Z Cars - 2-DVD Set

Z Cars - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
292 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1962 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Paddy Russell
Derek Martinus

Written By:
James Mitchell
Christopher Tetlow

Actors:
James Ellis ..... Sgt. Lynch
John Slater ..... Det. Sgt. Stone
Douglas Fielding ..... PC Quilley
Bernard Holley ..... PC Newcombe
Geoffrey Hayes ..... Det. Con. Scatliff / ... (29 episodes, 1969-1974)

Synopsis:

Every decade has its own kind of cop show, and in the 1960s and early 70s, following years of national love and acclaim for Dixon of Dock Green, it came time for a new breed of policeman to take to the screen. Set in Newtown, a fictional setting to the North of Liverpool, it captures a time when coppers were leaving the beat for fast-paced response vehicles - the Z-Cars of the title. These colour episodes from 1972 make up our first collection, capturing some of the characters and crimes that shaped the long ago decade of old-school policing, when the concept of a crime family was up to three generations of burglars, shoplifters and smash-and-grabbers. Z-Cars was also innovative in reflecting a changing and challenging time for the police men and women themselves, engaging with their own personal crises and their impact on the force. So sit back and buckle-up as we let the criminal underworld of Newtown know that Z-Cars on the way.

Collection of colour episodes from the long-running BBC police drama that debuted in 1962 and ran till 1978. Set in the north of England in a fictional town called Newtown, the series aimed to bring to life the adventures of a new breed of policeman. With the solitary 'bobby on the beat' increasingly replaced by pairs of officers working together in patrol cars, the show followed these new, more mobile officers, as they sought to keep the peace. The stars of the show included James Ellis, John Slater and Douglas Fielding.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 14 October, 2013.