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Z-Cars

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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.

Created by
Troy Kennedy Martin, Allan Prior
Seasons
12
Episodes
804
Episode length
~50m
First aired
Jan 2, 1962
Networks
BBC One
Original language
English
Origin
United Kingdom

Cast of Z-Cars

  • Portrait of Frank Windsor

    Frank Windsor

    DS John Watt

  • Portrait of James Ellis

    James Ellis

    Bert Lynch

  • Douglas Fielding

    Sgt. Alec Quilley

  • Allan O'Keefe

    PC Render

Seasons

  • Series 1

    Jan 2, 1962

    31 episodes

  • Series 2

    Sep 19, 1962

    42 episodes

  • Series 3

    Sep 4, 1963

    42 episodes

  • Series 4

    Sep 9, 1964

    43 episodes

  • Series 5

    Oct 5, 1965

    12 episodes

  • Series 6

    Mar 6, 1967

    416 episodes

  • Series 7

    Aug 2, 1971

    115 episodes

  • Series 8

    Oct 22, 1973

    28 episodes

  • Series 9

    Sep 9, 1974

    31 episodes

  • Series 10

    Jan 5, 1976

    18 episodes

  • Series 11

    Apr 5, 1977

    13 episodes

  • Series 12

    Jun 28, 1978

    13 episodes

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