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Z Cars Season 1 Episodes

31 Episodes 1962 - 1962

Episode 1

Four of a Kind

The killing of a policeman leads to the creation of a Crime Patrol in the burgeoning city of Newtown. Detectives Barlow and Watt scour the streets of northern England and recruit the four best men for the job.

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Episode 2

Limping Rabbit

A girl disappears, and PCs Bob Steele and Herbert Lynch are faced by a conspiracy of silence in her broken family.

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Episode 3

Handle with Care

The two PCs expect a dreary night until they come across a van abandoned in a field filled with stock from a ransacked toy shop. The thief is a nasty old man in a crook family, with his brutish sons also trafficking in stolen explosives. The unstable compound can go off anytime, and the Police must find them first.

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Episode 4

Stab in the Dark

A wounding case brings top brass into Victor Division to investigate, and Bob Steele and Herbert Lynch work overtime to find the villain.

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Episode 5

Big Catch

When Norwegian whalers hit Seaport after a good season, Fancy Smith and Jock Weir work undercover to prevent the locals from stealing the sailors' money or starting fights.

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Episode 6

Friday Night

A hectic Friday night in Newtown leads to the squad responding to everything from drunken antics to fatal accidents.

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Episode 7

Suspended

After responding to a burglary, Jock & Fancy are accused by the homeowner of stealing his gold watch. The pair are suspended while the department investigates.

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Episode 8

Family Feud

Two feuding families go to war, causing Lynch & Steele to end up on the front line.

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Episode 9

Fire!

When a barn is burnt in the country, PCs Smith & Weir investigate, looking for an arsonist.

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Episode 10

Threats and Menaces

Even police can have unruly neighbors to deal with. Bob & Janey Steele find that this can be not only unwelcome, but hazardous.

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Episode 11

Jail Break

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Episode 12

What Kind of Hero?

When a man is trapped by an overturned tanker, Lynch & Steele face the emergency with a flourish HQ finds alarming. Also, there is a young stranger on the scene.

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Episode 13

Sudden Death

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Episode 14

Found Abandoned

PC Fancy Smith is determined to unravel the mystery behind an abandoned baby & bring the culprit to justice. But will he let this get it the way of his duty to the department's other cases?

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Episode 15

The Best Days

A gang of boys break into the headmaster's study but the oldest member of the gang does not stop there.

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Episode 16

Invisible Enemy

After a flat in a tower block is burgled, PCs Smith & Weir investigate. Believing they're searching for a petty crook, they uncover something much more serious.

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Episode 17

Down and Out

The paths of Steele & Lynch, a hallucinating alcoholic, & a pair of thieves converge, leading to potentially deadly outcomes.

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Episode 18

Further Enquiries

PC Weir makes a routine traffic stop, which sets in motion an unusual series of events that may have long-lasting consequences for some of the most prominent families in the region.

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Episode 19

Winner Take All

A race-track tout forgets to pay his alimony, & PCs Steele & Lynch discover an ingenious fraud to beat the bookies.

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Episode 20

People's Property

Two small boys are caught trying to break into a warehouse at night.They are taken to court where we see their miserable parents.Due to a lack of remand homes, they're out on bail, they steal a purse, and are to be punished by their school, but finally run off to Wales, with the police chasing after them.

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Episode 21

Hi-Jack!

Steele and Lynch report off duty for refreshments. Whilst distracted with food at Pete's Café, a lorry is hijacked.

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Episode 22

Incident Reported

Fancy Smith meets Stan Carron causing a disturbance in a pub, when they meet again, Carron is in no state to argue.

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Episode 23

Never on Wednesdays

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Episode 24

Day Trip

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Episode 25

Affray

Events turn nasty at the Newtown Social Club when the raffle result is contested. Spilling onto the street, PC Russell is hit before dying in hospital. Colleagues are stunned when the postmortem reveals he died of a perforated ulcer.

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Episode 26

Contraband

Just as P.C. Smith's wristwatch stops working, he meets a stranger in off hours at the local, who has a Deluxe Swiss movement watch for only 15/. Suspicious, he tells the Captain, who proceeds to assign him and PC Weir to a stake out on the dock to watch for possible smugglers. There, they find contraband watches hidden under the pier.

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Episode 27

Teamwork

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Episode 28

Appearance in Court

Catching a thief is only the beginning. Smith and Wise go to court and the truth is not looking whole.

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Episode 29

Assault

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Episode 30

Sunday Morning

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Episode 31

Unconditional Surrender

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