Z-Cars
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Z-Cars was a pioneering British television police drama series from the 1960s and 1970s, noted for its gritty realism and focus on the lives of uniformed officers in a fictional Northern town.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | real-life Lancashire Constabulary divisions ⓘ |
| broadcastBy | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat |
black-and-white
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colour ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Troy Kennedy Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | North West England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastOn | BBC Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | uniformed police officers ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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police drama ⓘ television drama ⓘ |
| hasFormat | episodic television series ⓘ |
| hasThemeSong | "Z-Cars" theme ⓘ |
| influenced | later British police dramas ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | policing in the Newtown and Seaport areas of Lancashire ⓘ |
| knownFor | more realistic portrayal of police than earlier series ⓘ |
| laterRecordedOn | videotape ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Detective Inspector John Watt
NERFINISHED
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Inspector Charlie Barlow NERFINISHED ⓘ PC Fancy Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ PC Jock Weir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notedFor |
depiction of everyday police work
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gritty realism ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 800+ ⓘ |
| numberOfSeries | 12 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastLive | true ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| originalRunPeriod |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ |
| precededBy | Dixon of Dock Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| setIn | fictional town of Newtown ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Northern England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spinOff |
Softly, Softly
NERFINISHED
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Softly, Softly: Taskforce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Brian Blessed
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frank Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ James Ellis NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Brady NERFINISHED ⓘ Stratford Johns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeMusicComposer |
Fritz Spiegl
NERFINISHED
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Miriam Spiegl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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