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
Richard Fancy Richard Fancy Richard Fancy (born August 2, 1943) is an American actor known for his long recurring role on "Seinfeld" as publisher Mr. Lippman, Elaine Benes' first major employer on the series. He appeared on the third and fourth seasons of "It's Garry Shandling's Show" as network boss Mr. Stravely. He also plays the Priest in the 1991 film "What About Bob?", and was Kevin Arnold's high school principal, Dr. Valenti, in the fourth and fifth seasons of "The Wonder Years". He also appeared in Oliver Stone's "Nixon" (1995) and "Primal Force" (1999). He also had two memorable appearances in