Episodes
- 1
1. Bits An' Bats
9 Sept 1974 · 50 min
There's a new Cash'n'Carry being built in Newtown and some odd characters work on it. One of them is on the fiddle - bits and bats to begin with.
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2. Old Bones
16 Sept 1974 · 50 min
Lynch deals with a skeleton on the moors and Skinner with several in various cupboards.
- 3
3. Mysteries
30 Sept 1974 · 50 min
Ossie Davies is a security guard. He's a pushover. You just knock off his specs, threaten him a bit and help yourself. But Miller reckons there's more to Ossie than that.
- 4
4. Night Train
7 Oct 1974 · 50 min
Lynch, Quilley and Braithwaite take a night train to Manchester in search of a murder suspect.
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5. Friends
14 Oct 1974 · 50 min
Quilley is a good copper, but as an amateur footballer he has his limitations. Jesse Alty is a good footballer but has ambitions to be a better car thief. He and Quilley play for the same team and Gordon Glossop is a friend of both of them.
- 6
6. Gardens
28 Oct 1974 · 50 min
A quiet Sunday - and the dead body of a man, smartly dressed, slumped in an allotment shed.
- 7
7. Quiet As The Grave
4 Nov 1974 · 50 min
Sunday night duty is traditionally quiet, but on this occasion it's too quiet for Miller's comfort.
- 8
8. Pursuit
11 Nov 1974 · 50 min
A call reporting an early morning break-in is quickly answered and Render is only minutes behind the intruder.
- 9
9. Have You Seen This Child
18 Nov 1974 · 50 min
Colin Williams haunts Inspector Lynch, and Sergeant Moffatt haunts a thief called Mulligan.
- 10
10. Occupation
25 Nov 1974 · 50 min
A factory work-in is on its last legs with the police outside the gates, keeping the peace but waiting for someone to break it.
- 11
11. Unnecessary Force
2 Dec 1974 · 50 min
How did a man like Derek Murphy get beaten up by his best friend, a man half his size? A puzzle for Miller, Yates and Skinner.
- 12
12. The Bouncer
9 Dec 1974 · 50 min
Eddy Howarth is the over-enthusiastic bouncer at the local dance hall, but his devotion to duty and jealousy over a woman land him in trouble, and he finds himself facing a serious charge.
- 13
13. House To House
16 Dec 1974 · 50 min
A full-scale house to house enquiry fails to produce a witness until a mysterious night prowler and two criminals lay their own freedom on the line.
- 14
14. Boy In Blue
6 Jan 1975 · 50 min
The men at Newtown question their own stability when the past catches up with a lady called Gwen Newcombe.
- 15
15. Local Knowledge
13 Jan 1975 · 50 min
Lynch receives a tip-off from a friend and finds himself in the middle of a delicate enquiry with his loyalties divided.
- 16
16. Innocent And Vulnerable
20 Jan 1975 · 50 min
Tempers fray among men constructing a block of flats, but for one family who actually live in a high-rise, nerves reach breaking point and an everyday flare-up develops into a police enquiry.
- 17
17. Intervention
27 Jan 1975 · 50 min
Just two miles from Newtown centre lies open country and another world where people settle their grievances in a different way.
- 18
18. Tonight And Every Night
3 Feb 1975 · 50 min
- 19
19. Transit
10 Feb 1975 · 50 min
When a lock-keeper complains of strange noises coming from a disused warehouse, a routine enquiry turns into a macabre situation.
- 20
20. Snouts
17 Feb 1975 · 50 min
Jack Melish is walking down a deserted street near the docks to keep a secret appointment with Inspector Lynch. Suddenly a car pulls up alongside him and he is bundled into the back seat. The car races off...
- 21
21. Squatters
24 Feb 1975 · 50 min
- 22
22. Eviction
3 Mar 1975 · 50 min
Continuation of the previous episode 'Squatters'. With Quilley in hospital, Lynch's attitude to the squatters hardens.
- 23
23. Incitement
10 Mar 1975 · 50 min
Why should a woman want to betray her husband to the police - even before he has committed the crime?
- 24
24. Thanks But...No Thanks
17 Mar 1975 · 50 min
Alec Quilley is up for promotion. He has an excellent service record, but how close an examination will his private life bear?
- 25
25. Kronur
24 Mar 1975 · 50 min
A fool and his money are soon parted - all the sooner if you don't know how much the money is worth.
- 26
26. Scapegoat
7 Apr 1975 · 50 min
As an act of kindness Bert Lynch gives a deadbeat tramp a cell for the night - and finds himself up to his neck in trouble.
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27. Bit Of Business
14 Apr 1975 · 50 min
A casual enquiry about car thieves leads Skinner to suspect that someone is taking him for a ride.
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28. Distance
21 Apr 1975 · 50 min
Joe Skinner fancies a bird. She seems to fancy him. So why is he investigating her background?
- 29
29. Ritual
28 Apr 1975 · 50 min
Continuation of the previous episode 'Distance'. Skinner has been shot dead and the Murder Squad have taken over the case. So why is Haggar meeting a mate halfway down the M6?
- 30
30. Legacy
5 May 1975 · 50 min
Continuation of the two previous episodes 'Distance' and 'Ritual'. The hunt for Skinner's murderer has moved away from Newtown. So why is a London detective on his way there, in secret?
- 31
31. A New Broom
12 May 1975 · 50 min
The new CID Inspector is an old mate of Cecil Haggar's... isn't he?
Z-Cars Series 9: quick answers
How many episodes are in Z-Cars Series 9?
Series 9 of Z-Cars has 31 episodes, about 26 hours in total.
When did Z-Cars Series 9 come out?
Series 9 premiered on 9 Sept 1974.