Z Cars

Series 1. Episode 9.

Fire!

Directed by Morris Barry
Writer: Allan Prior

Episode aired 27 February 1962



  • Brian Blessed . . . . . . . . . . PC Smith
    Joseph Brady . . . . . . . . . . PC Weir
    Larry Burns . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Yates
    Barbara Couper . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Tempest
    Frank Finlay . . . . . . . . . . Harvey
    Kenneth Firth . . . . . . . . . . Motorist
    William Forbes . . . . . . . . . . Tramp
    Reginald Green . . . . . . . . . . Tolly
    Stratford Johns . . . . . . . . . . Det. Chief Insp. Barlow
    Hilary Mason . . . . . . . . . . Alice Yates
    Frank Pettitt . . . . . . . . . . Bamber
    Virginia Stride . . . . . . . . . . Katy Hoskins
    Derek Tansley . . . . . . . . . . PC Pearson
    Brian Vaughan . . . . . . . . . . Barman
    Lewis Wilson . . . . . . . . . . Divisional Officer Farley
    Frank Windsor . . . . . . . . . . Det. Sgt. Watt
    Leslie Wright . . . . . . . . . . Duty Officer
    Pauline Yates . . . . . . . . . . Beatrice


    The report of a burning barn takes P.C.s Smith and Weir into the country, searching fr a fire-raiser.

    Radio Times February 1962.



  • Z-Cars or Z Cars (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.

    The series differed sharply from earlier police procedurals. With its less-usual Northern England setting, it injected a new element of harsh realism into the image of the police, which some found unwelcome.

    Z-Cars ran for 801 episodes, of which fewer than half have survived. Regular stars included: Stratford Johns (Detective Inspector Barlow), Frank Windsor (Det. Sgt. Watt), James Ellis (Bert Lynch) and Brian Blessed ("Fancy" Smith). Barlow and Watt were later spun into a separate series Softly, Softly.

    Unfortunatly this episode of Z Cars is missing.