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,
Michael Standing (actor) Michael Standing (actor) Michael Lionel Standing (born 19 June 1939) is a British actor, appearing mostly in the 1960s and early 1970s. Standing was born in London. Between an appearance in a 1964 episode of the TV series of "The Saint" and his final appearance in the 1973 opening season of "The Tomorrow People" in which he played Ginge, the biker heavy who became the Tomorrow People's ally, he appeared in a considerable number of dramas such as "Z-Cars", "Gideon's Way" and the soap opera "The Newcomers", and episodes of fantasy television series such as "Adam Adamant Lives!", "The Champions",