Z-Cars: Series 7
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Z-Cars Season 6.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
The Stone Standard Part 2
Aug 3, 1971 · 50 min
Sergeant Stone - up against militant management and militant workers. And he won't compromise.
The Mystery Part 2
Aug 10, 1971 · 50 min
A teenage girl and night time at a railway station brings a problem for PC Covill.
Nobody Hit Me Part 2
Aug 17, 1971 · 50 min
Two grocers, one across the road from the other. Both ordinary, everyday characters. But then one of them has a fire in his shop. Goss and Stone end up with one villain and two
Dan, Dan... Part 2
Aug 24, 1971 · 50 min
To get stolen goods to the public a villain has to be an organising genius, and that's not all. The police are keeping an eye on Reg Thurley, who seems to be leading a double life
Who's Your Friend ... ? Part 2
Sep 7, 1971 · 50 min
Liam Murphy is losing control of the gang. It's time for action.
Purely Medical Purposes Part 2
Sep 14, 1971 · 50 min
Charlie West is found with stolen property. He's in trouble, so he calls his lawyer.
Grandstand Finish Part 2
Sep 21, 1971 · 50 min
Sunday is all quiet, but Monday brings 'Open Day' problems at the Station. But there are more urgent troubles outside.
Funny Creatures Women Part 2
Sep 28, 1971 · 50 min
Night, a deserted park and a young woman on her way home. Skinner is interviewed by Goss and Stone. Then they take the keys to his quarters.
The Dirty Job Part 2
Oct 5, 1971 · 50 min
The Bannion family is in trouble, but at first not with the police. Bannion can possibly help Goss catch a villain. But is Goss willing to help Bannion in return?
Ding Dong Part 2
Oct 12, 1971 · 50 min
Juvenile crime in Newtown has reached a serious level. A clean-up campaign goes into operation. Then the Sheldon mob arrive in town.
Not Often We Have Visitors Part 2
Oct 26, 1971 · 50 min
There's a V.I.P. visit in the offing and everyone is making plans: Newtown police, Special Branch, Headquarters. And they're not the only ones. It's a straight line from the airp
Contact Man Part 2
Nov 2, 1971 · 50 min
Three villains are under lock and key. But where is the missing eight thousand pounds? With business problems and an expensive wife Mr. Owen has lots of reasons to be worried, bu
Take Away Part 2
Nov 9, 1971 · 50 min
Nicked cars are normally just a routine job. So what makes Annette Minto's so different? At first she just wants her car back, but then something makes her change her mind.
Who Were You With? Part 2
Nov 16, 1971 · 50 min
A hairdresser's shop is wrecked. In the middle is a frightened girl. She's alone and vulnerable and it's night time. She's no money and nowhere to go. It's not surprising that
Danny Boy's Home Part 2
Nov 23, 1971 · 50 min
Danny Baker returns to Newtown. But DS Haggar is back as well. It's not long before the two of them lock antlers.
The Horse Dealer Part 2
Dec 14, 1971 · 50 min
With Goss coming back Haggar wants to go out on a winner. And even he has a friend or two willing to help him.
Collation Part 2
Dec 21, 1971 · 50 min
Promotion is in the air and Goss is in with an outside chance. A sighting, plus a report from a beat man, might just add up to a feather in Goss's cap at just the right time.
Last Bus To Newtown
Jan 3, 1972 · 50 min
Bert Lynch has almost forgotten what life is like on the cars - out there in the thick of things.
Lynch
Jan 10, 1972 · 50 min
Change. New people. Different methods. Some people call it progress. Bert Lynch, out on his own, is starting to feel left behind. Not the best time for his surprise visitor to
Team Work
Jan 17, 1972 · 50 min
Whether it's a family trying to adjust to change or the police force mounting a big crime prevention operation a team is only as strong as its weakest member.
Promotion
Feb 14, 1972 · 50 min
Police life often puts a strain on a marriage, as Goss finds out. Stone is single, but that can also mean trouble.
Canal
Feb 21, 1972 · 50 min
It's the age of fast getaways, but Frank and George are exceptions. They're villains all the same and Sgt. Miller thinks they're worth watching.
Keep To Yourself
Apr 24, 1972 · 50 min
Two loners. Stone cops one of them, Skinner the other.
Hagger
May 22, 1972 · 50 min
DS Cecil Haggar is back in Newtown. He's at a loose end, so he gravitates towards the nearest pub. There he finds trouble.
Playtime
May 29, 1972 · 50 min
Stone and Skinner are off duty. Then there's a jewel theft and a robbery with violence.
The Wolf And The Sheep Part 2
Jul 11, 1972 · 50 min
Sgt. Miller is back on duty and up against another pro. He gets some good advice.
Forget It Part 2
Jul 18, 1972 · 50 min
A man with no name and no memory - or a man with something to hide?
A Neighbour's Goods Part 2
Jul 25, 1972 · 50 min
There's a dead woman and Sgt. Miller expects trouble. Then an anonymous phone call brings more surprises for him.
Loyalties Part 2
Aug 1, 1972 · 50 min
Stolen gear, or planted? Stone and Lynch disagree. Lynch is trying to get one over Stone. Then the punch-up happens.
Relative Values Part 2
Aug 8, 1972 · 50 min
OAPs are short of cash... and then the police are involved. Stone and Skinner are looking for something old-fashioned.
Not Good Enough Part 2
Aug 15, 1972 · 50 min
Sgt. Miller wants him. So does Skinner. But Bright is clever. Miller tries the 'Chinese Water Torture'.
Breakage Part 2
Aug 22, 1972 · 50 min
A man with a parcel - George T. Wood - who's looking for someone; who's been kept waiting most of his life. And a derelict building, all glass and wind - and someone up on the roo
Connor
Sep 11, 1972 · 50 min
Fred Connor is the new Detective Inspector at Newtown. He has unfinished business - with a villain named Bright.
The Team
Sep 18, 1972 · 50 min
Inspector Connor is on trial. So is Sgt. Stone and the entire Newtown police force.
Witness
Sep 25, 1972 · 50 min
Terence Nichols is in custody at Newtown police station after a wages snatch. There are three days to the trial and Stone thinks it's an open and shut case. He has a reliable wit
Takes All Sorts
Oct 2, 1972 · 50 min
A new Inspector arrives at Newtown, Ralph Edward Pratt by name, spruce as a pocket hanky and dripping self-confidence. He is fussy and believes in doing everything by the book. H
Sins Of The Father
Oct 9, 1972 · 50 min
Wives of prisoners are easier to chat up than the prisoners themselves - and Inspector Connor wants to find the missing money from a bank robbery.
Damage
Oct 16, 1972 · 50 min
Night-time and a frightened house breaker. Newtown police reveal an unusual mystery.
Day Trip
Oct 23, 1972 · 50 min
Sgt. Haggar and PC Quilley are back on the strength just at the time Dilly Watson, a clever thief, arrives in Newtown.
Public Relations
Oct 30, 1972 · 50 min
DS Haggar doesn't like Ken Knowles. ""Journalists,"" he says, ""grow fat on misrepresenting police information"". He doesn't like old Bertha either. She doesn't give information
Old Soldiers
Nov 6, 1972 · 50 min
Old Sepp is passing through Newtown. PC Hackett is on the way out. But both are involved with Marlene.
Diabolical Liberty
Nov 13, 1972 · 50 min
There's just no helping some people, as Bert Lynch finds out when Chief Inspector Logie investigates a break-in with a difference.
Old Acquaintance
Nov 20, 1972 · 50 min
A newly released prisoner, Dan Fowler, returns to his wife Julia and plans to fix an old enemy. But Julia has plans of her own.
The Legacy
Nov 27, 1972 · 50 min
Sgt. Stone goes to the funeral of an old and respected thief in the hope of unearthing a few skeletons. But dead men don't talk and neither will this one's grandson.
The Amateurs
Dec 4, 1972 · 50 min
While Austin Nuttall dreams of owning his own business Connor dreams of nailing a fence. And with two crimes unsolved, Connor demonstrates how to kill two men and two birds with o
Hobo
Dec 11, 1972 · 50 min
A gullible old man, a con man, and a do-gooder. And Tom Stone is right in the middle and in need of somewhere to live.
Skinner
Jan 4, 1973 · 50 min
Skinner returns to C.I.D. He's after a villain, wanted by both the Met. and DS Haggar.
Skin Game
Jan 11, 1973 · 50 min
A safe-breaker, a club owner and a farmer. All three play the same game until Miller joins in and gets under their skin.
Backwater
Jan 18, 1973 · 50 min
All Tom Stone wants is a quiet weekend's fishing, but then he meets Sergeant Rust. Together they catch a very queer fish, but have different ideas about landing it.
Big Jake
Jan 25, 1973 · 50 min
Who gets to Big Jake first, Billy Fielden or DC Skinner? One of them wants to help him, the other just wants him. And who, or what, is Big Jake anyway?
Women At Work
Feb 1, 1973 · 50 min
Two working women, one admired by Lynch, the other disliked by Miller. And in the background a singular third person, badly wanted by Skinner.
Jack The Dodger
Feb 8, 1973 · 50 min
There's a problem for Skinner when a suspicious odd-job man takes lodgings with an old flame of Bert Lynch.
Miller
Feb 15, 1973 · 50 min
A body in a canal and Miller follows a chain of enquiries that brings him face to face with... himself.
Care
Feb 22, 1973 · 50 min
Two girls with their husbands away. Maureen is the social type and likes a drink; Jill is the lonely type, but she finds something for the police to do.
Operation Watchdog
Mar 1, 1973 · 50 min
Connor comes back to vandalism and to conflict with some local bigwigs. And Skinner's in a spot of bother
Defection
Mar 8, 1973 · 50 min
A member of a visiting Trade Delegation takes a positive step concerning th future. But Sgt. Stone's future is left for Connor and Richards to fight over.
Invention
Mar 15, 1973 · 50 min
Rowena Bishop has a reputation for storytelling. She tells Sgt. Lynch about a body down on the foreshore.
Hard Man
Mar 22, 1973 · 50 min
Clifford Roscoe is the local hard man. He's fresh out of jail and ready and anxious to cause trouble. But Stone and Connor are ready for him.
Domestic
Mar 29, 1973 · 50 min
A bitter argument, an unexpected tragedy and Sgt. Stone finds himself pushing a suspect very hard indeed.
Pat
Apr 5, 1973 · 50 min
Pat Mason is a Salvationist and everyone likes her, particularly the regulars at Alan Doherty's pub. So why should anyone want to hurt her?
Bowman
Apr 12, 1973 · 50 min
Bringing up a family in Newtown isn't easy, especially for a copper.
The Lady And The Gentleman
Apr 19, 1973 · 50 min
There's a housebreaker with a difference operating in Newtown. He leaves no marks when he breaks in and he never steals anything.
Suspicion
Apr 30, 1973 · 50 min
Sgt. Lynch takes an interest in Susan Rawlings while her husband is in prison.
Mileage
May 7, 1973 · 50 min
Jupp has a large family and needs to keep his job. But events pile up against him - his boss and a robbery - and he needs to keep his cool.
Routine
May 14, 1973 · 50 min
Lynch and Quilley are on 'nights'. And a routine call to a break-in leads to a break-up that's far from routine.
The Spike
May 21, 1973 · 50 min
A suspicious death. Who is and who isn't involved? And what is the fiddle going on at Munster House?
Hi-Jack
Jun 4, 1973 · 50 min
A stolen lorry load of meat parked on a busy road. A piece of cake for the police, unless the lorry driver's name is Houdini!
Mother And Child
Jun 11, 1973 · 50 min
Joyce is very protective towards her son - even when he's in prison.
Co-Operation
Jun 18, 1973 · 50 min
Understanding between husband and wife, detective and villain, Police Constable and member of the public - but what about the co-operation between Stone and Haggar?
No Proceedings
Jun 25, 1973 · 50 min
Hugo Vallance, an old-fashioned Lord of the Manor, is trying to survive in a modern world - of gossip, scandal and theft.
Officer Material...?
Jul 2, 1973 · 50 min
It's the day of Lynch's promotion board. He's already passed his exams, so he knows his stuff. But - is he the right type to be an officer?