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Old 01-07-2016, 21:11
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Were these programs beneath the license fee payers though?
Any good reason why they shouldn't get stuff they like, even if you think it's beneath the BBC?

Not that I watch these things or this program in particular, only in passing and they're usually years old repeats.
I'm pretty sure it was PC Scothern who spun a Volvo at 100 plus MPH when a tyre blew and it pirouetted up the motorway managing not to hit anyone or anything, it was very wet IIRC.

Is the Sheriff John Bernell(sp) one still going btw, the dramatic language in that always gave me the pip.
It's cheap lazy programming and has been done by others including Police Stop!, Road Wars, Street Law, Police Interceptors, Brit Cops, Street Crime UK... isn't the BBC's role to be distinctive?
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Old 01-07-2016, 22:53
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I never really got in to Traffic Cops, as I found it very slow-paced and very predictable. Road Wars on the other hand is a brilliant show, it's a shame they didn't do more of it. I always make sure to catch a repeat on Pick TV, Lee Boardman's commentary is brilliant. I'm quite surprise Channel 5 have picked TC up because as others have said they already have Police Interceptors which is a newer show and still fairly successful.
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Old 01-07-2016, 22:53
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It's cheap lazy programming and has been done by others including Police Stop!, Road Wars, Street Law, Police Interceptors, Brit Cops, Street Crime UK... isn't the BBC's role to be distinctive?
According to one FM the BBC's program was better than the others.
'It's been done before' has never stopped anyone thinking of a new iteration on Shakespeare's work.
It's Channel 4's remit to be distinctive, the alternative, isn't it?
Again, if the punters who pay for the BBC want the program in big enough numbers, shouldn't they get their program.
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Old 01-07-2016, 23:48
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According to one FM the BBC's program was better than the others.
'It's been done before' has never stopped anyone thinking of a new iteration on Shakespeare's work.
It's Channel 4's remit to be distinctive, the alternative, isn't it?
Again, if the punters who pay for the BBC want the program in big enough numbers, shouldn't they get their program.
With Channel 4's record, it is surprising they have not done similar series from the point of view of the car thieves and drug dealers. Or perhaps they have ........
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Old 03-11-2016, 12:24
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With Channel 4's record, it is surprising they have not done similar series from the point of view of the car thieves and drug dealers. Or perhaps they have ........
Given C4's recent performance they would have probably overpaid for the format but forgotten to sign up any police to be in it.
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Old 03-11-2016, 13:16
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Sorry I couldn't find this thread so I'll repost what I said in my thread.

"It's not on the BBC at all anymore as they have dropped it and Channel 5 has taken over with it returning Monday the 14th of Novermber at 8 for a 7 episode run with Jamie Theakston returning as narrator."

I have to say I do like Theakston as the narrator for the show (will the BBC still continue Motorway Cops?) and I also liked Lee Boardman's commentary on Road Wars, Claire Goose really was just too stiff in her voice over.
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Old 03-11-2016, 17:48
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Sorry I couldn't find this thread so I'll repost what I said in my thread.

"It's not on the BBC at all anymore as they have dropped it and Channel 5 has taken over with it returning Monday the 14th of Novermber at 8 for a 7 episode run with Jamie Theakston returning as narrator."

I have to say I do like Theakston as the narrator for the show (will the BBC still continue Motorway Cops?) and I also liked Lee Boardman's commentary on Road Wars, Claire Goose really was just too stiff in her voice over.
He was brilliant, very amusing in his commentary. Road Wars is a great show, I'd rate it miles ahead of Police Interceptors/Traffic Cops, wish Sky would make another series, it was at its best following the Thames Valley officers.
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Old 14-11-2016, 21:47
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Odd to see Theakston introducing this on-camera and the 20 minutes hacked out by the ads have sadly reduced it to a shadow of its former self. I like the on-screen explanations but everything else is worse than it was on the Beeb, much like Bake Off will be on C4.
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Old 14-11-2016, 21:55
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I haven't seen the Channel 5 version yet, but when it was on BBC One I always felt like it was a long hour, so I don't imagine it would have suffered that much making the move
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Old 14-11-2016, 22:39
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Never understood how the cops on these shows get away with talking to the people they deal with in the way they do. Total attempts to be celebrities.
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Old 15-11-2016, 00:05
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Never understood how the cops on these shows get away with talking to the people they deal with in the way they do. Total attempts to be celebrities.
not polite enough or something ? , police are taught to take lead control of situations where they deal with the public, that means they can come across as abrasive and confrontational. however 99% of the time they are dealing with known liars, scum and crims, the type of people who shove little parcels of drugs up their poo-holes..........nice people eh ?
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Old 15-11-2016, 02:18
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not polite enough or something ? , police are taught to take lead control of situations where they deal with the public, that means they can come across as abrasive and confrontational. however 99% of the time they are dealing with known liars, scum and crims, the type of people who shove little parcels of drugs up their poo-holes..........nice people eh ?
You're one of the most consistently wrong posters I've seen on here.
I've been caught bang to rights and not had any confrontation and abrasiveness, I didn't even have to act all sheepish about my offence.
I've had more dealings with them in the last few years where I was innocent of anything, still no confrontation or abrasiveness, wouldn't work on me because I bite easily and they'd get it back from me.

There are a fair number of coppers and members of the public who believe everyone they deal with must be guilty of 'something', but they just can't prove it 'this time' it's not a good position to come from.

There were complaints on here about the Police been too polite in the recent program about a Police custody suite.
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Old 15-11-2016, 05:54
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I thought this was much better than when on the been as a previous poster said it used to seem like a long hour. This has been edited down to 45 minutes do it is much more action packed.
As for adverts, do people still watch commercial channels live without the ability to wind the adverts on?
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Old 15-11-2016, 09:27
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You're one of the most consistently wrong posters I've seen on here.
I've been caught bang to rights and not had any confrontation and abrasiveness, I didn't even have to act all sheepish about my offence.
I've had more dealings with them in the last few years where I was innocent of anything, still no confrontation or abrasiveness, wouldn't work on me because I bite easily and they'd get it back from me.

There are a fair number of coppers and members of the public who believe everyone they deal with must be guilty of 'something', but they just can't prove it 'this time' it's not a good position to come from.

There were complaints on here about the Police been too polite in the recent program about a Police custody suite.
I can't remember the exact words now but I think it was when Labour were wanting everyone to carry ID cards with biometrics or even perhaps the police to have everyone's DNA sample, but a very senior police officer was being interviewed and could not understand the concept of everyone being innocent until proved guilty.
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Old 15-11-2016, 14:10
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i am glad its back the bbc ruined the last 2 series of it especially changing format and getting rid of jamie.
its good to see jamie back only critism is they should have left him as a off screen narrator rather than an onscreen one
It is one of the best police shows there is, if we did not have that and motorway cops we would never have seen the psyco swedish sisters
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Old 28-11-2016, 20:08
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Less than five minutes and they're into the first ad break. Even when Five gets a halfway decent show they still seem hellbent on cocking it up.
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Old 28-11-2016, 20:30
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Less than five minutes and they're into the first ad break. Even when Five gets a halfway decent show they still seem hellbent on cocking it up.
it was bad enough at 8 minutes, but 5 ?
they are taking the wii.
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Old 13-12-2016, 19:58
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So, all done and dusted in less than 53 minutes - Approx 40 minutes once you factor in ads and that's with the annoying "Coming Up..." bits. They've just gutted this show, carving at least one third off it meaning this seven part series on Five clocks in at @280 minutes all told vs @410 minutes as it would've been on the Beeb.

They're just incapable of not ruining something even when something good is handed to them on a plate.
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Old 13-12-2016, 20:32
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The episodes are 45 minutes long compared to 57 on the BBC.
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Old 13-12-2016, 20:44
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The episodes are 45 minutes long compared to 57 on the BBC.
I'd dispute that as tonight's repeat was less than 53 minutes all in and they had three breaks of about 4 mins apiece. Beeb's ran approx 59 minutes ISTR:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DLJlVS18kc is 59 minutes as are roughly most of the others on YT (give or take a few seconds).
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Old 14-12-2016, 09:55
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I'd dispute that as tonight's repeat was less than 53 minutes all in and they had three breaks of about 4 mins apiece.
I checked the most recent episode on My 5 and the runtime, without ads, was 45:10.

It may be that the repeat on Tuesday is edited slightly to make room for the news update at 19:55.

The naughty full episode uploads on YouTube are often slowed down slightly (to get round automated copyright filters I presume?) An upload on YouTube shows the latest C5 episode as being 51 minutes long when it's only 45.
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Old 16-12-2016, 19:24
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I checked the most recent episode on My 5 and the runtime, without ads, was 45:10.
I may seemingly be in the minority here but i think the show is better for being shorter (but obviously needs a record instead of live watch to skip the ads and the "coming up..." bits). It still seems to cover the same number of incidents but has cut down considerably on the 'talking heads' bit. When on the bbc it would drive me nuts that every time the incident was getting really interesting they'd cut back to another minute of a PC in a monotome voice explaining what he was thinking at that point.
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