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
Nicholas Smith (actor) an old couple. He appeared in the TV mini-series "Martin Chuzzlewit". In 2005, Smith featured in a supporting role as vicar Clement Hedges in the Academy Award-winning film "". In 2008, he appeared as a vicar in "Last of the Summer Wine". In 2010, he appeared in children's TV programme "M.I. High" as Professor Quakermass. Smith also wrote music and poetry. Smith was the father of actress Catherine Russell. He died on 6 December 2015 following seven weeks of hospitalisation for a head injury from a fall at his home in Sutton, London. Nicholas Smith (actor) Nicholas John Smith (5