Z-Cars - Series 2
Run Time: 50 mins
Air Date: Wed, 19 Sept 1962
Average Rating: ⭐ 7 (6 votes)
BBC One42 Episodes
On Watch - Newtown
Season 2 - Episode 1
Both crews are forced to realise the narrow margin between life and death on a busy night in which Barlow and Twentyman miss one crime and c...
Full Remission
Season 2 - Episode 2
A pretty girl out alone and late at night leads Steele and Lynch to a robbery and to a tearaway more dangerous than any they have encountere...
Truth Or Dare
Season 2 - Episode 3
The violent death of a small shopkeeper brings Supt. Miller into Victor Division and into conflict with Barlow, who has his own solution to ...
Information Received
Season 2 - Episode 4
Z-Victor Two gets an alarm call to a jeweller's shop. Sgt. Watt gets the information that leads to an arrest, but the case is not as simple...
Friendly Relations
Season 2 - Episode 5
The trail of a walk-in thief leads Smith and Weir to a locked room in Newtown and on to a night in Blackpool - but not to see the illuminati...
Corroboration
Season 2 - Episode 6
Lynch and Steele investigate a break-in at a factory where the night watchman has been attacked and injured. They bring in a man the Newtow...
The Thin Girl
Season 2 - Episode 7
A neat operation in car stealing begins to go wrong when the thief tries mixing business with pleasure.
Johnny Sailor
Season 2 - Episode 8
Johnny attacks a man in a pub - the wrong man. Steele and Lynch have to find him before he finds the right man.
Person Unknown
Season 2 - Episode 9
Detective Superintendent Miller, aggressive as ever, leads the local Newtown force as they attempt to find a man who has attacked several yo...
Ambush
Season 2 - Episode 10
Dick Davis comes out of Walton jail and immediately plans his first job. But after two years in prison Davis cannot match the quality of hi...
Known To The Police
Season 2 - Episode 11
Hilda Simmons reports that her car has been stolen. But she omits to tell the police that the man who took it is her husband. Smith and We...
The Navigators
Season 2 - Episode 12
Lynch and Steele are called to a pub fight. Who started it? As Geraghty said: ""Hollis is always starting fights. Too clever for himself ...
Business Trip
Season 2 - Episode 13
A London gang move north. They plan a short and profitable visit to Newtown. Smith and Weir spend a busy night trying to cut down their pr...
Five Whistles
Season 2 - Episode 14
A quantity of drink and five suits are missing. Steele and Lynch spend a long night looking for the drink while the rest of the Newtown pol...
Search
Season 2 - Episode 15
When a child is reported missing on Christmas Day Smith and Weir are first in what becomes a countrywide hunt for him. They search all day ...
All Up By Seven
Season 2 - Episode 16
Arrest usually pile up at night - except in this case that involves a safe, the Army, a divorce and a potted plant.
Trumpet Voluntary
Season 2 - Episode 17
Eddie plays the trumpet badly and on the streets, so his contacts with the police are frequent. This time, however, there is more than musi...
Five And A Match
Season 2 - Episode 18
Export cigarettes are being imported into the Newtown area. Lynch and Steele pick up some fag-ends of information.
The Hitch-Hiker
Season 2 - Episode 19
A casual lift as the rain pours down - and for Winnie Parker it means a drive of terror. Her kindness in persuading her husband to pick up ...
A Simple Case
Season 2 - Episode 20
Bob Steele is late for work. And because of this he becomes accidentally involved in a case concerning a petty thief. He is going through ...
Act Of Vengeance
Season 2 - Episode 21
The act is sudden, brutal and corroding. The problem facing Barlow is what the victim has done to warrant it.
The Listeners
Season 2 - Episode 22
Lynch goes out on patrol with PC Dave Graham, the former dog-handler who has been chosen to replace Bob Steele. With Lynch missing the comp...
The Main Chance
Season 2 - Episode 23
Cock-fighting is cruel, bloody and illegal. Its promoters have to work in secret, and so do the police in trying to catch the perpetrators.
Follow My Leader
Season 2 - Episode 24
The trail of counterfeit notes begins in a chemist's shop. Following it is more complicated than Lynch and Graham would ever have believed.
Members Only
Season 2 - Episode 25
The men want the new club to be peaceful and palatial. John Watt's concern is with the way it is being financed and furnished.
Matter Of Conviction
Season 2 - Episode 26
A serious crime has to be reported to Headquarters. Barlow's main worry is that the crime may not have been committed at all.
The Bad Lad
Season 2 - Episode 27
In an attempt to improve the crime statistics Barlow has Smith and Weir devoting valuable time to the theft of a bicycle lamp and John Watt ...
Enquiry
Season 2 - Episode 28
Despite all the anger and resentment they arouse nothing must deflect Inspector Bamber from the most difficult enquiries of his career - int...
Pay By Results
Season 2 - Episode 29
Glossop is a name all too familiar to Newtown CID. His record includes larceny, assault, shopbreaking, gaming and assault on police. So wh...
The Peterman
Season 2 - Episode 30
A big bump in the night and the hunt for the safebreakers is on. But the safebreakers are hunting too - for the expert.
The Birds Of The Air
Season 2 - Episode 31
Only when the birds have flown does Z-Victor One get called to the Atlantic Hotel, where a man and woman are wanted for not paying their bil...
Train Of Events
Season 2 - Episode 32
A mailbag robbery in Newtown and Barlow is in his element as the masterly organiser at the centre of operations. He sends Lynch and Graham ...
By The Book
Season 2 - Episode 33
""Crimes like this, there's always two, always. I've never known it otherwise"". And DCS Robins is talking about murder.
Nothing Serious
Season 2 - Episode 34
A vicious bunch of thugs and a young couple in love. Lynch and Graham are involved with both while their own working relationship reaches f...
Alarm Call
Season 2 - Episode 35
The alarm rings and the police dash to the scene. This is the reflex action a clever crook can calculate on - except when PC Jock Weir deci...
A Try By Weir
Season 2 - Episode 36
It's the night after a big rugby football match. Lynch and Graham get a surprise when they are sent to investigate a spot of trouble at a p...
Quiet Confidence
Season 2 - Episode 37
Fancy Smith's devotion to duty takes him, on his night off, to visit a young offender's father, with results that make him bitterly and furi...
Scare
Season 2 - Episode 38
The crew of a merchant ship about to dock at Seaport are looking forward to shore leave. They have money to burn and an itch to burn it in ...
Caught By The Ears
Season 2 - Episode 39
Cattle are identified by marks on their ears. Sgt. Watt and Z-Victor One have to find their own way of identifying the people responsible f...
Come On The Lads
Season 2 - Episode 40
In soccer mad Newtown tickets for the big match are at a premium. Everyone wants to go, villains and police alike. Con man Johnson has eig...
The Whizzers
Season 2 - Episode 41
A team of pickpockets and the attempt to track them down leads Jock Weir into serious trouble with the public and with the Chief Constable.
Police Work
Season 2 - Episode 42
The Coroner's demand for the presence of a witness sends Smith and Weir to a lonely cottage, to be greeted with a kind of violence even they...