"Z Cars" TV series - the black and white era.
A list of some of the black and white episodes. This was a pretty good series during the early 1960s.
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- StarsJames EllisJohn SlaterDouglas FieldingA gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
- DirectorJohn McGrathStarsJeremy KempJames EllisBrian BlessedThe killing of a policeman leads to the creation of a Crime Patrol in the burgeoning city of Newtown. Detectives Barlow and Watt scour the streets of northern England and recruit the four best men for the job.
- DirectorMorris BarryStarsJeremy KempJames EllisStratford JohnsA girl disappears, and PCs Bob Steele and Herbert Lynch are faced by a conspiracy of silence in her broken family.
- DirectorShaun SuttonStarsBrian BlessedJoseph BradyJeremy KempThe two PCs expect a dreary night until they come across a van abandoned in a field filled with stock from a ransacked toy shop. The thief is a nasty old man in a crook family, with his brutish sons also trafficking in stolen explosives. The unstable compound can go off anytime, and the Police must find them first.
- DirectorJohn McGrathStarsJeremy KempJames EllisJohn PhillipsA wounding case brings top brass into Victor Division to investigate, and Bob Steele and Herbert Lynch work overtime to find the villain.
- DirectorMorris BarryStarsKate BinchyBrian BlessedJoseph BradyWhen Norwegian whalers hit Seaport after a good season, Fancy Smith and Jock Weir work undercover to prevent the locals from stealing the sailors' money or starting fights.
- DirectorJohn McGrathStarsJeremy KempJames EllisBrian BlessedA hectic Friday night in Newtown leads to the squad responding to everything from drunken antics to fatal accidents.
- DirectorShaun SuttonStarsBrian BlessedJoseph BradyJeremy KempAfter responding to a burglary, Jock & Fancy are accused by the homeowner of stealing his gold watch. The pair are suspended while the department investigates.
- DirectorJohn McGrathStarsNancy AdamsAlan BarryElizabeth BegleyTwo feuding families go to war, causing Lynch & Steele to end up on the front line.
- DirectorEric HillsStarsBart AllisonAnthony BoothMaitland ChandlerEven police can have unruly neighbors to deal with. Bob & Janey Steele find that this can be not only unwelcome, but hazardous.
- DirectorMorris BarryStarsTerence EdmondJames EllisDudley FosterWhen a man is trapped by an overturned tanker, Lynch & Steele face the emergency with a flourish HQ finds alarming. Also, there is a young stranger on the scene.
- DirectorJames OrmerodStarsTony BronteTerence EdmondDennis Edwards
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsJoseph BradyBrian BlessedDudley FosterPC Fancy Smith is determined to unravel the mystery behind an abandoned baby & bring the culprit to justice. But will he let this get it the way of his duty to the department's other cases?
- DirectorEric HillsStarsJames EllisJeremy KempStratford Johns
- DirectorJohn McGrathStarsJoseph BradyBrian BlessedStratford JohnsAfter a flat in a tower block is burgled, PCs Smith & Weir investigate. Believing they're searching for a petty crook, they uncover something much more serious.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDiane AubreyJudy ChildHilary CraneThe paths of Steele & Lynch, a hallucinating alcoholic, & a pair of thieves converge, leading to potentially deadly outcomes.
- DirectorHerbert WiseStarsJoseph BradyBrian BlessedStratford JohnsPC Weir makes a routine traffic stop, which sets in motion an unusual series of events that may have long-lasting consequences for some of the most prominent families in the region.
- DirectorEric HillsStarsDiane AubreyYvonne BuckinghamDiana CouplandA race-track tout forgets to pay his alimony, & PCs Steele & Lynch discover an ingenious fraud to beat the bookies.
- DirectorJohn McGrathStarsJoseph BradyBrian BlessedStratford JohnsTwo small boys are caught trying to break into a warehouse at night.They are taken to court where we see their miserable parents.Due to a lack of remand homes, they're out on bail, they steal a purse, and are to be punished by their school, but finally run off to Wales, with the police chasing after them.
- DirectorEric HillsStarsHarvey AshbyDiane AubreyBrian Blessed
- DirectorMichael Leeston-SmithStarsDiane AubreyNeville BarberMichael BeintEvents turn nasty at the Newtown Social Club when the raffle result is contested. Spilling onto the street, PC Russell is hit before dying in hospital. Colleagues are stunned when the postmortem reveals he died of a perforated ulcer.
- DirectorEric TaylerStarsJoseph BradyBrian BlessedStratford JohnsJust as P.C. Smith's wristwatch stops working, he meets a stranger in off hours at the local, who has a Deluxe Swiss movement watch for only 15/. Suspicious, he tells the Captain, who proceeds to assign him and PC Weir to a stake out on the dock to watch for possible smugglers. There, they find contraband watches hidden under the pier.
- DirectorJohn McGrathStarsJean AlexanderDiane AubreyGeorge Betton