Z-Cars
Series 3
196342 episodes
Episode 1
Lucky Accident
Sep 4, 196350m
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.
Episode 2
Made For Each Other
Sep 11, 196350m
Two arrests, two court cases - and also two people, in one of whom Fancy Smith takes a personal interest.
Episode 3
A La Carte
Sep 18, 196350m
Chief Inspector Barlow is known locally as something of a gourmet, but not even the chef believes that he is interested only in food.
Episode 4
Light The Blue Paper
Sep 26, 196350m
The bang is loud in the night. The conspiracy of silence which follows is more sinister. When an explosion destroys Bill Webster's betting shop CID runs up against a blank wall. No clues and there is nobody willing to talk. Webster himself stubbornly maintains it was an accident, but Barlow is convinced there is a connection between the explosion and the fact that Webster intends to compete with his rivals by opening more shops in the area.
Episode 5
A Quiet Night
Oct 2, 196350m
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 of tragedy.
Episode 6
Hit And Run
Oct 9, 196350m
A slight collision between two cars, a bad-tempered blow, and a young man finds himself involved in serious trouble - both for himself and for those close to him.
Episode 7
Hide - And Go Seek
Oct 16, 196350m
A young rookie constable cannot hold his liquor. In his cups he reveals the whereabouts of a 'safe house' holding a vital witness, with disastrous consequences.
Episode 8
The Kiter
Oct 23, 196350m
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 to identify a petty criminal with an interest in churches.
Episode 9
Special Duty
Oct 30, 196350m
Lynch and Graham investigate a domestic tragedy. And for Barlow there's the urgent problem of saving a man's life.
Episode 10
Remembrance Of A Guest
Nov 6, 196350m
Complaints about a fast-moving, fast-talking door-to-door salesman give Weir and Smith a busy day, while Sgt. Watt prepares the trap.
Episode 11
Daylight Robbery
Nov 13, 196350m
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 time thirteen pillar boxes have been burned out he and Lynch are on the trail of an unusual kind of pyromaniac. Meanwhile Sgt. Watt is keeping an eye on Oliver Snow, a visitor from London who goes out of his way to be offensive.
Episode 12
Running Milligan
Nov 20, 196350m
Freddy Milligan is servinga prison sentence for robbery with violence. With six weeks of his sentence to run, he is given compassionate parole to attend his wife's funeral. He fails to report back, and the Newtown police get the job of bringing him in.
Episode 13
Choose Your Partners
Nov 27, 196350m
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 Smith. The thieves have taken something far more valuable than the money they were after. Is espionage involved?
Episode 14
Tuesday Afternoon
Dec 4, 196350m
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.
Episode 15
Supper In The Morning
Dec 11, 196350m
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 crisis in his own home.
Episode 16
Wait For It
Dec 18, 196350m
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.
Episode 17
It Never Rains ...
Dec 25, 196350m
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 other people's celebrations getting in the way.
Episode 18
.. And A Happy New Year
Jan 1, 196450m
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 streets. Sgt. Blackitt, leaving PC Sweet on the desk, is on the beat himself for a change. Down by the canal is a nurse from the Cottage Hospital and she is out on a cold night without a cloak over her uniform.
Episode 19
Happy-Go-Lucky
Jan 8, 196450m
When a happy-go-lucky thief refuses to confess to a simple breaking and entering job Barlow continues enquiries. This starts an avalanche of evidence and soon Barlow fears that everyone in Newtown is implicated somewhere along the line.
Episode 20
Promise Made
Jan 15, 196450m
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 something has happened and Barlow decides to set a trap.
Episode 21
I Mean...Where Does It Stop?
Jan 22, 196450m
Weir finds that being a policeman doesn't stop when he goes off duty, particularly as his girl friend Sally has shady connections.
Episode 22
A Stroll Along The Sands
Jan 29, 196450m
A chance encounter is soon forgotten by Lynch and Graham. But remembering a face becomes vital when Barlow orders a search for missing money - and a missing man.
Episode 23
No Malice
Feb 5, 196450m
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 problem he doesn't want to face.
Episode 24
Profit By Their Example
Feb 12, 196450m
A mysterious meeting at a sports pavilion attracts the attention of Z-Victor Two. John Watt investigates. When a sharp warning to a friend is unheeded Watt finds himself at the centre of hostilities.
Episode 25
A Question Of Storage
Feb 19, 196450m
Barlow's attendance at a police conference starts a spring cleaning at Newtown station. But the arrest of an elderly drunk by Smith and Weir upsets the efficiency drive.
Episode 26
Fun And Games
Feb 26, 196450m
When a seemingly harmless practical joke goes wrong and leads to a disturbance Lynch finds himself involved in a very personal problem.
Episode 27
A Man...Like Yourself
Mar 4, 196450m
When a young offender escapes from custody he is seen hiding on a roof and DC Hicks is detailed to bring him down.
Episode 28
A Straight Deal
Mar 11, 196450m
When Josh Tansfield tries to make a deal with the police John Watt is worried - but Barlow gets the best of a good bargain.
Episode 29
Happy Families
Mar 18, 196450m
A mother finds her schoolboy son in possession of pornographic photographs. Then the lad goes missing and Smith and weir have the job of finding him. Meantime Barlow tracks down the source of the photographs. John Watt deals with his marital problems. JOSS ACKLAND appears here as the villain: four years later he became a cast regular as DI Todd.
Episode 30
Inside Job
Mar 25, 196450m
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 job'.
Episode 31
Clues Are What You Think
Apr 1, 196450m
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 seemingly harmless questions.
Episode 32
The Whole Truth...
Apr 8, 196450m
'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 guesswork lies the answer to a series of crimes.
Episode 33
Whistle, And Come Home
Apr 22, 196450m
Two children are the only witnesses of a robbery. It seems that the men concerned will get away with it - until Barlow takes over.
Episode 34
First-Class Citizen
Apr 29, 196450m
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 for John Watt, who has no head for heights.
Episode 35
Seconds Away
May 6, 196450m
It is a routine job - a break-in at a jeweller's shop. But Barlow believes the owner is in danger.
Episode 36
Centre Of Disturbance
May 13, 196450m
A brutal mid-afternoon shooting in the middle of a shopping area leaves a store full of people dumbfounded and the Newtown police force shaking its head in disbelief.
Episode 37
You Get All Kinds
May 20, 196450m
A baby is taken from a pram near a bingo hall. Graham and Lynch are involved in a long search.
Episode 38
Happy Birthday
May 27, 196450m
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 wedding.
Episode 39
Somebody ... Help
Jun 3, 196450m
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, possible conviction, even prison, not to mention local scandal and the end of his business career.
Episode 40
Cage Until Tame
Jun 10, 196450m
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 on a course Robins makes it his personal business to keep a close watch on one of the hardest characters ever to cross his path. For there are three citizens of Newtown who, even after ten years, have good cause to be frightened.
Episode 41
Family Reunion
Jun 17, 196450m
When Danny Sullivan, boisterous and irresponsible, returns to Newtown Z-Victor Two is alerted. When he goes into the used car business there is trouble.
Episode 42
A Place Of Safety
Jun 24, 196450m
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 himself in his flat with his wife and children. Barlow is called and eventually persuades the man to come out, whereupon he is promptly arrested. It looks like an open and shut case of attempted murder, but Barlow is not satisfied. Later that evening Smith and Weir find the man's wife and children sleeping in a bus shelter: they have been evicted without notice.