Motorway Cops
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{{Infobox television
| image = MotorwayCopsTitleCard.png
| image_size = 250
| narrated = Jamie Theakston
| director = Marc Tiley
| company = Mentorn
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 7
| num_episodes = 33
| list_episodes =
| location = United Kingdom
| runtime = 60 minutes
| network = BBC One
| first_aired = {{start date|2008|1|14|df=yes}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2015|9|10|df=yes}}
| 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
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rqj3c|title=Motorway Cops|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-25}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rqj3c/episodes/guide|title=Motorway Cops - Episode Guide|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-25}}
Production
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.tinopolis.com/news/2016/june/channel-5-commissions-the-new-series-of-traffic-cops/ |title=CHANNEL 5 COMMISSIONS THE NEW SERIES OF TRAFFIC COPS - Tinopolis Group |accessdate=2019-04-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918061320/http://www.tinopolis.com/news/2016/june/channel-5-commissions-the-new-series-of-traffic-cops/ |archivedate=18 September 2016 |df=dmy-all }}
Episodes
=Series overview=
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| episodes1 = 8
| start1 = 14 January 2008
| end1 = 5 May 2010
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| link2 = #Series 2 (2010–11)
| episodes2 = 5
| start2 = 7 September 2010
| end2 = 25 August 2011
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| link3 = #Series 3 (2011–12)
| episodes3 = 4
| start3 = 3 October 2011
| end3 = 2 February 2012
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| link4 = #Series 4 (2013)
| episodes4 = 4
| start4 = 18 March 2013
| end4 = 10 April 2013
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| episodes5 = 7
| start5 = 2 September 2013
| end5 = 14 January 2014
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| link6 = #Series 6 (2014–15)
| episodes6 = 4
| start6 = 7 August 2014
| end6 = 16 July 2015
| color7 = CFB53B
| link7 = #Series 7 (2015)
| episodes7 = 1
| released7 = 10 September 2015
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=Series 1 (2008–10)=
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{{Episode list
| Title = Traffic Cops Special
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|1|14|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Traffic Cops Special (Rush-Hour Roulette)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|3|26|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Dicing with Death
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|9|25|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary = 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.
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{{Episode list
| Title = Fatal Consequences
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|10|6|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Highway Robbery
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|1|26|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Deadly Highways
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|8|25|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Catch Us If You Can
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|09|2|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Secrets and Lies
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|5|5|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 8
| ShortSummary =
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=Series 2 (2010–11)=
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{{Episode list
| Title = Wrecked and Reckless
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|9|7|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Lost in Translation
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|1|4|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Deadly Distractions
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|1|11|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = The Sixth Sense
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|18|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Booze and Twos
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|9|25|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| ShortSummary =
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=Series 3 (2011–12)=
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{{Episode list
| Title = Cheats and Chancers
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|10|3|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Life in the Fast Lane
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|10|17|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Burden of Proof
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|1|10|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Hide and Seek
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|2|2|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary =
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=Series 4 (2013)=
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{{Episode list
| Title = Lights Out
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|18|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Off and Running
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|3|25|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 19
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Extreme Measures
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|4|3|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 20
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Rule Breakers and Risk Takers
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|4|10|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 21
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary =
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=Series 5 (2013–14)=
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{{Episode list
| Title = Excuses, Excuses
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|9|2|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 22
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Duty of Care
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|9|9|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 23
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Right Time, Right Place
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|9|16|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 24
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Without Warning
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|9|23|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 25
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Out of Control
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|9|30|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 26
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = White Lines
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2013|10|7|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 27
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Dangerous Highways
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|1|14|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 28
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| ShortSummary =
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=Series 6 (2014–15)=
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{{Episode list
| Title = Human Traffic
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|8|7|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 29
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Tip-Offs and Tearaways
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|8|21|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 30
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Riding into Trouble
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2014|8|28|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 31
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| Title = Keeping Up Appearances
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|7|16|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 32
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary =
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=Series 7 (2015)=
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{{Episode list
| Title = Breakdown
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|9|10|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 33
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary =
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See also
- Traffic Cops - sister series broadcast on Channel 5.
- Sky Cops - sister series broadcast on BBC One.
- Police Interceptors - series broadcast on Channel 5 with a similar format.
- Brit Cops - police documentary series originally on Bravo and now on Sky Livingit.
- Road Wars - programme broadcast on Sky1, Sky2, and Pick TV which is about Road Traffic Police.
- Street Wars - programme broadcast on Sky about police officers "on the beat".
- Police Camera Action! - series broadcast on ITV with a similar format.
References
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External links
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Category:2008 British television series debuts
Category:2015 British television series endings
Category:2010s British television series
Category:BBC television documentaries
Category:British crime television series
Category:British reality television series