Jamie Theakston
Himself
Traffic Cops (2003)
Season 16
Cameras follow the officers of the Road Policing Units and Road Crime Teams of several UK law enforcement departments.
Released March 18, 2003
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.drug
Production Companies: Folio Productions
Network: 5
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S16E1 - Episode 1
The criminal underworld come to life at nighttime, as a high-speed pursuit in Bradford shows. Can the cops stop a riot from breaking out? An apparent routine stop ends up requiring specialist firearms support.
March 20, 2017, midnight
S16E2 - Episode 2
In Bradford there's a high-octane chase through a housing estate, a cocky petrol thief tries every trick in the book to wiggle free and Yorkshire's back roads have their peace disturbed by two cars carrying gun-toting drug dealers.
March 27, 2017, midnight
S16E3 - Episode 3
A driver nearly causes carnage to make sure his takeaway stays hot, a large cannabis stash is found at the scene of a crash, and a drunk driver gets caught short.
April 3, 2017, midnight
S16E4 - Episode 4
Some criminals drag a generator with just one wheel across Yorkshire, a van crashes through a level crossing and a van full of contraband is stopped in Bradford.
April 10, 2017, midnight
S16E5 - Episode 5
A speeding murder suspect is pursued through downtown Bradford, a speeding car thief picks a fight with a tree, and cops intervene as a young drink driver is attacked.
April 17, 2017, midnight
S16E6 - Episode 6
A young speeder writes his car off in a spectacular fireball, and cops pursue a car obeying all the rules of the road except for one. In the car is a familiar face...
April 24, 2017, midnight
S16E7 - Episode 7
Cops from North and West Yorkshire are cracking down on uninsured drivers whose recklessness is a cost to us all, raising everyone's insurance premiums and killing other road users.
July 3, 2017, midnight
S16E8 - Episode 8
The cops are on the heels of drug dealers, drug users and drugged-up drivers, including one dealer who tries to flush away the evidence.
July 10, 2017, midnight
S16E9 - Episode 9
The cops deal with a suicidal man with mental health problems, an Eritrean woman dumped out of a lorry by people traffickers, and a lass who's had a barney with her boyfriend.
July 17, 2017, midnight
S16E10 - Carjacked Special
The cops are cracking down on car thieves. Two reckless high performance car thieves lead them on the longest pursuit in the history of the force.
July 24, 2017, midnight
S16E11 - Episode 11
The cops have their hands full with night time drink driving incidents. Four police cars are needed to stop a car with a motorbike hanging out of the boot.
July 31, 2017, midnight
S16E12 - Episode 12
Officers deal with a four-car collision outside a primary school. They make sure all those injured or hurt are accounted for, and also set about finding out who was to blame. A speeding driver is desperate to escape from police and smashes into traffic at a junction, causing carnage before escaping on foot. He has left his passengers behind, but will they help the cops or hinder the course of the investigation?
Aug. 7, 2017, midnight
S16E13 - Episode 13
The cops are called to a fatal accident near a theme park, where they suspect the driver responsible for the crash has been using drugs.
Aug. 14, 2017, midnight
S16E14 - Episode 14
In this edition focusing on the hunt for disqualified, unlicensed and uninsured drivers. In Bradford, officers from the West Yorkshire Safer Roads team pursue a desperate and disqualified driver through the city streets, while a member of the public is forced into making a citizen's arrest when another banned motorist attempts to flee the scene of a crash. In York, a pensioner is knocked down in a hit-and-run incident and an urgent search for the culprit gets under way.
Aug. 21, 2017, midnight
S16E15 - Episode 15
The police have their hands full with the machinations of forgers, fakers and takers. Forgers are turning out Scottish banknotes. A man is using multiple fake plates, and the traffic cops go after criminals in a high-speed pursuit.
Aug. 28, 2017, midnight
S16E16 - Episode 16
After a pensioner gets knocked down, the traffic cops lead an urgent city wide search for a suspected hit and run driver.
Sept. 4, 2017, midnight
S16E17 - Episode 17
North Yorkshire's road crime team chase a gang using 4x4s on nightly thefts from industrial estates. In Leeds, a teen crosses a busy road, and soon needs the emergency services.
Oct. 23, 2017, midnight
S16E18 - Episode 18
North Yorkshire is considered a soft touch by criminals using the country's back roads. The traffic cops hunt down burglars, drug dealers, petrol bikers and thieves.
Oct. 30, 2017, midnight
S16E19 - Episode 19
York's traffic cops need all their professionalism to deal with a distressing incident in which a pregnant woman has been knocked off her bike.
Nov. 6, 2017, midnight
S16E20 - Episode 20
A gang of burglars who have been targeting pensioners are spotted in Halifax. The road crime team are tracking a team of burglars who operate in a convoy of cars.
Nov. 13, 2017, midnight
S16E21 - Christmas Special
The traffic cops have their hands full as drunks end up getting behind the wheel. The stresses of surviving Yuletide lead to late night argy-bargy and screaming matches.
Dec. 7, 2017, midnight
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12360 min
March 18, 2003
July 26, 2021, midnight
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