Talk:Z-Cars

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[edit] Origin of Z-cars

Did the name come from cars? Their radio callsigns were ZV1 and ZV2, I have a vague memory that those were real callsign groups in that part of Lancashire at that time so wonder if the car model names beginning with "Z" was just a coincidence? --jmb 13:08, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I think must be true, I am getting mixed up with the control callsign that they use ("BD"), this was the real Lancashire Constabulary callsign. --jmb 15:19, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

I thought it originated from their use of Ford Zodiacs or Zephyrs... but I could be quite wrong... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.154.17.249 (talk) 01:44, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] always pronounced 'zed', never 'zee'

Why on earth are we specifying this? We don't mention in the Thanksgiving page that it's pronounced "ThanksGIVing", even though British English stresses the first syllable. Z-Cars is a British series, so shouldn't British pronunciation be taken as read? I'm minded to remove this pronunciation guide as being just a bit silly. 86.132.142.246 (talk) 23:56, 3 January 2008 (UTC)