How did the series get the title Z-cars?!
Question: It came from the Police Recog. Guide. ZULU was the callsign.
Hence "Come in Zulu Victor......." followed by a number.
Other names submitted, but rejected.......... POLICE CARS.
ZULU CARS (later "Z" CARS). Calling all cars. The latter was favoured by many - but over-ruled by series editors.
I fact a pilot edition used "Calling all cars". There was also a series title song "Calling all Cars- Calling all Cars". It was vert catchy and tipped for a No. 1.
I worked on a pilot edition. I still think Calling all Cars was much better. BUT in the end - the BIG BOSSES SPOKE.
However Z Cars, did well, did it not.
HAPPY DAYS
Answers: It came from the Police Recog. Guide. ZULU was the callsign.
Hence "Come in Zulu Victor......." followed by a number.
Other names submitted, but rejected.......... POLICE CARS.
ZULU CARS (later "Z" CARS). Calling all cars. The latter was favoured by many - but over-ruled by series editors.
I fact a pilot edition used "Calling all cars". There was also a series title song "Calling all Cars- Calling all Cars". It was vert catchy and tipped for a No. 1.
I worked on a pilot edition. I still think Calling all Cars was much better. BUT in the end - the BIG BOSSES SPOKE.
However Z Cars, did well, did it not.
HAPPY DAYS
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from the cars they used i,e, ford zephyrs
The call sign for the cars over the radio was Z Victor
the cars were Ford Zephyrs
The 'cars' were Ford Zephyrs
The radio cars were z-Victor one and z-Victor 2
Good Q...??? sorry i can't answer we need Barlow!!
Cause the rest of the alphabet was busy.
There were Z cars & Q cars one were marked the other unmarked can't remember which
Q car = Quiet car unmarked police vehicle
Z car = Contrary to popular belief the term does not come from the model name of the cars used: Ford Zephyrs and Ford Zodiacs. In fact the Zodiac was never used by UK police services, being essentially an upscale fancy-badged Zephyr.[citation needed] These saloons were fast for their time, place, and cost. The Zephyr was for some years the standard road patrol, ie traffic car (not the same as 'crime car') used by Lancashire and many other Police Services. The term comes from the call signs allocated by the then Lancashire Constabulary and consisting of the Divisional letter in NATO/ICAO phonetic alphabet. In Lancashire in those days police divisions were lettered from the north to the south of the county thus A Division (DHQ Ulverston) was the detached part of the county around Barrow in Furness (since 1977 part of Cumbria), B was Lancaster and so on, letters further into the alphabet were in the south of the county around the Manchester and Liverpool conurbations. Crime cars were manned by uniformed personnel but had a focus on crime rather than traffic or general police duties. eg The two crime cars in P, Stretford Division to the west of Manchester were designated Z-Papa1 and Z-Papa2; There was no V Division and the TV series took the non-existent callsigns Z-Victor 1 and Z-Victor 2 for the storyline.
Contrary to popular belief the term does not come from the model name of the cars used: Ford Zephyrs and Ford Zodiacs. In fact the Zodiac was never used by UK police services, being essentially an upscale fancy-badged Zephyr.[citation needed] These saloons were fast for their time, place, and cost. The Zephyr was for some years the standard road patrol, ie traffic car (not the same as 'crime car') used by Lancashire and many other Police Services. The term comes from the call signs allocated by the then Lancashire Constabulary and consisting of the Divisional letter in NATO/ICAO phonetic alphabet. In Lancashire in those days police divisions were lettered from the north to the south of the county thus A Division (DHQ Ulverston) was the detached part of the county around Barrow in Furness (since 1977 part of Cumbria), B was Lancaster and so on, letters further into the alphabet were in the south of the county around the Manchester and Liverpool conurbations. Crime cars were manned by uniformed personnel but had a focus on crime rather than traffic or general police duties. eg The two crime cars in P, Stretford Division to the west of Manchester were designated Z-Papa1 and Z-Papa2; There was no V Division and the TV series took the non-existent callsigns Z-Victor 1 and Z-Victor 2 for the storyline.
I do not know the answer to this question, so sorry.
Don't know this answer to this one country.....sorry mate but have enjoyed reading the various answers.
all the other letters were busy????????