Z Cars Nuisance 29 oct 1973

Featuring Gordon Gostelow and a young Alison Steadman a good two years before she became Candice Marie in the excellent play 'Nuts in May'. The cottage in this episode is the very same that was used in the Leslie Phillips/James Robertson Justice film 'Father Came Too'.

[@marklittler784]

I certainly don't remember viewing Zcars with such good sound and picture quality, not to mention in colour too such luxury.

[@OLDCHEMIST1]

Looks very different to me too, but I think I am remembering the really old ones.

[@Eltonlaleham]

this series wa sawesome in billions of ways

[@marklittler784]

Remember wanting to stay up at the age of 7 wanting to watch the Avengers lol

[@fionanorris7761]

Me too! Loved James Ellis (from my neck of the woods!)

[@flashstudiosguy]

I've spoken to many a serving and retired officer and they all claim to have run into someone like this. One North York Chief Inspector even joked "If we did what they want and dealt with all their troubles, they'd more than likely complain that they'd nothing to complain about!"

[@johnpringle9967]

Quite a surprise, this video. I almost turned it off a couple of times, but there began to develop connections to my own life in alarming accuracy. I'll leave it at that.

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

It surprised me too, wasn't expecting a connection to my life either.

[@SuperIliad]

Nuisance, Season 9, Episode 2, aired 29 October 1973. James Ellis as Inspector Lynch; John Slater as Det. Sgt. Stone; Ian Cullen as D.C. Skinner; John Hartley as P.C. Way; Alison Steadman as W.P.C. Bayliss; Barrie Gosney as Dick Steel; Gordon Gostelow as Percy Haskell; Patsy Byrne as Mary Walker; Pamela Brown as Alexandra Ford.

[@stevelomas4119]

Ooooh...I can copy and paste from Wikipedia too.

[@johndean958]

Great stories. Thankyou for this. John (Australia)

[@geetee7154]

When these episodes Z Cars were shown, I was a Teenager & clearly Z Cars was not your typical TV viewing, it was for Mum's & Dad's 😊 however I am now 66 & I must admit Z Car's is compulsive viewing, sad, but true, thanks for uploading the episodes 👍

[@dawstep]

Gordon Gostelow also played the main part in another Z Cars episode which stands out from my childhood. he played a man with a house full of pigeons and a shotgun who ended up being the subject of an armed siege by the Newtown bobbies And also in this one is Patsy Byrne, Nursey from Blackadder, in an earlier role.

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

Patsy Byrne was also Mrs Stoneway in Watching.

[@daveallen63]

It was good to see Alison Steadman so young, very lovely woman. I was looking up this series on IMDB and unless there's an error some seasons had 75-100 episodes. Season 6 had 416 episodes but many of them were multi part episodes, and went from 1967 - 1971.

[@davidandrews190]

PAMELA BROWN WAS AMAZING AS MISS FORD I'M GOING ONTO GOOGLE NOW TO LOOK HER UP AS I'VE NOT SEEN HER BEFORE LOL SHE SADLY DIED IN 1975 NOT LONG AFTER THIS SHE WAS 58 PANCREATIC CANCER WAS THE CAUSE SO VERY SAD I'M GOING TO WATCH SOME MORE OF HER SHE HAS GOT QUITE A CV THANK YOU FOR THIS ❤️ REST IN PEACE MISS FORD ❤️🙏

[@jread3906]

I think the writing on this is marvellous. You can't have a murder every week in a cop shop.

[@user-vp1qj7sk2e]

if its your cousins phillips screwer driver doing the splits aim for the? bit of a horse ear round drinks :) costs or costa which tartanie clingons fart laugh grin or smile next

[@user-vp1qj7sk2e]

bed time stories its may or may not be real news

[@user-vp1qj7sk2e]

waltdisney art ask granny ummm the we billy's or the gordins workk ans ;) sphere or dots (ken dodd vs diddy men simles oe tears)

[@user-vp1qj7sk2e]

does santa drink yellow snow ask?

[@user-vp1qj7sk2e]

i got my grandfathers hat ;P negtives C cousin

[@Bill23799]

I knew the actress playing the postwoman sounded familiar. She played " Martina the poisoner " in I, Claudius in the early 70's

[@franceshaypenny8481]

Yes, she was Empress Livia's poison supplier.

[@KarLaLoVe]

AA thanks for sharing 💕💕💕🌴🇺🇸

[@clipstone]

There's an interview with Alison Steadman in which she talks about this and what a terrible bully the director was to her...it upset her so much she almost gave up acting...and there would have been no Beverly or Candice Marie.

[@darryltester5376]

The director mentioned was Julia Smith who went on to create Eastenders and the short lived Spanish based soap Eldorado..... She had a reputation as a hard task master......

[@benjaminclasper9355]

No wonder eldorado was short lived with her being there.

[@moonshadow3946]

If Alison Steadman had given up acting, there would have been no Alison Steadman as Abigail in Abigail's Party and that would have been a tragedy..

[@matthewlawrenson3628]

@@darryltester5376 It was a hard school to come up in the TV industry as a woman in the 1950s and 60s. Irene Shubik, Julia Smith, Verity Lambert, Biddy Baxter - all of them could be hard-nosed and highly demanding. They'd learned that they had to be.

[@davidwarren7631]

Nuts in May hmmm Amazing

[@Milton1079]

Thanks for this. A pity you can't (or won't) do something about the upside-down Union Flag.

[@brianhaskard1042]

Alison Steadman looked lovely in this episode.

[@kenh3344]

Can you take some constructive criticism? Can you make the union flag 1/4 the size for the screen. At least you still got your film marked but I think it would be a lot better. That is my opinion and keep posting what you doing I love it. Thank you for your choice brilliant keep it up . ....

[@user-vp1qj7sk2e]

did she share evenely with her tree friends code name mat hop skip jump knitting patterons again

[@eatmywords]

miss haversham updated

[@susannah1948]

Excellent

[@feenix8461]

If they'd sent the Flying Squad in this episode would have been over in 5 minutes.

[@rynoyak]

Mrs. Bennett

[@Ubique2927]

Put the CORRECT Union Flag in your Logo.

[@marklittler784]

"Bought some letter bombs for her ?". 😀😂😅😀😂😅

[@dennisporter-avis7576]

She got ran over by Nursie from Blackadder

[@rickbrowne9559]

Miriam margoyles....met her on holiday in the Costa del sol, she was completely naked on the beach...

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

​@@rickbrowne9559Patsy Byrne.

[@Wayne1963]

Spoiled only by that unnecessarily large watermark.

[@Wayne1963]

I've only just seen your channel, but I for one will be having a good browse through very soon. They haven't been up very long, I'm sure they'll get more attention in due course. It takes time. 😉

[@markcoveryourassets]

Rule Britannia!

[@BunyanaRed1958]

Alison Steadman. Great actress. Bit of a babe back in the day too.

[@duncanholding7636]

Still is

[@benclasper2883]

Looks young.

[@rjmun580]

Excellent but the accents of the villagers was a very long way from the fictional Newtown, supposedly close to Liverpool.

[@danielfitt2041]

Do you have the episode called Absence from 1974 please

[@anachronisticanarchist6787]

Yes I do. Will upload in the next few months.

[@danielfitt2041]

@@anachronisticanarchist6787 Thats Great Thank You and look forward to it

[@peterm1826]

Get rid of the watermark. It would be better. Couldn’t make it any bigger could you.

[@pureloyalist9277]

Try buying a window for a couple of £s now 😂

[@keithjones5712]

HHA was 72 so they could have used 135, I think.

[@Alji3dom]

Twist in the plot

[@benclasper2883]

Patsy Bryne oyung in this.

[@Bill23799]

Don't you hate living next to a Karen.

[@user-vp1qj7sk2e]

or alison or the rest of the muttley crew when time for cryons age must be bar one bar all billy sings and can change many words ... mary had a little lamp slam cb radio driving the poor basterd home where does/do you friends live woof woof peelers still hate saying please to who ever puts their hand on my shoulder when crossing the road ewe think auto copper wires red green fuses spearment lights tip never try the same show twice if young sister set that show up ummm wears gorden? ?golden fool or hobb nobbs i like 4 as 4/3=1 left think do i need to feed dog dogs name was what in which episode... ummm

[@neilfranklin5644]

Persecution complex soon be in the asylum

[@Ubique2927]

This was showing the decline of policing. That was malicious criminal damage and the police ignored it. TV following real life.

[@paulstanley518]

uncle barry time gentlemen please

[@barbarawhittall2311]

Interesting but sad

[@user-vp1qj7sk2e]

captain who or flush loo :D

[@regsymes1377]

And NO they REALLY. don't make them like that any more

[@127cmore]

Ah 😂, when police actually did their jobs, good old days 😂

[@jamesmcdonagh2331]

This is a good excample of entering in the EU or EEC of europe to better undersatand this program ...life would have changed and people would have had 'great hardship' learning to cope with the then new society and life....educated people would have ended up in mental homes or killed thereselves as society changed and it took it tormoil on them....Then end of Britain and empire etc and in with the enemy ...laws changed which shows in this program and people were criminal and clever. The books mentioned and talked about were a clue to the change in education and learning of the new society and EEC rules.

[@hugorune766]

1973... the year I joined the army.... I'm very confused... I do remember this from my childhood, and watching it regularly.... and enjoying it... but watching it now, sorry, what a load of shite... I really was hoping I would enjoythe memories, but bollox, it was shit.... just the rest to watch to confirm :)

[@marklittler784]

I found comics the same when I came back to read one.lol

[@Alji3dom]

Mr haskell is also in it ain't half hot mum as the guy that sprays his food out when he talks.

[@karlfurrutter14]

Never watched one these before, but the subject matter of this episode is so so boring, it made me want to get out my logs and buzz saw!!