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
George Sweeney (actor) George Sweeney (actor) George Sweeney is a British film and television actor who commenced his acting career in the 1970s. Sweeney has numerous television credits, including "Z-Cars" (1971), "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1975), "Dixon of Dock Green" (1976), "" (1971–76), "The New Avengers" (1976), "The Sweeney" (appeared in the episodes "Taste of Fear" and "On the Run" in 1976), "Return of the Saint" (1978), "Spearhead" (1978–79), "Citizen Smith" as 'Speed' (1977–80), Fairground, (1982) "Remington Steele" (1985), "Matlock" (1987), "Jack the Ripper" (1988) as John Netley, "Minder" (1980–93), "Pie in the Sky" (1995), "The Brittas Empire" (1996), "The Bill" (1992-2006) and