Z-Cars further spin-off entitled "Second Verdict" in which Barlow and Watt looked into unsolved cases and unsafe convictions. Frank Windsor made a final appearance as Watt in the last episode of "Z-Cars", "Pressure", in September 1978, with Robins (John Phillips), the Detective Chief Superintendent from the original series who had risen to chief constable. Jeremy Kemp, Brian Blessed, Joseph Brady and Colin Welland also appeared, though not as their original characters. "Z-Cars" is incomplete in the archives. The period 1962–65 is reasonably well represented; though with big gaps. With the 1967–71 sixth series, when the programme was shown almost every week,
John Phillips (actor) in "The Old Men at the Zoo" (1983). His role as Chief Superintendent Robins (1962–78) in "Z-Cars" and "Softly, Softly" was perhaps his most memorable. Phillips died at Oswestry, Shropshire on 11 May 1995. John Phillips (actor) William John Phillips MC (20 July 1914 – 11 May 1995) was an English actor. He is best remembered for the role of Chief Superintendent Robins, in the television series "Z-Cars" and for his work as a Shakespearean stage actor. Phillips was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1914, and began his acting career at Birmingham Rep in the 1930s. During the Second World