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
Z. Z. Hill 48, from a heart attack arising from a blood clot formed after the accident. Hill's song "That Ain't the Way You Make Love" was sampled by Madvillain in their track "Fancy Clown". Z. Z. Hill Arzell J. Hill (September 30, 1935 – April 27, 1984), known as Z. Z. Hill (pronounced "Zee Zee"), was an American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including his 1982 album for Malaco Records, "Down Home", which stayed on the Billboard soul album chart for nearly two years. The track "Down Home Blues" has been called the best-known