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Revision as of 09:59, 12 April 2006 by The JPS (talk | contribs) (stubsort)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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 Tuesday and Wednesday (UK time).
Trivia
The first episode broadcasted in 1994 was known as Police Stop!, however this was also used by a similar police programme that was available on VHS video (and later Sky One) that is known as Police Stop! 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.
Episode guide
1994-1997
1. Danger! Drivers Ahead!
2. Police Camera Action!
3. Safety Last
4. Helicops
5. International Patrol
6. Driven to Distraction
7. Eurocops
8. Road to Nowhere
1997-2001
9. On Your Bike
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