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| Created by | Optomen Television and Carlton Television |
| Starring | Alastair Stewart (Presenter and Narrator) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV1 |
| Release | 1994 – 2002 |
Police Camera Action! is a police video programme presented by Alastair Stewart and made by Optomen Television between 1994 and 2002 for Carlton Television which is broadcast on ITV1. Each episode had a subtitle relating to the type of police video footage such as "Safety Last" or "Driven to Distraction". It typically features police footage and occasional media footage relating to bad driving and road crime.
However, this has not always been so, with special episodes The Liver Run (featuring the Metropolitan Police) and The Man Who Shot OJ, focusing on the work of helicopter cameraman and pilot Bob Tur in Los Angeles. This episode also looked at the controversies behind the OJ Simpson trial. In later seasons of the show, footage from Bob Tur and the Los Angeles News Service would feature more prominently in certain episodes.
In 2002 the presenter Alastair Stewart's contract to present Police Camera Action was ended due to a drink driving conviction in Winchester, Hampshire and this delayed transmission of some unaired episodes until January 17, 2006.
Currently rescreenings of Police Camera Action are made on ITV4, 9.00pm-10.00pm Wednesday and Thursday (UK time).
The rescreenings are of:
- Season 1 (1994-1995)
- Season 2 (1996-1998)
- Season 3 (1998-2000)
- Season 4 (2000-2001)
Season 5, from 2002, has only aired on ITV1.
- The first episode broadcast in 1994 was known as Police Stop!, which was also the name of a similar police programme available initially on VHS video and later on Sky One. In recent rescreenings of this episode on Men & Motors it is renamed Police, Camera, Action! with the subtitle of "Danger! Drivers Ahead" in line with the other episodes of this series.
- A spin off book of the series was released in 1996 by Ebury Press which was written by Peter Gillbe with a foreword by Alastair Stewart and which featured police footage of bad driving. Currently the book is out of print.
- Many of the video clips shown on Police, Camera, Action never had an accompanying sound-track, and were dubbed with standard recordings of traffic noise more reminiscent of American cities than British motorways. When the same clip was used in the Police Stop! videos, background music was played in conjunction with a commentary.
Episode guide
List of episodes and year of production, courtesy of the production company Optomen television
Programmes are 26 minutes long except where stated.
- YEAR UK TITLE
- 1994 P 00 POLICE STOP / Danger, Drivers Ahead
- 1994 P 01 POLICE, CAMERA, ACTION!
- SERIES 1
- YEAR UK TITLE
- 1995 P 02 POLICE, CAMERA, ACTION! – 95 / Safety Last
- 1995 P 03 HELICOPS
- 1995 P 04 INTERNATIONAL
- 1995 P 05 TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
- 1995 P 06 LIVER RUN
- SERIES 2
- YEAR UK TITLE
- 1996 P 07 DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION
- 1996 P 08 INTERNATIONAL PATROL
- 1996 P 09 MAN WHO SHOT OJ I
- 1996 P 10 UNFIT TO DRIVE
- 1996 P 11 EUROCOPS
- 1996 P 12 ROAD TO NOWHERE
- 1996 P 13 MAN WHO SHOT OJ II
- SERIES 3
- YEAR UK TITLE
- 1997 P 14 ON YOUR BIKE
- 1997 P 15 OUT OF CONTROL
- 1997 P 16 ENOUGH’S ENOUGH
- 1997 P 17 THE WILD SIDE
- 1997 P 18 A LORRY LOAD OF TROUBLE
- 1997 P 19 DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER (Special)
- 1997 P 20 WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR MOTOR?
- SERIES 4
- YEAR UK TITLE
- 1998 P 21 COAT HANGER MAN
- 1998 P 22 RUST BUCKETS
- 1998 P 23 CAPTURED
- 1998 P 24 THE UNPROTECTED
- 1998 P 25 SPEED
- 1998 P 26 ON THE BUSES
- 1998 P 27 LEARNING THE HARD WAY (Special)
- SERIES 5
- YEAR UK TITLE
- 1999 P 28 WHAT DRIVES YOU MAD
- 1999 P 29 IN THE DRIVING SEAT
- 1999 P 30 BACK TO BASICS
- 1999 P 31 STAYING SAFE
- 1999 P 32 NOWHERE TO HIDE
- 1999 P 33 MONSTER DRIVERS
- 1999 P 34 BRAT PACK
- 1999 P 35 ON THE EDGE
- SERIES 6
- YEAR UK TITLE
- 99/2000 P 36 CRASH TEST RACERS (Special 60min) F1 footage
- 99/2000 P 37 HIGHWAY OF TOMORROW (Special 60min)
- 99/2000 P 38 CRASH TEST RACERS (Special 60min) F1 stills
- 99/2000 P 39 HIGHWAY OF TOMORROW Part 1 (Special 30min)
- 99/2000 P 40 HIGHWAY OF TOMORROW Part 2 (Special 30min)
- 99/2000 P 41 CRASH TEST RACERS Part 1 (Special 30min)
- 99/2000 P 42 CRASH TEST RACERS Part 2 (Special 30min)
- 2000 P 43 ROUND THE BEND
- 2000 P 44 DANGER AHEAD
- 2000 P 45 ROGUES ROADSHOW
- 2000 P 46 TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
- 2000 P 47 A FAIR COP
- 2000 P 48 SMASH & GRAB
- 2000 P 49 FORD
- 2000 P 50 GETTING YOUR MAN
- SERIES 7
- YEAR UK TITLE
- 2002 P 51 LIFE IN THE FAST LANE
- 2002 P 52 MOTORWAY MANNERS
- 2002 P 53 DIVERSION AHEAD!
- 2002 P 54 UNDER THE INFLUENCE
- 2002 P 55 CITY LIMITS
- 2002 P 56 NICKED!
International syndication
Optomen television had set of masters of the programme made up(48x26m) The series eps are different for the UK series, and for the international series
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- New Zealand - TV 2
- Sweden - TV4 AB (1998-2003)
- United States of America - TLC
External links
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