Z-Cars
Series 8
197328 episodes
Episode 1
Inspector Lynch
Oct 22, 197350m
Bert Lynch has been promoted to Inspector. But is he still one of the lads?
Episode 2
Nuisance
Oct 29, 197350m
Alexandra is always complaining to an already overworked police force about her next door neighbour Percy. But is she just a nuisance? Or should Inspector Lynch take her complaints seriously?
Episode 3
Escape
Nov 5, 197350m
Some London villains spring Charlie Cotton from prison, but, too late, he cottons on to the fact that he's been sprung for a purpose.
Episode 4
Break Up
Nov 19, 197350m
A woman is arrested for shoplifting and a thief has his alibi checked. On the face of it two routine cases. But even the most routine cases can have repercussions.
Episode 5
Stray Girl
Nov 26, 197350m
Mary Mangan disappears with her baby. The worst is feared and a full scale police search is mounted.
Episode 6
Pieces
Dec 3, 197350m
A house is broken into and Skinner grabs at the opportunity to improve his record. But he grabs too hard and a man suffers.
Episode 7
The Cinder Path
Dec 10, 197350m
Goss is back! In court he finds himself in an unfamiliar role. Against Quilley... twice!
Episode 8
Cadet
Dec 11, 197350m
Cadet Peter Preston wants nothing more than to be a policeman, and even though he's a bit of a joke at Newtown his future seems assured. Then his father takes someone for a ride.
Episode 9
Pressure Of Work
Dec 17, 197350m
Goss goes out for a quiet day with a friend, but the friend ends up in a cell and a policeman ends up in hospital.
Episode 10
Absence
Jan 7, 197450m
A bank raid is in the offing and the only man who knows anything about it is Harry Dance.
Episode 11
In Police Hands
Jan 21, 197450m
Julie and Dave are happy: then they're in the nick. It seems that simply being in love is a crime these days.
Episode 12
Two Hundred Tartan Teddy Bears
Feb 4, 197450m
Stone and Lynch are puzzled by two cases - one involving bears and the other old ladies.
Episode 13
Joanna
Feb 11, 197450m
When Albert Smith goes looking for his daughter Joanna his enquiries cause trouble.
Episode 14
Pressure
Feb 18, 197450m
A young petty thief and a young Police Constable find themselves under a similar kind of pressure. The pressure to prove themselves.
Episode 15
Waste
Feb 25, 197450m
Not so much a skeleton in the cupboard - more a body, alive and kicking, in the attic.
Episode 16
Two Wise Monkeys
Mar 4, 197450m
When villains like Burford and Tyndale fall out they will go to any lengths to settle a score. And somewhere along the line the police have to take drastic measures.
Episode 17
Dinner Break
Mar 11, 197450m
Lunchtime - relaxation for some. But not for those on duty at Newtown Station.
Episode 18
Allegiance
Mar 18, 197450m
Joe Skinner questions a lad about breaking into a cigarette machine, but it soon becomes apparent that he is after more than a confession.
Episode 19
Rota
Mar 25, 197450m
The same crime can be committed over and over again, unless someone decides to co-operate with the police.
Episode 20
Priority
Apr 1, 197450m
Quilley and Braithwaite have a tricky customer to deal with; Lynch has Stone, as well as a missing child and a shop break-in.
Episode 21
Background
Apr 8, 197450m
Episode 22
Losers
Apr 10, 197450m
DI Connor runs into Marjorie, an old flame. But what a change in her!
Episode 23
Turnabout
Apr 22, 197450m
Mary and Fiona, two women of equal ability and opportunity. So why is one of them a criminal?
Episode 24
Intruder
Apr 29, 197450m
Episode 25
Mugs?
May 6, 197450m
Several well-planned robberies, but none of the suspects with brains and style enough to organise them. So who did?
Episode 26
Pastime
May 13, 197450m
A fire-raiser for Skinner and an extortionist for Stone and Lynch. Some people have the strangest pastimes.
Episode 27
Certain Parties
May 20, 197450m
Back in Newtown after seven years in Parkhurst, Pikey Nimmo wants to settle up with the men who put him away. Stone was one of them.
Episode 28
Family
Jun 30, 197450m
Susan Giles wants her father back inside and uses two men to help her. One of them is Quilley, and he unwittingly ruins Skinner's work.