Z-Cars Watt), James Ellis (Bert Lynch) and Brian Blessed ("Fancy" Smith). Barlow and Watt were later spun into a separate series "Softly, Softly". The title comes from the radio call signs allocated by Lancashire Constabulary. Lancashire police divisions were lettered from north to the south: "A" Division (based in Ulverston) was the detached part of Lancashire at the time around Barrow-in-Furness, "B" Division was Lancaster, and so on. Letters further into the alphabet were in the south around the Manchester and Liverpool areas. (See also the Wikipedia page about Home Office radio.) The TV series took the non-existent signs Z-Victor 1
Peter Wight (actor) Peter Wight (actor) Peter Wight (born 1950), sometimes credited as Peter Wright, is an English actor. His television credits include: "Our Zoo", "Z-Cars", "Meantime", "Anna Lee", "Life on Mars", "Holby City", "Where the Heart Is", "Jane Eyre" (1997), "Early Doors", "Midsomer Murders", "Monday Monday", "Party Animals", "Hit & Miss", "The Paradise", "The Crown" and "Brief Encounters". He also appeared in the 2011 miniseries series "Case Sensitive" and the 2012 series "Public Enemies". Film appearances include "Naked", "Secrets & Lies", "", "Vera Drake", "Pride & Prejudice", "Babel", "All or Nothing", "A Bunch of Amateurs", "Another Year" and "Mr. Turner". In the