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
Justin Smith (Australian actor) also appeared in the Cherry Orchard and Ruby Moon for the Sydney Theatre Company and the productions, "Shakespeare's R & J", Servant Of Two Masters, and Just Macbeth (Sydney Opera House and Edinburgh Fringe Festival seasons), for the Bell Shakespeare Co. Aust. His TV credits included, the ABC TV mini-series, Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude, Stingers and White Collar Blue. In 2007 Smith was nominated for an AFI award for his role in "Bastard Boys". In 2008, Smith played the role of Tony (Billy's older brother) in "Billy Elliot the Musical", for which he was nominated for Best Actor