This is an episode list for the British television series Z-Cars. The series was aired on BBC One, between 1962 and 1978 (except 1966). Many of the episodes are now missing from the BBC archives.
Series overview Series Episodes Premiered: Ended: Status:1 31 2 January 1962 31 July 1962 12 Missing2 42 19 September 1962 3 July 1963 26 Missing3 4 September 1963 24 June 1964 5 Missing4 43 9 September 1964 30 June 1965 15 Missing5 12 5 October 1965 21 December 1965 9 Missing6 416 6 March 1967 24 June 1971 308 Missing7 115 2 August 1971 2 July 1973 82 Missing8 33 22 October 1973 3 June 1974 5 Missing9 31 9 September 1974 12 May 1975 Complete10 13 5 January 1976 29 March 1976 11 13 5 April 1977 5 July 1977 12 13 28 June 1978 20 September 1978
Series 1 (1962)
No. Original air date (UK) Episode title Episode status 1 2 January 1962 Four of a Kind Exists 2 9 January 1962 Limping Rabbit 3 16 January 1962 Handle With Care 4 23 January 1962 Stab in the Dark 5 30 January 1962 Big Catch 6 6 February 1962 Friday Night 7 13 February 1962 Suspended 8 20 February 1962 Family Feud 9 27 February 1962 Fire ! Missing 10 6 March 1962 Threats and Menaces 11 13 March 1962 Jail Break 12 20 March 1962 What Kind Of Hero 13 27 March 1962 Sudden Death 14 3 April 1962 Found Abandoned Exists 15 10 April 1962 The Best Days 16 17 April 1962 Invisible Enemy 17 24 April 1962 Down And Out 18 1 May 1962 Further Enquiries 19 8 May 1962 Winner Take All Missing 20 15 May 1962 People's Property Exists 21 22 May 1962 Hi-Jack ! 22 29 May 1962 Incident Reported 23 5 June 1962 Never On Wednesdays Missing 24 12 June 1962 Day Trip 25 19 June 1962 Affray Exists 26 26 June 1962 Contraband 27 3 July 1962 Teamwork Missing 28 10 July 1962 Appearance in Court Exists 29 17 July 1962 Assault Missing 30 24 July 1962 Sunday Morning 31 31 July 1962 Unconditional Surrender
Series 2 (1962–1963)
No. Original air date (UK) Episode title Episode status 1 19 September 1962 On Watch – Newtown Exists 2 26 September 1962 Full Remission 3 3 October 1962 Truth Or Dare 4 10 October 1962 Information Received 5 17 October 1962 Friendly Relations 6 24 October 1962 Corroboration 7 31 October 1962 The Thin Girl Missing 8 7 November 1962 Johnny Sailor 9 14 November 1962 Person Unknown Exists 10 21 November 1962 Ambush 11 28 November 1962 Known to the Police Missing 12 5 December 1962 The Navigators 13 12 December 1962 Business Trip 14 19 December 1962 Five Whistles 15 26 December 1962 Search 16 2 January 1963 All Up By Seven 17 9 January 1963 Trumpet Voluntary 18 16 January 1963 Five and a Match 19 23 January 1963 The Hitch-Hiker 20 30 January 1963 A Simple Case 21 6 February 1963 Act Of Vengeance 22 13 February 1963 The Listeners 23 20 February 1963 The Main Chance 24 27 February 1963 Follow My Leader 25 6 March 1963 Members Only 26 13 March 1963 Matter Of Conviction 27 20 March 1963 The Bad Lad 28 27 March 1963 Enquiry 29 3 April 1963 Pay By Results 30 10 April 1963 The Peterman 31 17 April 1963 The Birds of the Air Exists 32 24 April 1963 Train Of Events 33 1 May 1963 By The Book 34 8 May 1963 Nothing Serious Missing 35 15 May 1963 Alarm Call 36 22 May 1963 A Try By Weir 37 29 May 1963 Quiet Confidence Exists 38 5 June 1963 Scare 39 12 June 1963 Caught by the Ears 40 19 June 1963 Come on the Lads Missing 41 26 June 1963 The Whizzers Exists 42 3 July 1963 Police Work
Series 3 (1963–1964)
No. Original air date (UK) Episode title Episode status 1 4 September 1963 Lucky Accident Exists 2 11 September 1963 Made For Each Other 3 18 September 1963 A La Carte 4 26 September 1963 Light The Blue Paper 5 2 October 1963 A Quiet Night Missing 6 9 October 1963 Hit And Run Exists 7 16 October 1963 Hide – And Go Seek 8 23 October 1963 The Kiter 9 30 October 1963 Special Duty Missing 10 6 November 1963 Remembrance of a Guest Exists 11 13 November 1963 Daylight Robbery Missing 12 20 November 1963 Running Milligan 13 27 November 1963 Choose Your Partners Exists 14 4 December 1963 Tuesday Afternoon 15 11 December 1963 Supper in the Morning 16 18 December 1963 Wait For It 17 25 December 1963 It Never Rains ... 18 1 January 1964 .. And A Happy New Year 19 8 January 1964 Happy-Go-Lucky 20 15 January 1964 Promise Made 21 22 January 1964 I Mean..Where Does It Stop? 22 29 January 1964 A Stroll Along The Sands 23 5 February 1964 No Malice 24 12 February 1964 Profit By Their Example 25 19 February 1964 A Question Of Storage 26 26 February 1964 Fun And Games 27 4 March 1964 A Man...Like Yourself 28 11 March 1964 A Straight Deal 29 18 March 1964 Happy Families 30 25 March 1964 Inside Job 31 1 April 1964 Clues Are What You Think 32 8 April 1964 The Whole Truth ... 33 22 April 1964 Whistle, And Come Home 34 29 April 1964 First Class Citizen 35 6 May 1964 Seconds Away 36 13 May 1964 Centre Of Disturbance 37 20 May 1964 You Get All Kinds 38 27 May 1964 Happy Birthday 39 3 June 1964 Somebody ... Help Missing 40 10 June 1964 Cage Until Tame Exists 41 17 June 1964 Family Reunion 42 24 June 1964 A Place Of Safety
Series 4 (1964–1965)
No. Original air date (UK) Episode title Episode status 1 9 September 1964 The Dark Side of the Road Missing 2 16 September 1964 What A Main Event ! Exists 3 23 September 1964 Finders Keepers 4 30 September 1964 Lucky Partners Missing 5 7 October 1964 Soft Spot 6 14 October 1964 Somebody Said ... Exists 7 21 October 1964 Charity Begins ... 8 28 October 1964 The Hunch 9 4 November 1964 Two in the Bush 10 11 November 1964 Welcome Home, Jigger Missing 11 18 November 1964 In A Day's Work Exists 12 25 November 1964 No Stone Unturned 13 2 December 1964 You Pays Your Money 14 9 December 1964 One Day in Spring Street Missing 15 16 December 1964 Bring Back The Cat 16 23 December 1964 If He Runs – Grab Him 17 30 December 1964 First Foot Exists 18 6 January 1965 Think On Missing 19 13 January 1965 The Luck of the Game 20 20 January 1965 I Love You Bonzo Exists 21 27 January 1965 Brotherly Love 22 3 February 1965 A Matter Of Give And Take 23 10 February 1965 Give A Dog A Name Missing 24 17 February 1965 The Long Spoon 25 24 February 1965 Teething Trouble 26 3 March 1965 A Shame To Take The Money 27 10 March 1965 Window Dressing Exists 28 17 March 1965 Partners 29 24 March 1965 The Fanatics 30 31 March 1965 You Got To Have Class 31 7 April 1965 The Mice Will Play 32 14 April 1965 Sound An Alarm 33 21 April 1965 The Soft Game 34 28 April 1965 Snakes Alive 35 5 May 1965 Suspected Murder 36 12 May 1965 The Share-Out 37 19 May 1965 Checkmate 38 26 May 1965 Another Fairy Tale 39 2 June 1965 Market Square 40 9 June 1965 Error Of Judgement Missing 41 16 June 1965 Under Cover Exists 42 23 June 1965 One Good Turn Missing 43 30 June 1965 Warning Shots Exists
Series 5 (1965)
No. Original air date (UK) Episode title Episode status 1 5 October 1965 With A Pin Missing 2 12 October 1965 Wilful Destruction 3 19 October 1965 Cop And Blow 4 26 October 1965 The Hard-Face Grabber 5 2 November 1965 Inspection Exists 6 9 November 1965 Routine Inquiries Missing 7 16 November 1965 A Morning's Sport 8 23 November 1965 Contrary To Regulations Exists 9 30 November 1965 The Good Life Missing 10 7 December 1965 Celebration 11 14 December 1965 But The Crying ... Exists 12 21 December 1965 That's The Way It Is Missing
Series 6 (1967–1971)