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Motorway Cops

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Motorway Cops
Directed byMarc Tiley
Narrated byJamie Theakston
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series7
No. of episodes33
Production
Production locationUnited Kingdom
Running time60 minutes
Production companyMentorn
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release14 January 2008 (2008-01-14) –
10 September 2015 (2015-09-10)
Related
Traffic Cops
Sky Cops

Motorway Cops is a British documentary series broadcast on BBC One which follows Road Policing Units from various UK police forces.

Concept

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The show follows the day-to-day role of traffic officers and the incidents they come across. The majority of filming takes place at the scene of incidents, with occasional cuts to police stations and interview rooms. Locations include Yorkshire, Cheshire, Humberside and the West Midlands.[1]

Series 1 followed Central Motorway Police Group, Cheshire Constabulary and Humberside Police, series 2, 3 and 4 followed Central Motorway Police Group, series 5 followed Central Motorway Police Group, West Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Roads Crime Team, series 6 and 7 followed West Yorkshire Police.[2]

Production

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Motorway Cops, along with its sister series Traffic Cops, are produced by Folio Productions, a subsidiary of Mentorn Media. Both shows were broadcast on the BBC until 2016. Jamie Theakston narrated all seven series of Motorway Cops. On 28 June 2016, Mentorn Media announced that Traffic Cops had been recommissioned by Channel 5, but there was no mention of Motorway Cops.[3]

Episodes

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Series overview

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SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1814 January 20085 May 2010
257 September 201025 August 2011
343 October 20112 February 2012
4418 March 201310 April 2013
572 September 201314 January 2014
647 August 201416 July 2015
7110 September 2015

Series 1 (2008–10)

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No.
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No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
11"Traffic Cops Special"14 January 2008 (2008-01-14)
22"Traffic Cops Special (Rush-Hour Roulette)"26 March 2008 (2008-03-26)
33"Dicing with Death"25 September 2008 (2008-09-25)
This episode famously shows the bizarre incident of Swedish twin sisters Ursula and Sabina Eriksson running onto the M6 motorway and getting struck by a lorry and a Volkswagen Polo, respectively.
44"Fatal Consequences"6 October 2008 (2008-10-06)
55"Highway Robbery"26 January 2009 (2009-01-26)
66"Deadly Highways"25 August 2009 (2009-08-25)
77"Catch Us If You Can"2 September 2010 (2010-09-02)
88"Secrets and Lies"5 May 2010 (2010-05-05)

Series 2 (2010–11)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
91"Wrecked and Reckless"7 September 2010 (2010-09-07)
102"Lost in Translation"4 January 2011 (2011-01-04)
113"Deadly Distractions"11 January 2011 (2011-01-11)
124"The Sixth Sense"18 April 2011 (2011-04-18)
135"Booze and Twos"25 September 2011 (2011-09-25)

Series 3 (2011–12)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
141"Cheats and Chancers"3 October 2011 (2011-10-03)
152"Life in the Fast Lane"17 October 2011 (2011-10-17)
163"Burden of Proof"10 January 2012 (2012-01-10)
174"Hide and Seek"2 February 2012 (2012-02-02)

Series 4 (2013)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
181"Lights Out"18 March 2013 (2013-03-18)
192"Off and Running"25 March 2013 (2013-03-25)
203"Extreme Measures"3 April 2013 (2013-04-03)
214"Rule Breakers and Risk Takers"10 April 2013 (2013-04-10)

Series 5 (2013–14)

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No.
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No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
221"Excuses, Excuses"2 September 2013 (2013-09-02)
232"Duty of Care"9 September 2013 (2013-09-09)
243"Right Time, Right Place"16 September 2013 (2013-09-16)
254"Without Warning"23 September 2013 (2013-09-23)
265"Out of Control"30 September 2013 (2013-09-30)
276"White Lines"7 October 2013 (2013-10-07)
287"Dangerous Highways"14 January 2014 (2014-01-14)

Series 6 (2014–15)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
291"Human Traffic"7 August 2014 (2014-08-07)
302"Tip-Offs and Tearaways"21 August 2014 (2014-08-21)
313"Riding into Trouble"28 August 2014 (2014-08-28)
324"Keeping Up Appearances"16 July 2015 (2015-07-16)

Series 7 (2015)

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
331"Breakdown"10 September 2015 (2015-09-10)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Motorway Cops". BBC. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Motorway Cops - Episode Guide". BBC. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. ^ "CHANNEL 5 COMMISSIONS THE NEW SERIES OF TRAFFIC COPS - Tinopolis Group". Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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