Z-Cars - Series 1

Run Time: 50 mins
Air Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1962
Average Rating: ⭐ 7 (6 votes)
BBC One31 Episodes

Four of a Kind
Season 1 - Episode 1
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 est...

The Limping Rabbit
Season 1 - Episode 2
A girl disappears, and Steele and Lynch are faced by a conspiracy of silence in her broken family.

Handle With Care
Season 1 - Episode 3
An explosion in a quarry disturbs two lovers. It also disturbs Detective Sergeant John Watt when he finds out what caused it.

Stab In The Dark
Season 1 - Episode 4
A wounding case brings top brass into Victor Division to investigate. Lynch and Steele work overtime to find the villain.

Big Catch
Season 1 - Episode 5
When the whalers hit Seaport after a good season Smith and Weir have their work cut out to keep trouble to a minimum.

Friday Night
Season 1 - Episode 6
""It's going to be one of those nights"", pronounced Sgt. Percy Twentyman, and he wasn't far wrong. Steele and Lynch have to cope with the ...

Suspended
Season 1 - Episode 7
The crew of Z-Victor One waste no time in arriving at the scene of a burglary. Their reward is to be suspected of theft themselves.

Family Feud
Season 1 - Episode 8
When two feuding families go to war Lynch and Steele find themselves in the front line.

Fire!
Season 1 - Episode 9
The report of a burning barn takes Smith and Weir into the country, searching for a fire-raiser.

Threats And Menaces
Season 1 - Episode 10
In Victor Division the police often live next door to unruly members of the community. Bob and Janey Steele find that this can have unpleas...

Jail Break
Season 1 - Episode 11
What is a mysterious stranger from Soho doing in Victor Division? John Watt would like to know, and keeps a close watch on him. Smith and ...

What Kind Of Hero?
Season 1 - Episode 12
A young man risks his life to save that of an accident victim trapped under an overturned road tanker, then disappears quietly. One of the ...

Sudden Death
Season 1 - Episode 13
When a case of murder is reported Lynch and Steele are the first policemen on the scene. But the main responsibility for organising the hun...

Found Abandoned
Season 1 - Episode 14
Smith and Weir answer a call and find an abandoned baby. They bring it along to the station, where Inspector Dunn is in charge in Barlow's ...

The Best Days
Season 1 - Episode 15
Lynch and Steele have their hands full when a gang of boys break into a school and smash up the headmaster's study. But the hooliganism doe...

Invisible Enemy
Season 1 - Episode 16
When a gas meter is broken into in a big block of flats Weir and Smith think their hunt is only for a petty thief. What they encounter, tho...

Down And Out
Season 1 - Episode 17
A drunk causes a disturbance, two thieves break into a pet shop - and Steele and Lynch end the night at knife-point.

Further Enquiries
Season 1 - Episode 18
Weir stops a car driving without lights, the first event in a night which brings 'important' people in the county to Newtown police station.

Winner Takes All
Season 1 - Episode 19
A race track tout forgets to pay his alimony, and Steele and Lynch discover an ingenious fraud to beat the bookies.

People's Property
Season 1 - Episode 20
It's a busy night for Smith, Weir and Sergeant Watt when burglary is rife.

Hi-Jack!
Season 1 - Episode 21
At Pete's Caff Steele and Lynch report ""off watch for refreshments"". While they are eating and talking to Steele's friend Les Fielding hi...

Incident Reported
Season 1 - Episode 22
Fancy Smith first meets Stan Carron in the Tabernacle pub where Carron is causing a disturbance. They have an argument. The second time th...

Never On Wednesday
Season 1 - Episode 23
For two years Barlow has been trying to catch a Newtown thief. When DCS Robins takes a personal interest the pressure is on for everyone - ...

Day Trip
Season 1 - Episode 24
A charabanc outing, a halt at a pub and an exponent of the three-card trick: this is how a day at the seaside begins. It ends in violence.

Affray
Season 1 - Episode 25
Two men claim the same prize and trouble begins. When Lynch and Steele are called there is an unexpected development and a policeman dies.

Contraband
Season 1 - Episode 26
The prospect of a 'finder's reward' in a dockland smuggling case makes Smith and Weir eager volunteers for extra duty.

Teamwork
Season 1 - Episode 27
Just when the crime figures are levelling out one man pushes them up and up with a series of aimless break-ins. When Steele and Lynch lay h...

Appearance In Court
Season 1 - Episode 28
Catching a thief is only the beginning as far as the police are concerned. When Smith and Weir have to justify their action in court the tr...

Assault
Season 1 - Episode 29
Barlow is investigating a case of assault. Betty Ancoats accuses four youths of attacking her, but one of them, Hogan, who has a reputation...

Sunday Morning
Season 1 - Episode 30

Unconditional Surrender
Season 1 - Episode 31
Barlow initiates a campaign against the Cruddock brothers and their gang. The Z-Cars engage in 'Operation Harassment' and a state of total ...