{"id":20275,"date":"2026-02-17T16:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?page_id=20275"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:41:08","slug":"z-cars-softly-softly","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/z-cars-softly-softly\/","title":{"rendered":"Z Cars – Softly Softly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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<\/a>Dave Newbitt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\n Those of us who worked on these productions will find this photo stirs a memory or two. The early Z cars were live and pretty hairy at times\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n but the larking about through rehearsals was often hilarious.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Alec Bray<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\n The vehicle is a Rover P6 car, photo dated (apparently) 1965. Wot, no Zephyr? Not many Police Constables? Did Colin Welland appear in “Softly Softly”? According to Google (again – the AI summary) he did not directly star in the “Softly Softly” spin-off.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Quite the start for a detective story!\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Dave Brunt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\n It’s a June 1965 press photo at the time when it was announced that ZC was to end at Christmas 1965. To be replaced by Softly.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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