Z-Cars been running for seven years but which some considered 'cosy'. The one character present throughout the entire run (though not in every episode) was Bert Lynch, played by James Ellis (though John Phillips as Det. Chief Supt. Robins would reappear sporadically during the show's run – by the end of the series he had become Chief Constable). Other characters in the early days were Stratford Johns (Inspector Barlow), Frank Windsor (Det. Sgt Watt), Robert Keegan (Sgt Blackitt), Joseph Brady (PC "Jock" Weir) and Brian Blessed ("Fancy" Smith). Also in 1960s episodes as David Graham was Colin Welland, later a screenwriter.
Fancy (Iggy Azalea song) January 2015, "Billboard" named it the fifth best music video of the 2010s so far. Azalea and XCX appeared on an ad for Samsung's Milk Music streaming service performing the single. On 5 April 2014, Anna Kendrick covered the song on the 39th season of "Saturday Night Live". American rock band The Killers covered "Fancy" during their headlining show in Montreal on 10 July 2014, as an intro to one of their original songs. On 17 July 2014, English actor Gary Oldman covered the song on Capital FM. English rock band Kasabian also covered "Fancy" on BBC Radio 1's Live