Z Cars - Season 2
Season 2
Network
Episodes42
DatesSep 19, 1962 - Jul 3, 1963
Episodes
Season 2Episode 150 min
On Watch - Newtown
Both crews are forced to realise the narrow margin between life and death on a busy night in which Barlow and Twentyman miss one crime and catch two criminals.
Sep 19, 1962
Season 2Episode 250 min
Full Remission
A pretty girl out alone and late at night leads Steele and Lynch to a robbery and to a tearaway more dangerous than any they have encountered before.
Sep 26, 1962
Season 2Episode 350 min
Truth or Dare
The violent death of a small shopkeeper brings Supt. Miller into Victor Division and into conflict with Barlow, who has his own solution to offer.
Oct 3, 1962
Season 2Episode 450 min
Information Received
Z-Victor Two gets an alarm call to a jeweller's shop. Sgt. Watt gets the information that leads to an arrest, but the case is not as simple as it seems.
Oct 10, 1962
Season 2Episode 550 min
Friendly Relations
The trail of a walk-in thief leads Smith and Weir to a locked room in Newtown and on to a night in Blackpool - but not to see the illuminations!
Oct 17, 1962
Season 2Episode 650 min
Corroboration
Lynch and Steele investigate a break-in at a factory where the night watchman has been attacked and injured. They bring in a man the Newtown police have long wanted to see behind bars. But bringing him in is one thing, keeping him in is another.
Oct 24, 1962
Season 2Episode 750 min
The Thin Girl
A neat operation in car stealing begins to go wrong when the thief tries mixing business with pleasure.
Oct 31, 1962
Season 2Episode 850 min
Johnny Sailor
Johnny attacks a man in a pub - the wrong man. Steele and Lynch have to find him before he finds the right man.
Nov 7, 1962
Season 2Episode 950 min
Person Unknown
Detective Superintendent Miller, aggressive as ever, leads the local Newtown force as they attempt to find a man who has attacked several young girls.
Nov 14, 1962
Season 2Episode 1050 min
Ambush
Dick Davis comes out of Walton jail and immediately plans his first job. But after two years in prison Davis cannot match the quality of his planning with the quality of his new accomplices.
Nov 11, 1962
Season 2Episode 1150 min
Known to the Police
Hilda Simmons reports that her car has been stolen. But she omits to tell the police that the man who took it is her husband. Smith and Weir have the task of rounding up the 'thief' only to find that the charge has been withdrawn. However, Sgt. Watt recognises Simmons of old, and soon tumbles to what is happening.
Nov 28, 1962
Season 2Episode 1250 min
The Navigators
Lynch and Steele are called to a pub fight. Who started it? As Geraghty said: ""Hollis is always starting fights. Too clever for himself this time, though - far too clever"".
Dec 5, 1962
Season 2Episode 1350 min
Business Trip
A London gang move north. They plan a short and profitable visit to Newtown. Smith and Weir spend a busy night trying to cut down their profits and lengthen their stay.
Dec 12, 1962
Season 2Episode 1450 min
Five Whistles
A quantity of drink and five suits are missing. Steele and Lynch spend a long night looking for the drink while the rest of the Newtown police are at the Christmas party.
Dec 19, 1962
Season 2Episode 1550 min
Search
When a child is reported missing on Christmas Day Smith and Weir are first in what becomes a countrywide hunt for him. They search all day and into the night in a desperate attempt to find him.
Dec 26, 1962
Season 2Episode 1650 min
All Up by Seven
Arrest usually pile up at night - except in this case that involves a safe, the Army, a divorce and a potted plant.
Jan 2, 1963
Season 2Episode 1750 min
Trumpet Voluntary
Eddie plays the trumpet badly and on the streets, so his contacts with the police are frequent. This time, however, there is more than music involved.
Jan 9, 1963
Season 2Episode 1850 min
Five and a Match
Export cigarettes are being imported into the Newtown area. Lynch and Steele pick up some fag-ends of information.
Jan 16, 1963
Season 2Episode 1950 min
The Hitch-Hiker
A casual lift as the rain pours down - and for Winnie Parker it means a drive of terror. Her kindness in persuading her husband to pick up a hitch-hiker puts her in danger and gives a long night of anxiety and work for Smith and Weir.
Jan 23, 1963
Season 2Episode 2050 min
A Simple Case
Bob Steele is late for work. And because of this he becomes accidentally involved in a case concerning a petty thief. He is going through the town's shopping centre when a middle-aged woman comes running out of one of the stores, closely pursued by a security guard. She has apparently been shoplifting. But what seems at first sight to be a 'simple case' confronts Steele with the biggest decision of his life. (This was Jeremy Kemp's last appearance as PC Bob Steele.)
Jan 30, 1963
Season 2Episode 2150 min
Act of Vengeance
The act is sudden, brutal and corroding. The problem facing Barlow is what the victim has done to warrant it.
Feb 6, 1963
Season 2Episode 2250 min
The Listeners
Lynch goes out on patrol with PC Dave Graham, the former dog-handler who has been chosen to replace Bob Steele. With Lynch missing the companionship of Steele, the relationship between the new pair is not easy. They quickly run into trouble - with each other and with a pair of thieves with an ear to police business.
Feb 13, 1963
Season 2Episode 2350 min
The Main Chance
Cock-fighting is cruel, bloody and illegal. Its promoters have to work in secret, and so do the police in trying to catch the perpetrators.
Feb 20, 1963
Season 2Episode 2450 min
Follow My Leader
The trail of counterfeit notes begins in a chemist's shop. Following it is more complicated than Lynch and Graham would ever have believed.
Feb 27, 1963
Season 2Episode 2550 min
Members Only
The men want the new club to be peaceful and palatial. John Watt's concern is with the way it is being financed and furnished.
Mar 6, 1963
Season 2Episode 2650 min
Matter of Conviction
A serious crime has to be reported to Headquarters. Barlow's main worry is that the crime may not have been committed at all.
Mar 13, 1963
Season 2Episode 2750 min
The Bad Lad
In an attempt to improve the crime statistics Barlow has Smith and Weir devoting valuable time to the theft of a bicycle lamp and John Watt is set to clear up an affair of lead castings pilfered from a factory. Both seem trivial, but Barlow thinks that they are worth some trouble - and as usual he is proved right in the end.
Mar 20, 1963
Season 2Episode 2850 min
Enquiry
Despite all the anger and resentment they arouse nothing must deflect Inspector Bamber from the most difficult enquiries of his career - into suspicions that Victor Division contains a policeman who is a thief.
Mar 27, 1963
Season 2Episode 2950 min
Pay by Results
Glossop is a name all too familiar to Newtown CID. His record includes larceny, assault, shopbreaking, gaming and assault on police. So when he escapes from prison and is reported to be back in Newtown Barlow makes it his personal business to find him. But knowing Glossop's reputation, the informers are reluctant to talk.
Apr 3, 1963
Season 2Episode 3050 min
The Peterman
A big bump in the night and the hunt for the safebreakers is on. But the safebreakers are hunting too - for the expert.
Apr 10, 1963
Season 2Episode 3150 min
The Birds of the Air
Only when the birds have flown does Z-Victor One get called to the Atlantic Hotel, where a man and woman are wanted for not paying their bill. Barlow has to set snares to catch them.
Apr 17, 1963
Season 2Episode 3250 min
Train of Events
A mailbag robbery in Newtown and Barlow is in his element as the masterly organiser at the centre of operations. He sends Lynch and Graham to set up a road block, chivvies John Watt into scouting for information and reminds Sgt. Blackitt of the golden rule: ""Can't afford to let things stop or get bogged down"".
Apr 24, 1963
Season 2Episode 3350 min
By the Book
""Crimes like this, there's always two, always. I've never known it otherwise"". And DCS Robins is talking about murder.
May 1, 1963
Season 2Episode 3450 min
Nothing Serious
A vicious bunch of thugs and a young couple in love. Lynch and Graham are involved with both while their own working relationship reaches flash point. PC Sweet and the relative newcomer DC Hicks also get caught up in the action.
May 8, 1963
Season 2Episode 3550 min
Alarm Call
The alarm rings and the police dash to the scene. This is the reflex action a clever crook can calculate on - except when PC Jock Weir decides to take charge.
May 15, 1963
Season 2Episode 3650 min
A Try by Weir
It's the night after a big rugby football match. Lynch and Graham get a surprise when they are sent to investigate a spot of trouble at a pub on the Newtown to Seaport road, for there they find Jock Weir. He is having a drink with friends to celebrate playing on the winning side, but with the arrival of Lynch and Graham the evening turns out to be anything but a happy one.
May 22, 1963
Season 2Episode 3750 min
Quiet Confidence
Fancy Smith's devotion to duty takes him, on his night off, to visit a young offender's father, with results that make him bitterly and furiously angry.
May 29, 1963
Season 2Episode 3850 min
Scare
The crew of a merchant ship about to dock at Seaport are looking forward to shore leave. They have money to burn and an itch to burn it in Rosie's Club. When a smallpox scare leads to all leave being stopped, two sailors have other ideas and sneak ashore. Lynch and Graham have to find them to prevent a possible smallpox epidemic.
Jun 5, 1963
Season 2Episode 3950 min
Caught by the Ears
Cattle are identified by marks on their ears. Sgt. Watt and Z-Victor One have to find their own way of identifying the people responsible for a large-scale fraud.
Jun 12, 1963
Season 2Episode 4050 min
Come on the Lads
In soccer mad Newtown tickets for the big match are at a premium. Everyone wants to go, villains and police alike. Con man Johnson has eight tickets to distribute to people who might be useful to him, but mistakenly hands them to Paddy, a fixer who has his own ideas about who to give them to. Lynch and Graham also have tickets and are on their way to the stadium when they come into violent contact with a gang of men in a stolen lorry.
Jun 19, 1963
Season 2Episode 4150 min
The Whizzers
A team of pickpockets and the attempt to track them down leads Jock Weir into serious trouble with the public and with the Chief Constable.
Jun 26, 1963
Season 2Episode 4250 min
Police Work
The Coroner's demand for the presence of a witness sends Smith and Weir to a lonely cottage, to be greeted with a kind of violence even they do not expect.
Jul 3, 1963
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