Z-Cars

TV Series

1962–1978

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Drama

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.

Creator

Tue, 02 Jan, 1962
S1.E1Four of a Kind
The search is on for four young men to ""crew"" the new cars in the tough and troubled district of Newtown, a North of England overspill estate. A mixed community, displaced from the larger towns by slum clearance, has been brought together and housed on an estate without amenities.
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Tue, 09 Jan, 1962
S1.E2The Limping Rabbit
A girl disappears, and Steele and Lynch are faced by a conspiracy of silence in her broken family.
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Frank Windsor
DS John Watt
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James Ellis
Bert Lynch
Douglas Fielding
Sgt. Alec Quilley

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Release date

January 2, 1962 (United States)

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Language

English

Production company

BBC

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