That's how you do the finale to a British TV legend. No histrionics, no tears, no explosions, no deaths of major characters. 16 years, 800+ episodes (plus all the Softly Softly/Barlow spinoffs), and this is how it ends. Stiff upper-lip to the end, the mundanity of a life in the police, a friendly handshake, a quick chat about when you can get your pension, 'safe journey, John', and James Ellis rolling his eyes at the absurdity of it all as the shutter comes down. The only nod to sentiment is the original theme tune. Perfect.
Listening to the original theme song for this show transports me back to the early 1960's as a very young kid, memories of members of my family long past. It's amazing what a song, or a smell or a visual can evoke. Thanks for posting.
Fantastic! 45 years since I have seen that on its first transmission - end of one of my favourite TV shows as a kid! Amazing how much I remembered, but, of course, didn't remember what an amazing cast - packed with future coppers! - because that was all to come for Alun Armstrong, Philip Jackson and Kevin Lloyd, as were greater things for Del Henney and Tom Georgeson, while Colm Meaney was to have the longest voyages of all - to Deep Space 9! I did feel then and still do now that Gavin Richards was at times a bit over the top - getting ready too soon for Allo Allo perhaps! I do remember thinking the idea of a police station being attacked and needing an armoured shield was very far-fetched - I think it took just 6 years for it to happen, and Gavin Richard's speech predicted the circumstances with some accuracy, because let's not forget what a great writer Troy Kennedy Martin was.
Havent seen this in 40 years thanks for the upload. The BBC cancelled quite a few dramas in the couple of years before Z Cars finished including ironically the spin off Softly Softly and iit was quite surprising it lasted until September 1978 given the fact it probably should have finished 2 maybe three years earlier. Was a lovely touch to bring some original characters back for the finale albeit some of them playing different characters. the final shot could ONLY have been of James Ellis
Nice of them to bring back the original theme for the final episode/series as a tribute. During it's 1970s run there had been variations of it though the original was always by far the best & as said it's return was welcome.
I remember watching this show on Saturday evening's with my parents way back in the 1970s , Back in those days the BBC was still worth watching and Saturday night telly was worth the licence fee on it's own today it's not worth a toss ,
Last time I saw this was on the original I remembered quite a bit, the lad in the car on the radio, the shutter, and Dad smiling at four familiar faces from the past… Happy days.
My only trip from the US to England was this time period, and though I was a youth, I could sense the economic and social difficulties. Still loved the sights, the land, and the folks I met.
Brian Blessed played the bearded man who walked into the police station then left at the start of the episode. He is listed as Man in Public in the credits. Brian Blessed was a fine actor. In 1976 he played Augustus Caesar in the BBC series " I, CLAVDIVS ". I suppose he just wanted to be in this last episode of this series.
An intesting mixture of 16mm film and OB in the exterior scenes, which were often utilized in the later series of Z Cars. Film was used for action segments which were too difficut to shoot with the OB equipment at the time, or on the odd occasion when OB equipment was unavailable.
Something struck me in the opening scenes: even though the duty sergeant was rather put upon, at least he only had the noise of the teletypewriter and the telephone bell droning on - _real_ sounds...gentle sounds. My whole lifetime ago, this.
Are you talking about the original scripted ending of _Edge of Darkness,_ which would have been a more *_bonkers_* ending? Troy Kennedy-Martin, the original creator of _Z Cars,_ was the writer of not just _Edge of Darkness,_ but also, _The Italian Job,_ and _Reilly, Ace of Spies._ Still, would the "turning into a tree" ending of _Edge of Darkness,_ have been too shocking, too baffling, or even too incomprehensible for audiences and critics? After all, Bob Peck was outraged about that ending.
Sometimes the last ever episode of a show being an anti-climax is a good idea as you are left with things being entirely uninteresting which is better than ending on a drama the outcome of which will never be revolved.
This last episode of the long running series about the police force in a fictional town called,,new town was not aired on September, it was aired in Scotland on the 14th of June when I was giving my oath,as a very young police cadet/constable in Pitt street police department, head quarters, and another fact that the program was not seen by most of the United Kingdom and beyond,,,and most people missed the final episode of Z CARS POLICE SERIES, it,whent out on the Tuesday evening in Scotland, and because it was loved by serving police, and the ordinary people in the street, Joe public, so they after public demand, the BBC,,,,HAD TO, REPEAT THE SAME EPISODE AGAIN THE VERY NEXT EVENING, SO THAT IS HOW POPULAR THE PROGRAMME WAS, THE VERY, VERY BEST POLICE SERIES IN THE BBC'S TELEVISION HISTORY, AND NEVER GOES OUT OF DATE YET THE BBC CANNOT EVEN PUT A FEW OF THE BEST EPISODES ON DURING THIS BIRTHDAY, OF THE BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE IT ON THE BBC'S WEBSITE, THAT IS A CRIME ON ITS OWN,,EXCELLENT POLICE SERIES WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. GARRISON SERGEANT MAJOR MCINALLY
I remember watching this episode back in 1978 - it's good to see it again after so long. Definitely had fallen behind The Sweeney and the American imports that existed at the time. This show was a bit too tame in comparison and had ran it's course.
The good British bobby. Times before the optional solicitors were introduced. Times when cops beat a confession out of you even though you were innocent.
Why on earth was this episode not released on DVD.I watched Z Cars for many years and wanted to be a policeman because of it.I saw this episode at the time and was heartbroken as I listened to the familiar theme tune and said a sad farewell to Z Cars police drama at its finest Walter Homma Co Durham.
Pressure, Season 13, Episode 13 aired 20 September 1978. Alun Armstrong as Det. Supt. Boley; Brian Blessed, Member of Public; Joseph Brady, Scotsman; Chris Darwin as Charlie; James Ellis as Insp. Bert Lynch; Douglas Fielding as Sgt. Quilley; Tom Georgeson as Jim; John Gordon as Terry; Michael Gordon as Danny; Christine Hargreaves as Maggie; Tony Haygarth as Ferris; Del Henney as Big John; Philip Jackson as Red William; Jeremy Kemp, Vagrant; Kevin Lloyd as Tank Top; Colm Meaney as McGlin; Julie North, Girl at Hostel; Allan O'Keefe as PC Render; John Phillips as Chief Constable Robins; Robert Putt, Bus Driver; Gavin Richards as Major Philpot; Neville Smith as Maguire; Paul Stewart as Sgt. Chubb; Colin Welland, Angry Northerner; Frank Windsor as Det. Chief Supt. John Watt.
I only managed to get this episode with timecode at the top of the screen. However it does have the VT Clock at the beginning showing the recording number has /ED/ED a double ED suffix after so at one point there was two early edits of the final episode. I have often wondered if they still exist, however I suspect that they were wiped and this transmission version is the only one that survived.
Unless you had reached the age of self responsibility at the time when you alledge the offence/incident occured. Unless that, your mother can send you to bed at 14:00hrs in the afternoon and still be legal. Z Cars was on early evenings circa 19:00hrs. After the Six O'Clock News. After the News there was usually some local News then programs such as Z Cars.
@@MikeGreenwood51 Nooo! Really? I might collect my mother's ashes and give her a hard time. I heard the theme song through the doors and thought it must be wonderful.
@@elinannestad5320 Well I guess I was a little older than you as I was allowed to stay up till 20:00hrs unless there was something especially good on. But in the great parental dictatorship it was Herr dictator who dictated what was good or appropriate viewing. From my point of view exerything starting about 20:00hrs seemed interesting but 99.9% of the time it was always bed time. The USA had to land on the moon for the bed time to be temporarily altered. The one case of viewing I really did want to watch as it seemed fasinating -I was told it was too intellectual and therefore not suitable (The Prisoner series with Patrick McGoonan). But it's all just a matter of time and as Shakspere once wrote, Alls Well That Ends Well' and so for most of use we grew older and later on were allowed to watch even the late night films up to the final whilte dot and reference tone at shut down. It's past midnight here and I am able to watch any film of my choosing. Have a great time viewing your favourites.
Colin Welland didn't appear in Z-Cars until Season 2. His character, PC Graham, was the replacement in Z Victor 2 for Jeremy Kemp's character PC Steele.
I remember this last episode was considerably criticised at the time, for the weak storyline and the pointless cameos which they did nothing with. Stratford Johns flatly refused to do it. He was appearing on stage in 'Annie' at the time, as Daddy Warbucks, and had his head shaved for the part.
The final episode was weak agreed but thought the final shot of the shutter coming down was quite poignant given the history of the show....maybe after the previous series ended the cast and crew were told there was to be one more..,. Hence it was given a decent send off.. many series just don't return
it would have been better if brian blessed, colin welland, jeremy kemp, joseph brady, had come back from cameos as the original characters in the series not different roles. geoffrey whitehead had the unique distinctinon of playing two different characters in both incarnations one of the characters he played desrved him a cameo also and some of the actors who played characters in the second incarnation of z cars. brideing the gap between both eras of the show ron craddock and david e. rose were better producers than roderick graham who i believed to blame for the downfall of z cars because he did too many storylines about firearms and guns being used. or storylines where they were used in the episodes. the regular characters were more in thebackground to the guest characters no balance like before maybe it's me. and what thisproducer lost sight of was viewers do tune in to see the regular characters. the guest characters do found the basis of the storylines in the show. but not to be central stage put it another way you don't have an episode of causuality where charlie make a 5 minute cameo? there were some good episodes in the final series a woman's place z cars could have been ahead of the game by having the first female police officer in male dominated police series steeleye span arrangement of thetheme tune was pants and the final series went back to something that resembled the original arrangement in the 60s. high rise flats in the 60s that were built caused problems years later. startford johns took the character of barlow as far as he could in z cars and softly softly maybe decided not to turn back the clock not even for the one story.
@@anachronisticanarchist6787 Great to hear! Really enjoyed watching Pressure, been on the look out for that one for ages. Would you be able to upload any more episodes of Z Cars at all?
WHAT HAPPENS IFTHE REPORT FALLS INTO THE WRONG HANDS? WHATA MISTAKEA TO MAKEA !!!!!!! THEN HE GOES HOME WITH HIS WIFE TO FIND THERES A GAS LEAK IN THEIR HOUSE I,LL PHONE BRITISH GAS!
the actors include guest stars alun armstrong later of new tricks kelvin lloyd tosh lines in the bill. and colm melaney in star trek ds9 and flims like under siege and the snapper and a stabbing is less than impressive for the finale. too graphic the script editor was graham williams who took over from phillip hinchcliffe as producer in dr who which was criticitsed for violence so it is ironic that even those williams brought more comedy to dr who under baker tenure the same cant be said for his slint as script editor on z cars.
I've always loved English shows better than American! 🤷♀️ I apologize if sounds racist, but I'm an an American myself, jus always loved their shows an cartoons better than ours!🤷♀️🥳🤗❤😊
Incisive writing/storytelling, editing, acting and characterisation of britain in the 70s. Like Mulberry, Bergerac, The Owl Service, Children of the Stones, The Prisoner, Pennies from Heaven... the basic art of theatrical/novel techniques for a transient medium like TV seems to have been lost now and replaced with ultraviolence and ai-cgi and formulaic structures. It's the connecting of threads - like Seinfeld - in a short, tight story style - that seems to have been lost.
That's how you do the finale to a British TV legend. No histrionics, no tears, no explosions, no deaths of major characters. 16 years, 800+ episodes (plus all the Softly Softly/Barlow spinoffs), and this is how it ends. Stiff upper-lip to the end, the mundanity of a life in the police, a friendly handshake, a quick chat about when you can get your pension, 'safe journey, John', and James Ellis rolling his eyes at the absurdity of it all as the shutter comes down. The only nod to sentiment is the original theme tune. Perfect.
Listening to the original theme song for this show transports me back to the early 1960's as a very young kid, memories of members of my family long past. It's amazing what a song, or a smell or a visual can evoke. Thanks for posting.
Yep for sure, even each pop song of the sixties brings back a time and place . Magic .
I just started watching these and have been enjoying them. I'm really glad that this wasn't the first episode I watched. I might have bailed.
Fantastic! 45 years since I have seen that on its first transmission - end of one of my favourite TV shows as a kid! Amazing how much I remembered, but, of course, didn't remember what an amazing cast - packed with future coppers! - because that was all to come for Alun Armstrong, Philip Jackson and Kevin Lloyd, as were greater things for Del Henney and Tom Georgeson, while Colm Meaney was to have the longest voyages of all - to Deep Space 9! I did feel then and still do now that Gavin Richards was at times a bit over the top - getting ready too soon for Allo Allo perhaps!
I do remember thinking the idea of a police station being attacked and needing an armoured shield was very far-fetched - I think it took just 6 years for it to happen, and Gavin Richard's speech predicted the circumstances with some accuracy, because let's not forget what a great writer Troy Kennedy Martin was.
First 10 minutes a British parade of TV stars..incredible list.
Haygarth, Ellis, Blessed, Armstrong, Windsor, Richards and Welland.in that first 10.
Now it's LBGTXYZ Cars
Are they cops or they identify as cops?
Havent seen this in 40 years thanks for the upload. The BBC cancelled quite a few dramas in the couple of years before Z Cars finished including ironically the spin off Softly Softly and iit was quite surprising it lasted until September 1978 given the fact it probably should have finished 2 maybe three years earlier. Was a lovely touch to bring some original characters back for the finale albeit some of them playing different characters. the final shot could ONLY have been of James Ellis
Back before coppers arrested people for wearing a poppy and a union jack flag 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Nice of them to bring back the original theme for the final episode/series as a tribute. During it's 1970s run there had been variations of it though the original was always by far the best & as said it's return was welcome.
I remember watching this when I was seven. Had no idea it started in the 1960s
Brian Blessed in a strange character role as usual!
I was 9 probably that kids age.
The Usterman replies " this ain't Noraniron" when beefing up the station.
It should be appreciated that this is a self-lampooning episode, not intended to be taken too seriously.
Thank you for posting this series
I remember watching this final episode on a Saturday night way back in 1978.
You know, I only found this because I was looking for the youngest image of Colm Meaney and this is one of his first acting credits
I remember watching this show on Saturday evening's with my parents way back in the 1970s , Back in those days the BBC was still worth watching and Saturday night telly was worth the licence fee on it's own today it's not worth a toss ,
Wasn't it broadcast during the week? Didn't Blake's 7 take over its time slot, 7pm Mondays?
Last time I saw this was on the original I remembered quite a bit, the lad in the car on the radio, the shutter, and Dad smiling at four familiar faces from the past… Happy days.
Brilliant writing which captures the general malaise in Britain at the time - and a superb finale.
Troy Kennedy Martin is the brother of Ian who wrote The Sweeney. Troy also scripted some episodes. Both born in Rothesay 🏴
My only trip from the US to England was this time period, and though I was a youth, I could sense the economic and social difficulties. Still loved the sights, the land, and the folks I met.
Brian Blessed played the bearded man who walked into the police station then left at the
start of the episode. He is listed as Man in Public in the credits.
Brian Blessed was a fine actor. In 1976 he played Augustus Caesar in the BBC series
" I, CLAVDIVS ".
I suppose he just wanted to be in this last episode of this series.
wow , all those familiar faces . thanks so much .
An intesting mixture of 16mm film and OB in the exterior scenes, which were often utilized in the later series of Z Cars. Film was used for action segments which were too difficut to shoot with the OB equipment at the time, or on the odd occasion when OB equipment was unavailable.
Zzzzzzzzzzzz....Cars.
Frank Windsor (born July 1928) and Brian Blessed (born October 1936) are the only surviving leading cast members of the original series.
Frank Windsor's character was loosely based on Joe Mounsey, the bloke who brought Hindley and Brady to book
Just Brian now.
Sadly Frank passed away 30/9/20. Brian is still going strong.
Fast forward to twenty five minutes for the unmistakable sound of the Austin maxi.
would love to see more z cars have only found 4 on you tube Thanks for this one
Type in: British TV drama series 1960's. This will lead you to quite a few.
Brilliant in so many aspects.
25:23 That good old British Leyland hydrolastic suspension doing its job there.
another prediction come true shutter are used on shop fronts not all but some of them in the high street
Thank you 😊
Something struck me in the opening scenes: even though the duty sergeant was rather put upon, at least he only had the noise of the teletypewriter and the telephone bell droning on - _real_ sounds...gentle sounds. My whole lifetime ago, this.
@Jack Hargreaves Probably the algorithm...YT has a nasty habit of burying stuff.
Now there's a symbolic ending. All it needed was Frank Windsor turning into a tree.
Are you talking about the original scripted ending of _Edge of Darkness,_ which would have been a more *_bonkers_* ending?
Troy Kennedy-Martin, the original creator of _Z Cars,_ was the writer of not just _Edge of Darkness,_ but also, _The Italian Job,_ and _Reilly, Ace of Spies._
Still, would the "turning into a tree" ending of _Edge of Darkness,_ have been too shocking, too baffling, or even too incomprehensible for audiences and critics? After all, Bob Peck was outraged about that ending.
Special Branch
Love the optics of that final scene, a steel door coming down between the police and their community, and the the final curtain on the show
Bert Lynch isn't much of a copper. He didn't recognise any of the people that he had worked with for years.
Yes..I thought that they were playing their characters from the early days at first on scrolling through this episode!
Sometimes the last ever episode of a show being an anti-climax is a good idea as you are left with things being entirely uninteresting which is better than ending on a drama the outcome of which will never be revolved.
Brian Blessed looks like he's in pain from holding his voice down.
A shame the great Chief Superintendent Barlow wasn't in it....but I understand Stratford Johns was starring in the musical "Annie" at the time.
Lynch driving round in an Austin Maxi...after Brexit, disaster cars like that could make a come back in UK!
We call this Zee Automobiles in the USA.🤣🤣🤣
Always been a big police fan, Z cars probably initiated that, like the early sixties black and white shows, with fancy Smith
This last episode of the long running series about the police force in a fictional town called,,new town was not aired on September, it was aired in Scotland on the 14th of June when I was giving my oath,as a very young police cadet/constable in Pitt street police department, head quarters, and another fact that the program was not seen by most of the United Kingdom and beyond,,,and most people missed the final episode of Z CARS POLICE SERIES, it,whent out on the Tuesday evening in Scotland, and because it was loved by serving police, and the ordinary people in the street, Joe public, so they after public demand, the BBC,,,,HAD TO, REPEAT THE SAME EPISODE AGAIN THE VERY NEXT EVENING, SO THAT IS HOW POPULAR THE PROGRAMME WAS, THE VERY, VERY BEST POLICE SERIES IN THE BBC'S TELEVISION HISTORY, AND NEVER GOES OUT OF DATE YET THE BBC CANNOT EVEN PUT A FEW OF THE BEST EPISODES ON DURING THIS BIRTHDAY, OF THE BRITISH BROADCASTING COMPANY, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE IT ON THE BBC'S WEBSITE, THAT IS A CRIME ON ITS OWN,,EXCELLENT POLICE SERIES WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
GARRISON SERGEANT MAJOR MCINALLY
The B.B.C. is called the British Broadcasting Corporation ... not "Company"
This one was the best :)
One could argue the only time the BBC put the shutters down on a series and filmed it
Good line
Proper coppers, not like the excuses we have now...............................!
Proper actors!
Coppers in the pub having a pint. Brilliant.
Yes without doubt The Sweeney was the best 70's cop show!
The Professionals was the best late 70's early 80's cop show
@@Dixnowy we disagree, but the best wishes to you! 😊
I remember watching this episode back in 1978 - it's good to see it again after so long. Definitely had fallen behind The Sweeney and the American imports that existed at the time. This show was a bit too tame in comparison and had ran it's course.
My God it's in color.
I’m going to bring back Z Cars soon!
2:37 Is it me or is Brian Blessed really trying hard not to laugh when he meets James Ellis?!
The union jack is not necessary here, apart from that, the flag is upside down. Philistine
Why not
Colm Meaney?! Wow.
Yeah, that was something to see. Took me a while. Not sure if it was the hair or the length of the face that finally put me onto that.
The good British bobby. Times before the optional solicitors were introduced. Times when cops beat a confession out of you even though you were innocent.
In more recent years, it has led to quashed convictions due to miscarriages of justice ⚖️
Not just beaten confessions but tampered with evidence
The Garda were worse.
Especially if you were an innocent Irishman!!
Why on earth was this episode not released on DVD.I watched Z Cars for many years and wanted to be a policeman because of it.I saw this episode at the time and was heartbroken as I listened to the familiar theme tune and said a sad farewell to Z Cars police drama at its finest Walter Homma Co Durham.
Funny enough I never saw an episode of this until now
Tony Haygarth Rip had few drinks with him in Sandon Anfield were he was born me brother in laws mate
Pressure, Season 13, Episode 13 aired 20 September 1978. Alun Armstrong as Det. Supt. Boley; Brian Blessed, Member of Public; Joseph Brady, Scotsman; Chris Darwin as Charlie; James Ellis as Insp. Bert Lynch; Douglas Fielding as Sgt. Quilley; Tom Georgeson as Jim; John Gordon as Terry; Michael Gordon as Danny; Christine Hargreaves as Maggie; Tony Haygarth as Ferris; Del Henney as Big John; Philip Jackson as Red William; Jeremy Kemp, Vagrant; Kevin Lloyd as Tank Top; Colm Meaney as McGlin; Julie North, Girl at Hostel; Allan O'Keefe as PC Render; John Phillips as Chief Constable Robins; Robert Putt, Bus Driver; Gavin Richards as Major Philpot; Neville Smith as Maguire; Paul Stewart as Sgt. Chubb; Colin Welland, Angry Northerner; Frank Windsor as Det. Chief Supt. John Watt.
Why did Bert Lynch not recognise Fancy Smith - lol!
He'd never seen him in civvies, same for Jock Weir and Bob Steele. Actually now I think of it that's not true, must have been the beard.
My mother thought it was stupid how previous cast members turned up just to say they could smell gas.
Irony
Hello little boy, I’m a social worker, now you’re in real danger.
I only managed to get this episode with timecode at the top of the screen. However it does have the VT Clock at the beginning showing the recording number has /ED/ED a double ED suffix after so at one point there was two early edits of the final episode. I have often wondered if they still exist, however I suspect that they were wiped and this transmission version is the only one that survived.
20th September 1978
I wish I had been born in 1962 instead of 1969
Anytime in the 1940's for me.
Not fussy : D
Hi I heard that Paul usher was in z cars does anyone know what episodes he's in
Dear Mr AA What time was ZCars on at 1974-75? I was sent to bed at the theme tune and I'm looking to sue my poor mum.
Unless you had reached the age of self responsibility at the time when you alledge the offence/incident occured. Unless that, your mother can send you to bed at 14:00hrs in the afternoon and still be legal. Z Cars was on early evenings circa 19:00hrs. After the Six O'Clock News. After the News there was usually some local News then programs such as Z Cars.
I always associate this music with bedtime too
@@MikeGreenwood51 Nooo! Really? I might collect my mother's ashes and give her a hard time. I heard the theme song through the doors and thought it must be wonderful.
@@elinannestad5320
Well I guess I was a little older than you as I was allowed to stay up till 20:00hrs unless there was something especially good on. But in the great parental dictatorship it was Herr dictator who dictated what was good or appropriate viewing. From my point of view exerything starting about 20:00hrs seemed interesting but 99.9% of the time it was always bed time. The USA had to land on the moon for the bed time to be temporarily altered. The one case of viewing I really did want to watch as it seemed fasinating -I was told it was too intellectual and therefore not suitable (The Prisoner series with Patrick McGoonan). But it's all just a matter of time and as Shakspere once wrote, Alls Well That Ends Well' and so for most of use we grew older and later on were allowed to watch even the late night films up to the final whilte dot and reference tone at shut down. It's past midnight here and I am able to watch any film of my choosing. Have a great time viewing your favourites.
@MikeGreenwood51 Tom and Jerry used to be on just before 7pm as well.
lol every single person who reports the gas leak is a cameo by the cast of the first episode. They're the original z cars team.
Colin Welland didn't appear in Z-Cars until Season 2. His character, PC Graham, was the replacement in Z Victor 2 for Jeremy Kemp's character PC Steele.
OK every person who played a cameo was in the original Z cars 62/5 How's that?
Jasus, was that Colm Meaney about 45 mins in?
"Well. what do you think of it?"
"It's Colditz!"
I remember this last episode was considerably criticised at the time, for the weak storyline and the pointless cameos which they did nothing with.
Stratford Johns flatly refused to do it. He was appearing on stage in 'Annie' at the time, as Daddy Warbucks, and had his head shaved for the part.
I remember that too, and people saying how silly the final shot was.
The final episode was weak agreed but thought the final shot of the shutter coming down was quite poignant given the history of the show....maybe after the previous series ended the cast and crew were told there was to be one more..,. Hence it was given a decent send off.. many series just don't return
Pity the flag's upside down...
Gordon's Alive?
the working class poet.....OI OI forever !
A stellar cast in this one for sure, but it crawls along like a hearse with a puncture.
It was more of a comedy to allow former cast members to make cameo appearances.
WHEN MAJOR TRY TO PUT SHUTTER DOWN AND IT DIDN'T WORK DID HE SAY WATTA MISTAKEA TO MAKEA OR SHOUT NO LIKE IN THE GAS LEAK AD
Tom George's on talking on the police radio to the kid?
it would have been better if brian blessed, colin welland, jeremy kemp, joseph brady, had come back from cameos as the original characters in the series not different roles. geoffrey whitehead had the unique distinctinon of playing two different characters in both incarnations one of the characters he played desrved him a cameo also and some of the actors who played characters in the second incarnation of z cars. brideing the gap between both eras of the show ron craddock and david e. rose were better producers than roderick graham who i believed to blame for the downfall of z cars because he did too many storylines about firearms and guns being used. or storylines where they were used in the episodes. the regular characters were more in thebackground to the guest characters no balance like before maybe it's me. and what thisproducer lost sight of was viewers do tune in to see the regular characters. the guest characters do found the basis of the storylines in the show. but not to be central stage put it another way you don't have an episode of causuality where charlie make a 5 minute cameo? there were some good episodes in the final series a woman's place z cars could have been ahead of the game by having the first female police officer in male dominated police series steeleye span arrangement of thetheme tune was pants and the final series went back to something that resembled the original arrangement in the 60s. high rise flats in the 60s that were built caused problems years later. startford johns took the character of barlow as far as he could in z cars and softly softly maybe decided not to turn back the clock not even for the one story.
Lynch driving a Austin maxi well if it’s good enough for Dixon of dock green
is that an Austin allagro
Craig cash singing at begining 😂
S12E13 20 September 1978 Pressure
Since when was Z cars set in Liverpool???
Was based in "Kirkby"
Do you have any more episodes of Z Cars at all?
I have approx 150 episodes from the 60's & 70's.
@@anachronisticanarchist6787 Great to hear! Really enjoyed watching Pressure, been on the look out for that one for ages. Would you be able to upload any more episodes of Z Cars at all?
@@ThePatrickStratford Glad you enjoyed it.I will upload a few more examples from the 60's & 70's in the coming months.
@@anachronisticanarchist6787 Thank you. Looking forward to seeing whatever you upload next! :)
Dear Mr AA Please tell me what time Z Cars was on 1974-75? I was sent to bed at the theme tune and I'm looking to sue my mum.
So what does the term , " Z Car ", mean in GB?
It was a sort of call sign .The use of Ford Zephyr and Zodiac cars was a coincidence.
Hill Street Blues with an English accent.
WHAT HAPPENS IFTHE REPORT FALLS INTO THE WRONG HANDS? WHATA MISTAKEA TO MAKEA !!!!!!! THEN HE GOES HOME WITH HIS WIFE TO FIND THERES A GAS LEAK IN THEIR HOUSE I,LL PHONE BRITISH GAS!
it's me Twat hat ha ha
the actors include guest stars alun armstrong later of new tricks kelvin lloyd tosh lines in the bill. and colm melaney in star trek ds9 and flims like under siege and the snapper and a stabbing is less than impressive for the finale. too graphic the script editor was graham williams who took over from phillip hinchcliffe as producer in dr who which was criticitsed for violence so it is ironic that even those williams brought more comedy to dr who under baker tenure the same cant be said for his slint as script editor on z cars.
GORDONS ALIVE!!!
I've always loved English shows better than American! 🤷♀️ I apologize if sounds racist, but I'm an an American myself, jus always loved their shows an cartoons better than ours!🤷♀️🥳🤗❤😊
it's not racist. they just know how to use the language better since they invented it!
He's the Rap master
Is it really necessary to have such an intrusive and large logo on the screen. Completely unnecessary and really annoying.
It reminds me I'm not from there.
11:09 Jock Weir in a blond wig! 😄
Herbert Lynch haha!
Incisive writing/storytelling, editing, acting and characterisation of britain in the 70s. Like Mulberry, Bergerac, The Owl Service, Children of the Stones, The Prisoner, Pennies from Heaven... the basic art of theatrical/novel techniques for a transient medium like TV seems to have been lost now and replaced with ultraviolence and ai-cgi and formulaic structures. It's the connecting of threads - like Seinfeld - in a short, tight story style - that seems to have been lost.
36:53 P.C. Steele's rather come down in the world.
This tired old , once excellent programme was, on the evidence of this, long due to be put out of it's misery.
The cop cars back then. They have changed a bit.
Alan Partridge is very good.
EFC
Your flag is upside down.
This is like an excuse to do one long cigarette commercial on TV back in the day.
This was not a good episode it was a very weak storyline not up the great episodes we were used too
reading the comments it seems this program put everyone in a bad mood. I couldn't follow it. several story lines and not tied together. just a jumble.
Strange disjointed episode………
What on Earth is this rubbish?
It was good,