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Z Cars

Season 1 Episode 15: The Best Days

Lynch and Steele have their hands full when a gang of boys break into a school and smash up the headmaster's study. But the hooliganism doesn't stop there. When they are disturbed by the caretaker the oldest member of the gang attacks him and leaves him seriously injured.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Four of a Kind

1. Four of a Kind

Aired: Jan 1, 1962

The killing of a policeman leads to the creation of a Crime Patrol in the bur...

Episode 2 Limping Rabbit

2. Limping Rabbit

Aired: Jan 8, 1962

A girl disappears, and PCs Bob Steele and Herbert Lynch are faced by a conspi...

Episode 3 Handle with Care

3. Handle with Care

Aired: Jan 15, 1962

The two PCs expect a dreary night until they come across a van abandoned in a...

Episode 4 Stab in the Dark

4. Stab in the Dark

Aired: Jan 22, 1962

A wounding case brings top brass into Victor Division to investigate, and Bob...

Episode 5 Big Catch

5. Big Catch

Aired: Jan 29, 1962

When Norwegian whalers hit Seaport after a good season, Fancy Smith and Jock ...

Episode 6 Friday Night

6. Friday Night

Aired: Feb 5, 1962

A hectic Friday night in Newtown leads to the squad responding to everything ...

Episode 7 Suspended

7. Suspended

Aired: Feb 12, 1962

After responding to a burglary, Jock & Fancy are accused by the homeowner of ...

Episode 8 Family Feud

8. Family Feud

Aired: Feb 19, 1962

Two feuding families go to war, causing Lynch & Steele to end up on the front...

Episode 9 Fire!

9. Fire!

Aired: Feb 26, 1962

When a barn is burnt in the country, PCs Smith & Weir investigate, looking fo...

Episode 10 Threats and Menaces

10. Threats and Menaces

Aired: Mar 5, 1962

Even police can have unruly neighbors to deal with. Bob & Janey Steele find t...

Episode 11 Jail Break

11. Jail Break

Aired: Mar 12, 1962

What is a mysterious stranger from Soho doing in Victor Division? John Watt ...

Episode 12 What Kind of Hero?

12. What Kind of Hero?

Aired: Mar 19, 1962

When a man is trapped by an overturned tanker, Lynch & Steele face the emerge...

Episode 13 Sudden Death

13. Sudden Death

Aired: Mar 26, 1962

When a case of murder is reported Lynch and Steele are the first policemen on...

Episode 14 Found Abandoned

14. Found Abandoned

Aired: Apr 2, 1962

PC Fancy Smith is determined to unravel the mystery behind an abandoned baby ...

Episode 15 The Best Days

15. The Best Days

Aired: Apr 9, 1962

Lynch and Steele have their hands full when a gang of boys break into a schoo...

Episode 16 Invisible Enemy

16. Invisible Enemy

Aired: Apr 16, 1962

After a flat in a tower block is burgled, PCs Smith & Weir investigate. Belie...

Episode 17 Down and Out

17. Down and Out

Aired: Apr 23, 1962

The paths of Steele & Lynch, a hallucinating alcoholic, & a pair of thieves c...

Episode 18 Further Enquiries

18. Further Enquiries

Aired: May 1, 1962

PC Weir makes a routine traffic stop, which sets in motion an unusual series ...

Episode 19 Winner Take All

19. Winner Take All

Aired: May 8, 1962

A race-track tout forgets to pay his alimony, & PCs Steele & Lynch discover a...

Episode 20 People's Property

20. People's Property

Aired: May 15, 1962

Two small boys are caught trying to break into a warehouse at night.They are ...

Episode 21 Hi-Jack!

21. Hi-Jack!

Aired: May 22, 1962

At Pete's Caff Steele and Lynch report ""off watch for refreshments"". While...

Episode 22 Incident Reported

22. Incident Reported

Aired: May 29, 1962

Fancy Smith first meets Stan Carron in the Tabernacle pub where Carron is cau...

Episode 23 Never on Wednesdays

23. Never on Wednesdays

Aired: Jun 5, 1962

For two years Barlow has been trying to catch a Newtown thief. When DCS Robi...

Episode 24 Day Trip

24. Day Trip

Aired: Jun 12, 1962

A charabanc outing, a halt at a pub and an exponent of the three-card trick: ...

Episode 25 Affray

25. Affray

Aired: Jun 19, 1962

Events turn nasty at the Newtown Social Club when the raffle result is contes...

Episode 26 Contraband

26. Contraband

Aired: Jun 26, 1962

Just as P.C. Smith's wristwatch stops working, he meets a stranger in off hou...

Episode 27 Teamwork

27. Teamwork

Aired: Jul 3, 1962

Just when the crime figures are levelling out one man pushes them up and up w...

Episode 28 Appearance in Court

28. Appearance in Court

Aired: Jul 10, 1962

Catching a thief is only the beginning as far as the police are concerned. W...

Info about Z Cars

Seasons: 12

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Drama, Crime