Z-Cars

Z-Cars (1962-1978) was a British police series and the longest-running television series with 667 episodes on British television. The name Z-Cars skips on used cars by the police. Stratford Johns In the leading role (1925-2002) as policeman DCI Charlie Barlow.

Z-Cars (sometimes written as Z Cars) was a British television drama series centred on the work of the police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool, Merseyside in the North West of England. Produced by the BBC and screened on BBC Television (renamed BBC1 in 1964), began the series in January 1962.

The title of the series Z-cars is reportedly not named after the cars Ford Zephyr or Ford Zodiac, although in the series but Lancashire-police Ford Zephyr Mk II's (in 1962) and the Ford Fleet PR Mk III Zephyr 6 's (1963-1965) as official cars were driven. Source:

The Zephyr was the standard patrol car (not the same as the crime car) used in Lancashire and other police forces. The Zodiac is never used by the British police.

Charlie Barlow, John Watt and sergeant Blackitt came again later in a new series Softly, Softly. Z-Cars came again from in March 1967 with only James Ellis and Joseph Brady from the original series. ==Actors in the series[ Edit] ==
 * DCI Charlie Barlow-Stratford Johns (1962-1965)
 * DS John Watt-Frank Windsor (1962-1965, 1978)
 * PC "meaning" Smith-Brian Blessed (1962-1965)
 * PC ' Jock ' Weir-Joseph Brady (1962-1968)
 * PC/DC/Sgt./INSP Bert Lynch-James Ellis (1962-1978)
 * PC Bob Steele-Jeremy Kemp (1962-1963)
 * Sgt. Percy Twentyman-Leonard Williams (1962-1963)
 * PC Ian Sweet-Terence Edmond (1962-1964)
 * DCS/ACC/CC Robins-John Phil Lambert (1962-1978)
 * DI Dunn-Dudley Foster (1962)
 * WPC Stacey-Lynne Furlong (1962-1965)
 * DC Hicks-Michael Forrest (1962-1964)
 * Sgt. Michaelson-James Cossins (1963)
 * DC Eliot-John Thaw (1963-1964)
 * PC David Graham-Colin Welland (1963-1965)
 * Sgt. Blackitt-Robert Keegan (1963-1965)
 * DI Bamber-Leonard Rossiter (1963)
 * PC Ken Baker-Geoffrey Whitehead (1964-1965)
 * PC Taylor — Marcus Hammond (1964-1965)
 * PC Ray Walker-Donald Gee (1965)
 * DI Hudson – John Barrie (1967)
 * DS Stone-John Slater (1967-1974)
 * PC Culshaw-David Daker (1967-1968)
 * PC Tate — Sebastian Breaks (1967)
 * PC may-Stephen Yardley (1967-1968)
 * WPC Parkin-Pauline Taylor (1967-1969)
 * PC Newcombe-Bernard Holley (1967-1971)
 * DC Kane-Christopher Coll (1967-1968)
 * BD Girl-Jennie Goossens (1967-1971)
 * DI Todd-Joss Ackland (1967-1968)
 * PC Jackson — John Wreford (1967-1968)
 * DI Witty — John Woodvine (1968-1969)
 * PC Roach-Ron Davies (1968-1969)
 * PC Bannerman-Paul Angelis (1968-1969)
 * PC/Sgt. Quilley — Douglas Fielding (1969-1978)
 * DI Neil Goss-Derek Waring (1969-1972)
 * PC/DC Skinner – Ian Cullen (1969-1975)
 * PC Horrocks-Barry Lowe (1970-1975)
 * PC/Sgt. Bowman — John Swindells (1970-1973)
 * DS Haggar — John Collin (1971-1976, 1978)
 * DC Scatliff – Geoffrey Hayes (1971-1974)
 * PC Covill-Jack Carr (1971-1972)
 * PC Render-Allan O'Keefe (1971-1978)
 * Sgt. Culshaw — John Challis (1971-1975)
 * DI Connor-Gary Watson (1972-1974)
 * PC Yates-Nicholas Smith (1972-1975)
 * DC Braithwaite-David Jackson (1972-1978)
 * Keith Wallace-Richard Mullarkey (1974 Episode One "priority")
 * Angie Burford-Joanna Tope (1974)
 * DC Bowker — Brian Grellis (1974-1978)
 * Sgt. Chubb-Paul Stewart (1974-1978)
 * DI Moffat-Ray Lonnen (1975-1977)
 * Self-aggrandizing-Geraldine Newman (1977)
 * DI Maddan-Tommy Boyle (1978)