Z-Cars (1962)
Z-Cars (1962)

Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Troy Kennedy Martin
Creator / Writer

Allan Prior
Creator / Writer

Fred Hamilton
Cinematography

Michael Forrest
DC Glyn Hicks

Colin Welland
PC David Graham

Geoffrey Whitehead
PC Ken Baker

Marcus Hammond
PC Taylor

John Barrie
DCI Sam Hudson

John Slater
DS Tom Stone

Sebastian Breaks
PC Steve Tate

Pauline Taylor
PC Susan Parkin

Bernard Holley
PC Bill Newcombe

Jennie Goossens
BD Girl

Ron Davies
PC Doug Roach

Paul Angelis
PC Bruce Bannerman

Douglas Fielding
Sgt. Alec Quilley

James Ellis
Bert Lynch / Bert Lynch / PC Bert Lynch

Ian Cullen
DC Joe Skinner

Robert Keegan
Sgt. Bob Blackitt / Sgt. Blackitt

Derek Waring
DI Neil Goss

Joseph Brady
PC John 'Jock' Weir / PC Weir / P.C. Jock Weir

Brian Blessed
PC William 'Fancy' Smith / PC Smith / PC Fancy Smith

Stratford Johns
DCI Charlie Barlow / Det. Chief Insp. Barlow / Det. Chief Inspector Charles Barlow

Frank Windsor
DS John Watt / DS John Watt / Det. Sgt. Watt / Det. Sergeant John Watt

Terence Edmond
PC Ian Sweet / PC Sweet

Stephen Yardley
PC Alec May

Frederick Knapman
Production Design

Roy Oxley
Production Design

Stanley Morris
Production Design

Paddy Russell
Director

Morris Barry
Director

Julia Smith
Director

Christopher Barry
Director

Gerald Blake
Director

Shaun Sutton
Director

Michael Ferguson
Director

Michael Hayes
Director

Douglas Camfield
Director

Mary Ridge
Director

Peter Cregeen
Director

Hugh David
Director

John McGrath
Director

Derrick Goodwin
Director

John Glenister
Director

Paul Bernard
Director

Vere Lorrimer
Director

Fiona Cumming
Director

Christopher Morahan
Director

Mark Cullingham
Director

David Maloney
Director

Ken Loach
Director

Bill Hays
Director

Michael E. Briant
Director

Raymond Menmuir
Director

Ian MacNaughton
Director

Leonard Lewis
Director

Christopher Baker
Director

Herbert Wise
Director

Michael Simpson
Director

Matthew Robinson
Director

Gareth Davies
Director

John Llewellyn Moxey
Director

Ridley Scott
Director

Rudolph Cartier
Director

Vivian Matalon
Director

Lennie Mayne
Director

Anthony Page
Director

Peter Duguid
Director

Colin Cant
Director

Colin Bucksey
Director

James Cellan Jones
Director

Michael Leeston-Smith
Director

Moira Armstrong
Director

Max Varnel
Director

Terence Dudley
Director

David Daker
PC Owen Culshaw

Christopher La Fontaine
Editor

Joseph Sterling
Editor

David Rose
Producer

John Hopkins
Writer

David Ellis
Writer

Leslie Duxbury
Writer

Alan Plater
Writer

Elwyn Jones
Writer

Adele Rose
Writer

William Emms
Writer

Anthony Read
Writer

Philip Martin
Writer

Gerald Kelsey
Writer

Peter Grimwade
Writer

Bob Baker
Writer

Dave Martin
Writer

Tony Holland
Writer

Leonard Williams
Sgt. Percy Twentyman / Sergeant Percy Twentyman / Sgt. Twentyman

Brian Hayles
Writer

Vincent Tilsley
Writer

Roger Parkes
Writer

Pat Dunlop
Writer

John Elliot
Writer

Ted Lewis
Writer

Tony Williamson
Writer

Derrick Sherwin
Writer

Brian Finch
Writer

John Woodvine
DI Alan Witty

Lynda La Plante
Janey Hinden (as Lynda Marchal)

Harry Towb
Dennis Steegan

Anna Karina
Lady Customer (uncredited)

Bernard Archard
HM Inspector of Constabulary

Leslie Dwyer
Joe

Anna Wing
Mrs. Jones

Bernard Kay
Larry

Carol Haddon
Jane Kingsley / Mrs. Williams

Glory Annen
Chorus Lady

Sean Flanagan
Roy Grant / 1st Youth / Chris Coles

David Harris
Cadet Young

Jack Carr
PC Covill

Philip Anthony
Sgt. Philips

Edwin Finn
Kenneth Sharkey

Tommy Godfrey
Cafe Proprietor

Carolyn Jones
Mrs. Nagus

Virginia Lloyd
Mrs. Murdoch

Patrick Marley
Mr. Murdoch

Rudi Patterson
Mr. Price

Linda Polan
Waitress

Gerald Sim
Edward Hailey

Julie Stevens
Mrs. Knowles

Reg Whitehead
Det. Con. Cropper

John Phillips
Det. Chief Superintendent Robins

Frank Hawkins
Sergeant Barnes

Sandra Skermer
Frances

Verity Edmett
Dolores

Keith Smith
Racegoer

Derek Ware
Mike

Frank Crawshaw
Football Coach

Peter Anderson
Rodney Jones

Davy Jones
Willie Thatcher (as David Jones)

Virginia Stride
Katy Hoskins

John Gill
Thomas P. Smedley

Dorothy White
Janey Steele

Josephine Barrington
Hilda Cottrell

Elizabeth MacLennan
Tessa Black

Patricia Clapton
Doris

Diana Coupland
Alice Cottrell

Judy Child
Mrs. Cottrell

James Mellor
Jackson

Harry Shacklock
Timothy Boyle

Raymond Dyer
Mr. Blackburn

Charles Simon
Jake Solders

Jeremy Kemp
PC Bob Steele

Bartlett Mullins
Jerry Maclean

Jeremy Kemp
Vagrant

Kate Brown
Shirley Burscough

Dolores Mantez
Singer

Allan O'Keefe
PC Render

Paul Stewart
Sgt. Chubb

Brian Grellis
DC Bowker

Ronald Radd
Gus Haggerty

Judy Matheson
Terri

Tony Doyle
Patrick Dougan

Barbara Miller
Mrs. Appleton

Barry Craine
Doctor

Barney Dorman
Charlie Price

Jean Campbell-Dallas
Granny Wendy

Kemal Shah
School Kid

Elisabeth Sladen
Valerie Hollingsworth / Rose Milton

Jay Neill

John Cater

Paul Whitsun-Jones

Jonathan Adams

Geoffrey Toone

Michael Barrington

Fulton Mackay

David Warwick

Hugh Futcher

Kevin McNally

Ivor Roberts

Tom Adams

Peter Craze

Gretchen Franklin

Rosalyn Landor

Richard Beale

Bart Allison

Norman Bird

Catherine Howe

Hugh Walters

Peter Sallis

Bernard Bresslaw

James Beck

Geoffrey Keen

Arnold Diamond

Rosemary Leach

Colin Bean

Tenniel Evans

Laurence Harrington

Clinton Greyn

Leonard Rossiter

Jerome Willis

Richard Davies

Royston Tickner

Diana Dors

John Alkin

Gerard Murphy

Claire Davenport

Trevor Martin

Mollie Sugden

Kenneth Waller

Noel Johnson

Edward Judd

Ann Davies

Hilary Minster

Edward Sinclair

Gordon Rollings

June Brown

Peter Birrel

Patrick Newell

Stephanie Cole

Damaris Hayman

Edwin Richfield

Ralph Arliss

Charles Lloyd Pack

Frazer Hines

Derek Benfield

Frederick Hall

Brian Murphy

Sally Faulkner

John Stratton

Peter Purves

Bruce Boa

Freddie Earlle

Maurice O'Connell

John Rhys-Davies

Alan Browning

Alan Curtis

Martin Friend

Roger Delgado

Patrick Magee

Michael Bilton

Harry Fowler

Beryl Cooke

Lynda Bellingham

Neville Barber

Kenneth Watson

David Griffin

Tony Selby

George Layton

Jack Watson

J.G. Devlin

Angela Douglas

Derek Francis

John Bennett

Margaret John

Patrick Troughton

John Harvey

Colin Douglas

John Challis

Michael Robbins

Terence de Marney

Michael Gover

Alan Lake

James Copeland

George A. Cooper

John Levene

Barry Letts
Director

Derek Martin

Vivian Pickles

Barbara Everest

John Bryans

John Sharp

Maggie Jones

Aubrey Richards

David Spenser

Vladek Sheybal

Colin Jeavons

Eric Thompson

Peter Forbes-Robertson

Robert James

Geoffrey Hinsliff

Aubrey Morris

Sylvia Coleridge

Tony Beckley

George Coulouris

Paul Eddington

Philip Stone

Eric Mason

Shelagh Fraser

Martin Boddey

Esmond Knight

Michael Angelis

Nicholas Smith

Ronald Leigh-Hunt

Windsor Davies

Lynn Farleigh

Tom Watson

William Lucas

Frederick Jaeger

Philip Ray

Godfrey Quigley

Glyn Houston

Brian Wilde

Emrys Jones

Peter Copley

Geoffrey Hughes

Leslie Schofield

Mark Jones

Gwyneth Strong

Myra Frances

Elizabeth Dawn

Frank Finlay

John Laurie

Bryan Mosley

Helen Fraser

Duncan Lamont

Patrick O'Connell

Trevor Bannister

Patricia Routledge

Gordon Gostelow

Antony Carrick

Warren Mitchell

Christopher Benjamin

Wanda Ventham

Patsy Rowlands

Peter Welch

Talfryn Thomas

Sean Caffrey

Roy Holder

Graham Roberts

Christopher Fairbank

Iain Cuthbertson

Rodney Bewes

Walter Gotell

Dudley Sutton

George Pastell

Declan Mulholland

Timothy Bateson

John Lyons

Julian Glover
Media.

Details.
Release DateJanuary 2, 1962
StatusEnded
Seasons12
Episodes801
Running Time50m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Z-Cars or Z Cars (pronounced "zed cars") was a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
The series differed sharply from earlier police procedurals. With its less-usual Northern England setting, it injected a new element of harsh realism into the image of the police, which some found unwelcome.
Z-Cars ran for 801 episodes, of which fewer than half have survived. Regular stars included: Stratford Johns (Detective Inspector Barlow), Frank Windsor (Det. Sgt. Watt), James Ellis (Bert Lynch) and Brian Blessed ("Fancy" Smith). Barlow and Watt were later spun into a separate series Softly, Softly.
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