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
Alan Webb (actor) Sloane" (1970), "The Canterbury Tales" (1972) and "The Duellists" (1977). He appeared several times on the "BBC Play of the Month", "Hallmark Hall of Fame" and "Play for Today", as well as popular television series "Z-Cars", "The Protectors", and "Public Eye". In 1963, he was offered the role of the First Doctor in the BBC's new science fiction series "Doctor Who" but declined. Webb was also cast as Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars Return of the Jedi but bowed out due to illness. Alan Webb (actor) Alan Webb (2 July 1906 – 22 June 1982) was an English stage and