Z Cars
Series 1. Episode 9.Fire!
Directed by Morris BarryWriter: 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.