Z Cars
Series 6
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.
Where to Watch Series 6
300 Episodes
- When Did You Last See Your Father? Part 4E24
Episode 24When Did You Last See Your Father? Part 4The men who patrol their beats in the little Panda cars are not supposed to poach on the preserves of the C.I.D., but that's exactly what Alec May does. It's a case which involves an outbreak of safe-stealing from farms and a deaf and dumb little boy who likes to watch trains. May's own part in the affair looks like having serious consequences for his career. - Don't Wrap It Up, I'll Take It With Me Part 1E31
Episode 31Don't Wrap It Up, I'll Take It With Me Part 1Self made man Sir Henry Rudkin shows his home off to a glossy magazine. D.I. Hudson learns Rosy Peach is planning a home invasion. Rudkin also boasted how he once cheated a poor man out of a silver service set. D.I. Hudson's father. - Don't Wrap It Up, I'll Take It With Me Part 2E32
Episode 32Don't Wrap It Up, I'll Take It With Me Part 2Rosy Peach leads an home invasion into the home of Sir Henry Rudkin, tying up his son Mark and girlfriend Patsy. D.I. Hudson becomes suspicious about Patsy when she counters Mark's claim that he heard Danny Boy sang. - It Was Doing Nothing Part 2E38
Episode 38It Was Doing Nothing Part 2Passing St. Paul's church, D.I. Hudson spots workers shifting bricks. The workers claim to be under contract to provide material for the banks of the River Weaver. Under pressure, to fill a quota, they saw empty churches as an easy option. - The Sledgehammer And The Nut Part 1E39
Episode 39The Sledgehammer And The Nut Part 1Mr. Hetherill of Newtown Automatics asks Chief Supt. Hawthorne to help him find who has stolen copper from his factory. Det. Insp. Hudson soon discovers it must be an inside job as only three employees have access to the right key. - The Sledgehammer And The Nut Part 2E40
Episode 40The Sledgehammer And The Nut Part 2At Newtown Automatic, Mr. Hetherill sees his workers has a family and s nicknamed "Daddy". Hudson arrests a former employee with the copper but has to break the bad news that a director has been stealing a large amount of platinum. - All Through The Night Part 1E41
Episode 41All Through The Night Part 1Brogan owes £80 to an illegal bookmaker. His wife Doris flees leaving two children home alone. PC's Weir and Culshaw force entry and find the baby seriously ill. When a nightclub manager is attacked and £180 stolen all units are called in. - All Through The Night Part 2E42
Episode 42All Through The Night Part 2Brogan is in hiding following the robbery of the nightclub owner. The two bookies he has crossed want their money. PC's Weir and Culshaw return to the baby's home and find Brogan, the money and the two bookies handing out a beating. - Play It Hot, Play It Cool Part 1E47
Episode 47Play It Hot, Play It Cool Part 1Peter Collins is having affair with the wife of his boss Edward Sutton. He needs £200 but Joy can't help. Her diamond necklace stolen but he denies it. Suspicion falls on gardener Hennessey and brush salesman Chivers but he has vanished. - Play It Hot, Play It Cool Part 2E48
Episode 48Play It Hot, Play It Cool Part 2Ann Chivers attempts suicide and is critical. An emergency message is put out on the radio for her husband. Hennessey attempts to blackmail Collins. They arrange to break into Sutton's safe and take the £1,500 in wages inside. - The Great Art Robbery Part 1E49
Episode 49The Great Art Robbery Part 1Frankie and Johnny Hancock make a living stealing lead. Plans to expand to scrap metal are reliant on a new roof for their shed. Breaking into large house in Plasto Square they spot a wall size fresco which would be ideal for the roof. - The Great Art Robbery Part 2E50
Episode 50The Great Art Robbery Part 2A Rubens worth £100,000 is stolen from a house in Plasto Square. PC Culshaw and D.I. Hudson search for lead at the Hancock's home. What they discover is the Rubens on the shed roof. The shocked Hancock's become superstar criminals. - First On The Scene Part 2E52
Episode 52First On The Scene Part 2PC Steve Tate is rushed to hospital in a critical condition. All units are looking for the car seen outside Murphy's home. D.I. Hudson needs every trick to get Murphy to give up his co-conspirators but the situation changes when Tate dies. - It's Easy Once You Know How Part 1E53
Episode 53It's Easy Once You Know How Part 1Redundant duo Dave Caller and Clive English spot a bag left on the bus. Hoping to get a reward they return it. When no one answers they use the key to enter and spot £48 left out. The pair think this is easy until they get spotted. - It's Easy Once You Know How Part 2E54
Episode 54It's Easy Once You Know How Part 2Age has caught up with high end burglar Snuffy Smith. So when he spots Dave Caller and Clive English at work he offers to teach them. Sgt. Stone looks into the spate on recent burglaries and decides to use the Panda Cars to set up a trap. - If I Can't Have Him Part 1E55
Episode 55If I Can't Have Him Part 1Salesman Chris Owens is a womaniser. Lena Ryden spots him with librarian Louise Pettit and wants revenge. Stealing her bag, she then hands into the police along with 3 stolen watches and a defaced library book holding Owen's business card. - Inside Information Part 2E96
Episode 96Inside Information Part 2The Newtown police are baffled by a series of burglaries. The thief's method of entry is undetectable, but the chaos in the houses he visits points to the work of an amateur. DI Todd is baffled and it is DC Kane, working on the case with Sgt. Stone, who stumbles on the crook's ingenious method of entry. - The Saint Of Concrete Canyon Part 2E114
Episode 114The Saint Of Concrete Canyon Part 2The saint of the title is one Ted Crowther, who lives in a fairly new block of flats known as Concrete Canyon. He has earned his title because of his good works on behalf of the tenants. A little boy, Billy Darby, goes missing from the flats because he believes he is going to lose his pet hamster, as the Council won't allow pets in the flats. Crowther naturally is right there with the police to help look for Billy. But Crowther also runs a Savings Club for the tenants and this attracts the interest of DI Todd. - The Battleground Part 2E122
Episode 122The Battleground Part 2Eleven year old Johnny Benson, unhappy at home because of his parents' constant bickering, takes refuge in religion. After being sacked as an altar boy he sets fire to an altar cloth. A visit from Sgt. Stone throws him into a panic and he runs away. - At Least You Know You've Tried Part 2E128
Episode 128At Least You Know You've Tried Part 2A young engaged couple have spent six months decorating and furnishing their new home, when two weeks before their marriage someone breaks in and smashes everything up. They are the latest victims of 'the destructive thief'. - Tomorrow's Another Day Part 2E132
Episode 132Tomorrow's Another Day Part 2With DI Todd on leave and DC Kane away sick, Sgt. Stone has more than enough to do. And then just to complicate things the A.C.C. decides to arrive at Newtown station two weeks before time for his customary three months' inspection. On top of all this £200 is missing from the safe in the cashier's office of Carters Ltd., and Stone must investigate. - Who Was That Lady? Part 2E134
Episode 134Who Was That Lady? Part 2Angry domineering Mrs. Armitage calls at Newtown station to report her window cleaner husband as a missing person. Sgt. Lynch sympathises with Ernie Armitage's decision to 'hop it' and uses it to serve as a warning to PC Newcombe, who seems to be heading at top speed to the altar. - Talk Your Way Out Of That Part 2E136
Episode 136Talk Your Way Out Of That Part 2Lynch is having a quiet drink in a pub when he is spotted by Danny Matthews, a villain Lynch helped put away for a long stretch. Matthews is out for revenge. But Lynch suspects him of pulling another job... and the battle of wits begins. - The Luck Of The Irish Part 2E140
Episode 140The Luck Of The Irish Part 2Looking into the matter of stolen copper from a building site, Roach and Bannerman meet Billy Alty, the site foreman, who rules his Irish labourers with the law of his own two fists. But the Irish have their own laws too, and trouble is brewing. - A Matter For Thought Part 2E144
Episode 144A Matter For Thought Part 2Jack Egerton has been stabbed and DI Witty rushes to the hospital in the hope of getting a statement from the man. But Egerton is in a critical condition and Witty has to look elsewhere for the circumstances of the stabbing. And what he finds out is puzzling, to say the least. - He Must Be Up To No Good Part 2E148
Episode 148He Must Be Up To No Good Part 2Holiday fortnight for the building trades is coming up. The firms are paying a fortnight's wages and the banks are carrying extra cash. So when well-known criminal Vincent Lewis arrives in Newtown a watch is kept to find out what he's up to. - It's A Sort Of Game Part 2E150
Episode 150It's A Sort Of Game Part 2One of those 'nice quiet nights' at Newtown station and Sgt. Stone is just preparing to leave for home. Then the window of a pet shop is broken and Z-Victor One is called to a domestic disturbance, with a report of shouts and possible screams. - Anyone Can Make A Mistake Part 2E152
Episode 152Anyone Can Make A Mistake Part 2Roach and Bannerman are called to a cinema where a man has been caught trying to steal from a patron's handbag. The man claims he'd dropped his cigarette lighter and was searching for it in the darkness. A poor excuse, maybe, but Roach believes the man. - Prevention Is Better Part 2E170
Episode 170Prevention Is Better Part 2Sgt. Stone sees two youths, Billy and Vic Redmond, trying car door handles in Newtown Centre. Their father is serving time in Walton jail and the two lads look like following in his footsteps. But Stone, as Crime Prevention Officer, decides to take a hand. - Special Relationship Part 2E172
Episode 172Special Relationship Part 2Det. Supt. Oakley calls on Sgt. Stone with a request. Oakley is anxious for Stone to nail Timmy Cater, a safe-blower now living on the Newtown patch. Stone has a 'special relationship' with Cater which will make it easier to set Cater up. - A Proper George Washington Part 2E174
Episode 174A Proper George Washington Part 2Eighteen year old Michael Adams says he was coming home from the pictures when his attacker came up behind him, knocked him unconscious and robbed him. Roach and Bannerman doubt the boy's story, but why should he be lying? - Blame It On Father Christmas Part 2E186
Episode 186Blame It On Father Christmas Part 2With only two days to go until Christmas, Bobby Dawson, having returned from carol singing, tells his mother that the man at No. 52 was very generous: he gave Bobby five shillings. But the family at No. 52 have gone away for Christmas.... - For Auld Lang Syne Part 2E188
Episode 188For Auld Lang Syne Part 2Two Scotsmen visit Newtown during the New Year celebrations to seek out an old acquaintance of theirs, a fellow villain, who, they believed, helped the police to jail them. When the Newtown police hear they've arrived they prepare themselves for trouble. - Picture Of Guilt Part 2E192
Episode 192Picture Of Guilt Part 2After a raid on a cinema a doorman is shot. A reporter from a Sunday newspaper meets Harris, an informer, in a pub. Harris has information about the raid which he will sell if the price is right. He swears he has proof - the best possible kind of proof. - Lost Property Part 2E198
Episode 198Lost Property Part 2""A man came yesterday. Said he had shared a cell with my husband. Said my Alfie was coming out of prison in the morning. Needed his overcoat. So I gave this man the overcoat and my husband's best suit. I was at the gate this morning. Nobody handed in the clothes and my Alfie's still inside..."" - Fear Or Favour Part 2E200
Episode 200Fear Or Favour Part 2Like all areas Newtown has its share of vandalism. A group of youths - voices - a crash of glass - the sound of footsteps running down the street. But on this night vandalism has extended itself to robbery and physical violence. Three youths are brought in as suspects; one with a difference. - Special Duty Part 2E208
Episode 208Special Duty Part 2Special Duty can be easy or hazardous. A man can be a decoy or a sitting duck. He is alone and he cannot easily predict what action will take place. PC Roach realises this when he is assigned to such a duty. And yet he volunteered for the task, was not forced into taking it. But if your face fits... - Welcome To Newtown Part 2E212
Episode 212Welcome To Newtown Part 2Sgt. Stone has put the Major Incident Plans in place, for the crippled Dakota, but D.I. Gough learns it could hit the centre of Newtown. An air pocket restores the Dakota's controls so it heads for Liverpool airport but suddenly crashes. - No Objection To Bail Part 2E230
Episode 230No Objection To Bail Part 2Stand as surety for someone and you risk them running away from the law leaving you to forfeit the bail money or go to prison yourself. But a man does not expect this sort of treatment; not from a nephew he believes to be innocent. - In Need Of Care Part 2E240
Episode 240In Need Of Care Part 2""What sort of life will I have if I stay in Newtown? Wrapping sweets at Brownley's eight hours a day; listening to Radio One; marry some yob and get a council house if I'm lucky. Half a dozen kids in half a dozen years. D'yer call that living?"" - From Information Received Part 1E241
Episode 241From Information Received Part 1Phil Andrews and Les Mitcham are planning a wage snatch but need a driver. Alec Quilley sees Mitcham talking to Billy Joynston. Sgt. Stone pressures Joynston to get more information. Phil Andrews brings in his brother Joe but he's a thug. - From Information Received Part 2E242
Episode 242From Information Received Part 2PC's Bannerman and Newman thwart the wage snatch and arrest Phil Andrews. Joe Andrews wants the grass so Mitcham gives him Billy Joynston's name. Alec Quilley discovers Sgt. Stone has used Joynston and needs to get to him before Andrews. - Dear Old Golden Rule Days Part 1E249
Episode 249Dear Old Golden Rule Days Part 1Alec Quilley wants to reignite a romance with Beth. She is dating his former school mate Chris Hankin unaware he and Donny Claythorpe are behind a spate of shop break in's. When Hankin arrives with a badly cut hand, Quilley is suspicious. - Dear Old Golden Rule Days Part 2E250
Episode 250Dear Old Golden Rule Days Part 2Alec Quilley plucks up courage to contact Beth, an old flame, but for her the glow is fading. Chris, her new boy friend and old schoolmate of Quilley's, seems to be living well beyond his apparent means. Protective hackles raised, Quilley's unofficial enquiries about Chris and Goss's investigation of a series of petty thefts and minor break-ins begin to find common ground. - It's Been A Long Time Part 1E257
Episode 257It's Been A Long Time Part 1Extortionist/house breaker Phil Simmonds is back in Newtown, looking for revenge on who grassed him. The witnesses, at his trial, want police protection. Sgt. Stone admits the informant was his brother Jamie so they better find him first. - It's Been A Long Time Part 2E258
Episode 258It's Been A Long Time Part 2Pete Simmonds is out from prison looking for the man who informed on him. But not only the informer has to live in fear of reprisals. Simmonds is strong and violent and the witnesses at his trial were promised police protection on the day of his release. - Two For The Record Part 2E276
Episode 276Two For The Record Part 2The Prideaux's refuse to pay Alan's bail, because he was adopted, so he is sent on remand. 70-year-old. Campbell's car breaks down and he gets arrested but can only be charged as first offender has the CRO deleted all files for over 70's.
Cast of Series 6
