Z Cars

Series 12

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.

Where to Watch Z Cars • Series 12

13 Episodes

  • Driver
    E1
    Driver
  • Heavenly Host
    E2
    Heavenly HostShabnam Chowdry is a young Asian girl. Roy Grant is a young white boy. Put them together and knives are drawn - and Lynch is in the middle.
  • Debris
    E3
    DebrisNewtown Marriage Guidance Centre has been burned down, so Haggar and Bowker start investigating its clients. They are looking for a man or woman with a grudge - a man or woman who will strike again.
  • Quilley On The Spot
    E4
    Quilley On The SpotA policeman can only take so much. Lynch deals with the problem one way, Quilley another. Trouble is, in Quilley's case there's a woman involved.
  • A Woman's Place
    E5
    A Woman's PlaceNight duty in Newtown is a rough turn; not the place for a young policewoman. But WPC Jane Beck won't listen to the warnings of Inspector Lynch.
  • Exposure
    E6
    ExposureRoger Stevens is the quiet sort of copper, always there. Perhaps that's why Lynch tends to take him for granted. But sometimes it's the quiet kind one needs to worry about most of all.
  • Fat Freddie BA
    E7
    Fat Freddie BAFreddie Cowling has come out of prison a changed man. He's lost a lot of weight, he's got a degree and he's promised his wife he'll go straight from now on. But Lynch doesn't believe he's changed. Not when there's the proceeds of his last job to be collected - £40,000 hidden away and waiting...
  • First Offender
    E8
    First OffenderSunday - kids who have nothing to do. First Lynch, then Haggar gets involved - they do have something to do.
  • Deserter
    E9
    DeserterFrank Rafael Saietta has come home to Newtown. Lynch remembers him as a nice little lad, but that was years ago. Now there are different words to describe him - terrorist and murderer.
  • Rummage
    E10
    RummageLynch holds the balance between C.I.D. and the Customs & Excise as they investigate a bent businessman and a suspicious German ship. The only link between them is a showgirl.
  • Prey
    E11
    PreyMaureen Price was always complaining to the police - so much so that they'd stopped listening. The pity is that if they hadn't she might be alive today.
  • Departures
    E12
    DeparturesTwo men face retirement, one a policeman, the other a villain. There are younger men impatient to fill their shoes. The copper has no choice about it, but the villain has other ideas.
  • Pressure
    E13
    PressureA new security shutter is being installed at the entrance to Newtown station, just in time, it seems, as an angry mob gathers outside. A stream of visitors keeps the desk duty officer busy.

Cast of Series 12

  • Frank WindsorDS John Watt
  • James EllisBert Lynch
  • Douglas FieldingSgt. Alec Quilley

 

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