Z-Cars
Season 7
1971 • 115 Episodes
Episodes
1. The Stone Standard Part 1
August 2, 1971
No overview available.
2. The Stone Standard Part 2
August 3, 1971
Sergeant Stone - up against militant management and militant workers. And he won't compromise.
3. The Mystery Part 1
April 9, 1971
No overview available.
4. The Mystery Part 2
August 10, 1971
A teenage girl and night time at a railway station brings a problem for PC Covill.
5. Nobody Hit Me Part 1
August 16, 1971
No overview available.
6. Nobody Hit Me Part 2
August 17, 1971
Two grocers, one across the road from the other. Both ordinary, everyday characters. But then one of them has a fire in his shop. Goss and Stone end up with one villain and two very frightened men.
7. Dan, Dan... Part 1
August 23, 1971
No overview available.
8. Dan, Dan... Part 2
August 24, 1971
To get stolen goods to the public a villain has to be an organising genius, and that's not all. The police are keeping an eye on Reg Thurley, who seems to be leading a double life.
9. Funny Fellah
August 31, 1971
No overview available.
10. Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 1
September 6, 1971
No overview available.
11. Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 2
September 7, 1971
Liam Murphy is losing control of the gang. It's time for action.
12. Purely Medical Purposes Part 1
September 13, 1971
No overview available.
13. Purely Medical Purposes part 2
September 14, 1971
Charlie West is found with stolen property. He's in trouble, so he calls his lawyer.
14. Grandstand Finish Part 1
September 20, 1971
No overview available.
15. Grandstand Finish Part 2
September 21, 1971
Sunday is all quiet, but Monday brings 'Open Day' problems at the Station. But there are more urgent troubles outside.
16. Funny Creatures Women Part 1
September 27, 1971
No overview available.
17. Funny Creatures Women Part 2
September 28, 1971
Night, a deserted park and a young woman on her way home. Skinner is interviewed by Goss and Stone. Then they take the keys to his quarters.
18. The Dirty Job Part 1
October 4, 1971
No overview available.
19. The Dirty Job Part 2
October 5, 1971
The Bannion family is in trouble, but at first not with the police. Bannion can possibly help Goss catch a villain. But is Goss willing to help Bannion in return?
20. Ding Dong Part 1
October 11, 1971
No overview available.
21. Ding Dong Part 2
October 12, 1971
Juvenile crime in Newtown has reached a serious level. A clean-up campaign goes into operation. Then the Sheldon mob arrive in town.
22. Intrusion Part 1
October 18, 1971
No overview available.
23. Intrusion Part 2
October 19, 1971
No overview available.
24. Not Often We Have Visitors Part 1
October 25, 1971
No overview available.
25. Not Often We Have Visitors Part 2
October 26, 1971
There's a V.I.P. visit in the offing and everyone is making plans: Newtown police, Special Branch, Headquarters. And they're not the only ones. It's a straight line from the airport to the Remand Home. And the roads should be fairly quiet.
26. Contact Man Part 1
November 1, 1971
No overview available.
27. Contact Man Part 2
November 2, 1971
Three villains are under lock and key. But where is the missing eight thousand pounds? With business problems and an expensive wife Mr. Owen has lots of reasons to be worried, but there's another reason too.
28. Take Away Part 1
November 8, 1971
No overview available.
29. Take Away Part 2
November 9, 1971
Nicked cars are normally just a routine job. So what makes Annette Minto's so different? At first she just wants her car back, but then something makes her change her mind.
30. Who Were You With? Part 1
November 15, 1971
No overview available.
31. Who Were You With? Part 2
November 16, 1971
A hairdresser's shop is wrecked. In the middle is a frightened girl. She's alone and vulnerable and it's night time. She's no money and nowhere to go. It's not surprising that she's scared.
32. Danny Boy's Home Part 1
November 22, 1971
No overview available.
33. Danny Boy's Home Part 2
November 23, 1971
Danny Baker returns to Newtown. But DS Haggar is back as well. It's not long before the two of them lock antlers.
34. Rules Of The Game Part 1
November 29, 1971
No overview available.
35. Rules Of The Game Part 2
November 30, 1971
No overview available.
36. The Wrong Odds Part 1
December 6, 1971
No overview available.
37. The Wrong Odds Part 2
December 7, 1971
No overview available.
38. The Horse Dealer Part 1
December 13, 1971
No overview available.
39. The Horse Dealer Part 2
December 14, 1971
With Goss coming back Haggar wants to go out on a winner. And even he has a friend or two willing to help him.
40. Collation Part 1
December 20, 1971
No overview available.
41. Collation Part 2
December 21, 1971
Promotion is in the air and Goss is in with an outside chance. A sighting, plus a report from a beat man, might just add up to a feather in Goss's cap at just the right time.
42. Last Bus To Newtown
January 3, 1972
Bert Lynch has almost forgotten what life is like on the cars - out there in the thick of things.
43. Lynch
January 10, 1972
Change. New people. Different methods. Some people call it progress. Bert Lynch, out on his own, is starting to feel left behind. Not the best time for his surprise visitor to call.
44. Team Work
January 17, 1972
Whether it's a family trying to adjust to change or the police force mounting a big crime prevention operation a team is only as strong as its weakest member.
45. The Attackers
January 24, 1972
A lad is walking home late at night...
46. Retirement
January 31, 1972
An old man tries to stop a robbery...
47. Promotion
February 14, 1972
Police life often puts a strain on a marriage, as Goss finds out. Stone is single, but that can also mean trouble.
48. Canal
February 21, 1972
It's the age of fast getaways, but Frank and George are exceptions. They're villains all the same and Sgt. Miller thinks they're worth watching.
98. Care
February 22, 1973
Two girls with their husbands away. Maureen is the social type and likes a drink; Jill is the lonely type, but she finds something for the police to do.
49. Week Off
February 28, 1972
Lynch tries to get away from it all...
50. Missing
March 6, 1972
Mariam Ahmed makes some trouble for the police.
51. Quilley
April 10, 1972
Quilley - on and off duty - with trouble on both fronts.
52. Tessa In The Woodpile
April 17, 1972
After a robbery Tessa goes on the warpath.
53. Keep To Yourself
April 24, 1972
Two loners. Stone cops one of them, Skinner the other.
54. Smoke
May 1, 1972
No overview available.
55. Operation Ascalon
May 8, 1972
Is Goss to blame when the operation goes wrong?
56. Short Cut
May 15, 1972
Stone arrests and charges Andy Walker as a try-on.
57. Hagger
May 22, 1972
DS Cecil Haggar is back in Newtown. He's at a loose end, so he gravitates towards the nearest pub. There he finds trouble.
58. Playtime
May 29, 1972
Stone and Skinner are off duty. Then there's a jewel theft and a robbery with violence.
59. Sweet Girl
June 5, 1972
A lass is missing...
60. Access
June 12, 1972
Quilley stops at a pub. Is it routine, or isn't it?
61. Goss
June 19, 1972
Mrs. Goss and a lawyer add up to problems for DI Goss.
62. The Wolf And The Sheep Part 1
July 10, 1972
No overview available.
63. The Wolf And The Sheep Part 2
July 11, 1972
Sgt. Miller is back on duty and up against another pro. He gets some good advice.
64. Forget It Part 1
July 17, 1972
No overview available.
65. Forget It Part 2
July 18, 1972
A man with no name and no memory - or a man with something to hide?
66. A Neighbour's Goods Part 1
July 24, 1972
No overview available.
67. A Neighbour's Goods Part 2
July 25, 1972
There's a dead woman and Sgt. Miller expects trouble. Then an anonymous phone call brings more surprises for him.
68. Loyalties Part 1
July 31, 1972
No overview available.
69. Loyalties Part 2
August 1, 1972
Stolen gear, or planted? Stone and Lynch disagree. Lynch is trying to get one over Stone. Then the punch-up happens.
70. Relative Values Part 1
August 7, 1972
No overview available.
71. Relative Values Part 2
August 8, 1972
OAPs are short of cash... and then the police are involved. Stone and Skinner are looking for something old-fashioned.
72. Not Good Enough Part 1
August 14, 1972
No overview available.
73. Not Good Enough Part 2
August 15, 1972
Sgt. Miller wants him. So does Skinner. But Bright is clever. Miller tries the 'Chinese Water Torture'.
74. Breakage Part 1
August 21, 1972
No overview available.
75. Breakage Part 2
August 22, 1972
A man with a parcel - George T. Wood - who's looking for someone; who's been kept waiting most of his life. And a derelict building, all glass and wind - and someone up on the roof. Quilley takes a big risk.
76. Connor
September 11, 1972
Fred Connor is the new Detective Inspector at Newtown. He has unfinished business - with a villain named Bright.
77. The Team
September 18, 1972
Inspector Connor is on trial. So is Sgt. Stone and the entire Newtown police force.
78. Witness
September 25, 1972
Terence Nichols is in custody at Newtown police station after a wages snatch. There are three days to the trial and Stone thinks it's an open and shut case. He has a reliable witness in Sydney Adams. But one of the villains is still on the run.
79. Takes All Sorts
October 2, 1972
A new Inspector arrives at Newtown, Ralph Edward Pratt by name, spruce as a pocket hanky and dripping self-confidence. He is fussy and believes in doing everything by the book. He also wants to get involved in everything that's going on, however trivial. It doesn't take long for Bert Lynch to take a violent dislike to the newcomer and to make every effort to avoid him!
80. Sins Of The Father
October 9, 1972
Wives of prisoners are easier to chat up than the prisoners themselves - and Inspector Connor wants to find the missing money from a bank robbery.
81. Damage
October 16, 1972
Night-time and a frightened house breaker. Newtown police reveal an unusual mystery.
82. Day Trip
October 23, 1972
Sgt. Haggar and PC Quilley are back on the strength just at the time Dilly Watson, a clever thief, arrives in Newtown.
83. Public Relations
October 30, 1972
DS Haggar doesn't like Ken Knowles. ""Journalists,"" he says, ""grow fat on misrepresenting police information"". He doesn't like old Bertha either. She doesn't give information. So what chance does he stand against both of them?
84. Old Soldiers
November 6, 1972
Old Sepp is passing through Newtown. PC Hackett is on the way out. But both are involved with Marlene.
85. Diabolical Liberty
November 13, 1972
There's just no helping some people, as Bert Lynch finds out when Chief Inspector Logie investigates a break-in with a difference.
86. Old Acquaintance
November 20, 1972
A newly released prisoner, Dan Fowler, returns to his wife Julia and plans to fix an old enemy. But Julia has plans of her own.
87. The Legacy
November 27, 1972
Sgt. Stone goes to the funeral of an old and respected thief in the hope of unearthing a few skeletons. But dead men don't talk and neither will this one's grandson.
88. The Amateurs
December 4, 1972
While Austin Nuttall dreams of owning his own business Connor dreams of nailing a fence. And with two crimes unsolved, Connor demonstrates how to kill two men and two birds with one stone.
89. Hobo
December 11, 1972
A gullible old man, a con man, and a do-gooder. And Tom Stone is right in the middle and in need of somewhere to live.
90. Old Lag
December 18, 1972
No overview available.
91. Skinner
January 4, 1973
Skinner returns to C.I.D. He's after a villain, wanted by both the Met. and DS Haggar.
92. Skin Game
January 11, 1973
A safe-breaker, a club owner and a farmer. All three play the same game until Miller joins in and gets under their skin.
93. Backwater
January 18, 1973
All Tom Stone wants is a quiet weekend's fishing, but then he meets Sergeant Rust. Together they catch a very queer fish, but have different ideas about landing it.
94. Big Jake
January 25, 1973
Who gets to Big Jake first, Billy Fielden or DC Skinner? One of them wants to help him, the other just wants him. And who, or what, is Big Jake anyway?
95. Women At Work
February 1, 1973
Two working women, one admired by Lynch, the other disliked by Miller. And in the background a singular third person, badly wanted by Skinner.
96. Jack The Dodger
February 8, 1973
There's a problem for Skinner when a suspicious odd-job man takes lodgings with an old flame of Bert Lynch.
97. Miller
February 15, 1973
A body in a canal and Miller follows a chain of enquiries that brings him face to face with... himself.
99. Operation Watchdog
March 1, 1973
Connor comes back to vandalism and to conflict with some local bigwigs. And Skinner's in a spot of bother
100. Defection
March 8, 1973
A member of a visiting Trade Delegation takes a positive step concerning th future. But Sgt. Stone's future is left for Connor and Richards to fight over.
101. Invention
March 15, 1973
Rowena Bishop has a reputation for storytelling. She tells Sgt. Lynch about a body down on the foreshore.
102. Hard Man
March 22, 1973
Clifford Roscoe is the local hard man. He's fresh out of jail and ready and anxious to cause trouble. But Stone and Connor are ready for him.
103. Domestic
March 29, 1973
A bitter argument, an unexpected tragedy and Sgt. Stone finds himself pushing a suspect very hard indeed.
104. Pat
April 5, 1973
Pat Mason is a Salvationist and everyone likes her, particularly the regulars at Alan Doherty's pub. So why should anyone want to hurt her?
105. Bowman
April 12, 1973
Bringing up a family in Newtown isn't easy, especially for a copper.
106. The Lady And The Gentleman
April 19, 1973
There's a housebreaker with a difference operating in Newtown. He leaves no marks when he breaks in and he never steals anything.
107. Suspicion
April 30, 1973
Sgt. Lynch takes an interest in Susan Rawlings while her husband is in prison.
108. Mileage
May 7, 1973
Jupp has a large family and needs to keep his job. But events pile up against him - his boss and a robbery - and he needs to keep his cool.
109. Routine
May 14, 1973
Lynch and Quilley are on 'nights'. And a routine call to a break-in leads to a break-up that's far from routine.
110. The Spike
May 21, 1973
A suspicious death. Who is and who isn't involved? And what is the fiddle going on at Munster House?
111. Hi-Jack
June 4, 1973
A stolen lorry load of meat parked on a busy road. A piece of cake for the police, unless the lorry driver's name is Houdini!
112. Mother And Child
June 11, 1973
Joyce is very protective towards her son - even when he's in prison.
113. Co-Operation
June 18, 1973
Understanding between husband and wife, detective and villain, Police Constable and member of the public - but what about the co-operation between Stone and Haggar?
114. No Proceedings
June 25, 1973
Hugo Vallance, an old-fashioned Lord of the Manor, is trying to survive in a modern world - of gossip, scandal and theft.
115. Officer Material...?
July 2, 1973
It's the day of Lynch's promotion board. He's already passed his exams, so he knows his stuff. But - is he the right type to be an officer?