Main Cast: Stratford Johns, Frank Windsor, James Ellis, Dudley Foster, Brian Blessed
Release Year: 1962
Country: UK
Run Time: 25 minutes
Plot
The incredibly durable cop show Z Cars (pronounced "Zed Cars") was one of the great guilty pleasures of British television -- a program which everyone watched, but no one would admit to watching. Created by Troy Kennedy Martin, the series focused on a "typical" crime-ridden Liverpool police precinct. The cars driven by the law-enforcement officers were all Ford Zephyrs, hence the series' title. Understandably, there was a huge cast turnover during the series' 16 years on the air, with some of the original regulars leaving early on to star in the spin-off show Softly Softly. Debuting in a weekly 25-minute slot in 1962, Z Cars had expanded to 50 minutes weekly by the time its run ended in 1978; 667 episodes were filmed in all -- an astronomical figure by anybody's standards, even American television. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Joseph Brady - PC "Jock" Weir; Terence Edmund - PC Ian Sweet; Jeremy Kemp - PC Bob Steele; Leonard Williams - Sgt. Twentyman; Robert Keegan - Sgt. Blackitt; Colin Welland - PC David Graham; Donald Gee - PC Ray Walker; Bernard Holley - PC Bill Newcombe; George Sewell - DI Brogan; John Slater - DS Tom Stone; John Barrie - DI Sam Hudson; Sebastian Breaks - PC Steve Tate; David Daker - PC Owen Culshaw; Luanshya Greer - WPC Jane Shepherd; Stephen Yardley - PC Alec May; Douglas Fielding - PC/Sgt. Mark Quilley; John Woodvine - DI Alan Witty; Joss Ackland - DI Todd; Ian Cullen - PC/DC Joe Skinner; Paul Angelis - PC Bruce Bannerman; Ron Davies - PC Doug Roach; Derek Waring - DI Goss; Geoffrey Hayes - DC Scatliff; Ray Lonnen - DI Moffat; Nicholas Smith - PC Jeff Yates; Stephanie Turner - WPC Jill Howarth; John Collin - DS Hagger; Sharon Duce - WPC Cameron; Allan O'Keefe - PC Render; David Jackson - DC Braithwaite; Alison Steadman - WPC Bayliss; Brian Grellis - DC Bowker; Joyce Blair
Credit
Ridley Scott - Director, Paul F. Bernard - Director, Julia Smith - Director, Morris Barry - Producer, Alan Janes - Screenwriter, Tony Holland - Screenwriter, Bill Lyons - Screenwriter, Roger Parkes - Screenwriter, John Foster - Screenwriter
