.
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Episode 11 - Fairground
Release Date: 1976-03-15A young girl is attacked and Lynch has to look into 'all the fun of the fair'.
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Episode 12 - Hunch
Release Date: 1976-03-22Which is more important - a batch of missing cameras, or a missing girl?
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Episode 13 - Scot Free
Release Date: 1976-03-29Two boys are trapped in a disused mine. Why is their friend terrified of going to the police?