Z Cars (1962–1978)

Stars:

James Ellis, John Slater, Douglas Fielding

2 wins.

Cast

Series cast summary:
James Ellis	...	Sgt. Lynch (627 episodes, 1962-1978)
John Slater	...	Det. Sgt. Stone (421 episodes, 1967-1974)
Douglas Fielding	...	PC Quilley (340 episodes, 1969-1978)
Bernard Holley	...	PC Newcombe (277 episodes, 1967-1971)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

police | partially lost tv series | british

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 January 1962 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min 25 min (462 episodes) 50 min (337 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White (1962-1970) Color (1970-1978)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The "Z Cars" theme (traditional folk tune "Johnny Todd") proved to be so popular that Liverpool-based soccer side, Everton F.C, immortalized it as their theme tune as the teams enter onto the field, a tradition that is still very much alive today 45 years on. Elton John enjoyed the theme so much that he also adopted it at the club at which he presided as chairman, Watford.

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Connections

Followed by Softly Softly: Task Force (1969)

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Soundtracks

"Z Cars Theme"
Composed by Bridget Fry

User Reviews

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As an American who spent part of his childhood in England in the early 70's, I distinctly remember this show being a real snoozer, especially when compared to the much better American cop shows of the time (Hawaii Five O, Ironsides, etc.) For whatever reason, Brits just have never been much good at making crime and crime fighting interesting, whether on TV or the big screen, after all, I recently rented the DVD "Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels" and it sucked, mostly a lame rip-off of the far superior "Pulp Fiction". Maybe the problem is that we Americans just have much better criminals, more ruthless, greedy, and inventive and, as a result, American cops have to be much better as well to catch them, it sounds goofy but it's about the only theory I can think of that makes sense .......