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#z cars

#classic tv

#BBC

#1972

#Gary Watson

#John slater

#james ellis

#ian cullen

#anthony valentine

#Jessie Evans

#Herbert ramskill

#Robert booth

#Alan Gerrard

#Ron craddock

#Bill barron

#Oh happy day! I worried in the tags of a previous ep that a potential Valentine return might be a lost episode: I needn't have

#Worried because the crew didn't really play the long game on this one and only actually waited two eps to bring him back

#And back he is; all sneering dead eyed arrogance and slightly dodgy scouse accent. He's wonderful. This ep tho has two other claims to fame

#In that it both introduced a new character in the great Gary Watson as a dynamic young DI out to make changes to the stolid force of

#Newtown and because this episode marked the point at which Z Cars abandoned its two parter 25min format to return to the original

#And more traditional drama format of self contained 50 minute episodes. Not that the episodes would be entirely self contained of

#Course; there's a lot of ongoing plot thoughout these few eps I've seen most of it in the policemens personal lives and career choices.

#Ian Cullen has moved back to uniform branch and dialogue suggests that John Slater has either had heart trouble or some kind of run in on

#The job which is why he seems to be desk bound (whatever happened was presumably established in earlier missing eps). Watson makes for an

#Intriguing fresh face: although he initially seems to be the classic new broom who will breeze in and make all sorts of changes its clear

#That he has a lot of respect for longer established coppers like Slater and that he wants to listen to them and to hear their views

#The meat of the episode is of course in nailing Valentine and his comeuppance is admittedly quite enjoyable (Tony you rotter)

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