Police Interceptors
| Police Interceptors | |
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Police Interceptors title card
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| Created by |
Steve Warr Bill Rudgard |
| Developed by | Raw Cut TV |
| Starring | Various |
| Narrated by |
Christopher Fox (2008 - 2015) John Thomson (2015 - ) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 103 (approx, excluding compilations) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Steve Warr Bill Rudgard |
| Producer(s) | John Everett |
| Location(s) | Essex, South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumbria, Lincolnshire, and Durham&Cleveland England |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Channel 5 (2008–2015) Spike (2015–present) |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 9 May 2008 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Road Wars Street Wars |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Police Interceptors is a British TV documentary series that profiles the work of: a police ANPR Intercept Team (now known as the Territorial Support Team) in Essex (series 1, 2 and 3); South Yorkshire Police's Road Crime Unit and Derbyshire Police's Road Policing Unit (series 4); The Cumbria Constabulary's Roads Policing Unit (series 5); Lincolnshire's specialist police Road Policing Unit (series 6, 7 and 8); and The Durham Constabulary and Cleveland Police's Special Operations Unit (series 9 onwards). The documentary has been broadcast by Channel 5 since the first episode on 9 May 2008.
The series features the following police officers from Essex Police, South Yorkshire Police, Derbyshire Constabulary, Cumbria Constabulary, Lincolnshire Police, Durham Constabulary and Cleveland Police involved in high-speed car chases following car thieves in stolen vehicles, speeding and drunken drivers. They use the latest high-speed police cars to follow and hunt down boy racers presenting a danger to the public. The Interceptors also use the latest number-plate reading technology (ANPR) to detect drivers without car insurance, often resulting in an argument with the driver and the disclosure of other crimes. The chases are often interspersed with light-hearted incidents involving the team's food breaks, harmless drunks and practical jokes in the incident room. The show often identifies officers by humorous nicknames and on-screen graphics feature data on their years in service, likes and dislikes. Most incidents are tracked down by uniform officers from the Interceptor team but plain clothes and undercover police have also featured in the series.
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