Z-Cars - Series 3
Run Time: 50 mins
Air Date: Wed, 4 Sept 1963
Average Rating: ⭐ 7 (6 votes)
BBC One42 Episodes
Lucky Accident
Season 3 - Episode 1
An attempted burglary and a hit-and-run accident - PC Lynch sees the connection first. Proving it is a job for the whole of Victor Division...
Made For Each Other
Season 3 - Episode 2
Two arrests, two court cases - and also two people, in one of whom Fancy Smith takes a personal interest.
A La Carte
Season 3 - Episode 3
Chief Inspector Barlow is known locally as something of a gourmet, but not even the chef believes that he is interested only in food.
Light The Blue Paper
Season 3 - Episode 4
The bang is loud in the night. The conspiracy of silence which follows is more sinister. When an explosion destroys Bill Webster's betting...
A Quiet Night
Season 3 - Episode 5
PCs Lynch and Graham find that a quiet night can be just as busy as any other, but for some of the people they encounter it is also a night ...
Hit And Run
Season 3 - Episode 6
A slight collision between two cars, a bad-tempered blow, and a young man finds himself involved in serious trouble - both for himself and f...
Hide - And Go Seek
Season 3 - Episode 7
A young rookie constable cannot hold his liquor. In his cups he reveals the whereabouts of a 'safe house' holding a vital witness, with dis...
The Kiter
Season 3 - Episode 8
An outbreak of thefts from offertory boxes, a flood of dud cheques - and Victor Division's crime figures begin to soar. Barlow and Watt try...
Special Duty
Season 3 - Episode 9
Lynch and Graham investigate a domestic tragedy. And for Barlow there's the urgent problem of saving a man's life.
Remembrance Of A Guest
Season 3 - Episode 10
Complaints about a fast-moving, fast-talking door-to-door salesman give Weir and Smith a busy day, while Sgt. Watt prepares the trap.
Daylight Robbery
Season 3 - Episode 11
When a Newtown pillar box begins to belch smoke Graham's first reaction is that someone has been posting red hot love letters. But by the t...
Running Milligan
Season 3 - Episode 12
Freddy Milligan is servinga prison sentence for robbery with violence. With six weeks of his sentence to run, he is given compassionate par...
Choose Your Partners
Season 3 - Episode 13
A report of breaking and entering at Mallory Hall and soon Lord Tenterden's home is swarming with policemen from the ACC right down to Fancy...
Tuesday Afternoon
Season 3 - Episode 14
A case of shoplifting, the disappearance of 3,000 bricks and some unbuilt houses give Barlow and the boys in Z-Victor One a busy day.
Supper In The Morning
Season 3 - Episode 15
Dave Graham is used to sorting out the problems of other people, but only as a policeman. He finds it much more difficult to cope with a cr...
Wait For It
Season 3 - Episode 16
Some crimes are solved by logic. Barlow finds one but Smith and Weir look like upsetting him in their persistent search for a stolen purse.
It Never Rains ...
Season 3 - Episode 17
On Christmas Eve Lynch and Graham are as full of goodwill to all men as any police officers can be - with a garage robbery to deal with and ...
.. And A Happy New Year
Season 3 - Episode 18
The revelry of New Year's Eve has its normal problems for the Newtown police and its special opportunities for a lone marauder in the street...
Happy-Go-Lucky
Season 3 - Episode 19
When a happy-go-lucky thief refuses to confess to a simple breaking and entering job Barlow continues enquiries. This starts an avalanche o...
Promise Made
Season 3 - Episode 20
It can't possibly be blackmail - the old lady seems much too innocent and can have nothing to hide. But Lynch and Graham are sure that some...
I Mean...Where Does It Stop?
Season 3 - Episode 21
Weir finds that being a policeman doesn't stop when he goes off duty, particularly as his girl friend Sally has shady connections.
A Stroll Along The Sands
Season 3 - Episode 22
A chance encounter is soon forgotten by Lynch and Graham. But remembering a face becomes vital when Barlow orders a search for missing mone...
No Malice
Season 3 - Episode 23
Barlow loses a case against a known criminal. He believes the man is guilty but he is ordered to re-investigate the crime and finds a probl...
Profit By Their Example
Season 3 - Episode 24
A mysterious meeting at a sports pavilion attracts the attention of Z-Victor Two. John Watt investigates. When a sharp warning to a friend...
A Question Of Storage
Season 3 - Episode 25
Barlow's attendance at a police conference starts a spring cleaning at Newtown station. But the arrest of an elderly drunk by Smith and Wei...
Fun And Games
Season 3 - Episode 26
When a seemingly harmless practical joke goes wrong and leads to a disturbance Lynch finds himself involved in a very personal problem.
A Man...Like Yourself
Season 3 - Episode 27
When a young offender escapes from custody he is seen hiding on a roof and DC Hicks is detailed to bring him down.
A Straight Deal
Season 3 - Episode 28
When Josh Tansfield tries to make a deal with the police John Watt is worried - but Barlow gets the best of a good bargain.
Happy Families
Season 3 - Episode 29
A mother finds her schoolboy son in possession of pornographic photographs. Then the lad goes missing and Smith and weir have the job of fi...
Inside Job
Season 3 - Episode 30
A mail van raid - a quick getaway - and no description of the raiders. When an easy arrest is made Barlow finds a new angle on the 'inside ...
Clues Are What You Think
Season 3 - Episode 31
The search area is wide and time is short - for Barlow is in charge of a murder enquiry for the first time. He places his faith in two seem...
The Whole Truth...
Season 3 - Episode 32
'Punchy' Palmer is not too bright. When he tries to help Newtown police it isn't easy to know what is truth and what is daydreams. In this...
Whistle, And Come Home
Season 3 - Episode 33
Two children are the only witnesses of a robbery. It seems that the men concerned will get away with it - until Barlow takes over.
First-Class Citizen
Season 3 - Episode 34
Old Eli Mosscrop was once the best spiderman in the north. Now no-one will employ him. When he tries to show his skill he makes a problem ...
Seconds Away
Season 3 - Episode 35
It is a routine job - a break-in at a jeweller's shop. But Barlow believes the owner is in danger.
Centre Of Disturbance
Season 3 - Episode 36
A brutal mid-afternoon shooting in the middle of a shopping area leaves a store full of people dumbfounded and the Newtown police force shak...
You Get All Kinds
Season 3 - Episode 37
A baby is taken from a pram near a bingo hall. Graham and Lynch are involved in a long search.
Happy Birthday
Season 3 - Episode 38
A wrist-watch and a camera. Not unusual gifts for a twenty-first birthday, but they make a busy Saturday for Smith and Weir and upset a wed...
Somebody ... Help
Season 3 - Episode 39
Frank Wood is a homosexual, unable to go to the police when a man sets out to blackmail him. If he does go to the police he faces trial, po...
Cage Until Tame
Season 3 - Episode 40
Arty Timmins is out of jail. Chief Supt. Robins put him away when he was an Inspector and Sgt. Blackitt was a constable. With Barlow away ...
Family Reunion
Season 3 - Episode 41
When Danny Sullivan, boisterous and irresponsible, returns to Newtown Z-Victor Two is alerted. When he goes into the used car business ther...
A Place Of Safety
Season 3 - Episode 42
Smith and Weir are called to a disturbance in a tenement block. An unemployed black man has attacked a bailiff with an axe, then barricaded...