Police Stop!
| Police Stop! | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Graham Cole |
| Narrated by | Graham Cole |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Bill Rudgard |
| Running time | 50–80 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky1 |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | 1993 – 2002 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Police Camera Action! |
Police Stop! is a series of real-life police video programmes, which were made originally for video from 1993 onwards and were later originally broadcast on Sky1. The series has recently been repeated on Men and Motors in 2007, and more recently in 2008 on ITV4. Police Stop! was presented and narrated by Graham Cole who is best known as PC Tony Stamp in the Thames Television police drama, The Bill. The series focused mainly on road based crime and mostly consisted of footage from cameras mounted in police cars and helicopters, with occasional material from road-side or hand-held cameras.
The original Police Stop video was released in 1993 and, after receiving much publicity from The Sun, was very successful. This was followed by Police Stop 2, Police Stop 3 (both 1994) and Police Stop 4 (1995). Worst of Police Stop (1994) was a compilation of the first three, and a further release entitled Police Stop America was also released in 1994, featuring American only footage. The first video included an introduction by Inspector David Rowland, a traffic officer of the Metropolitan Police and had obtained the co-operation of several UK police forces, who contributed most of the material. Later videos increasingly included clips from elsewhere, primarily the United States and mainland Europe. Each video included several long car chases, interspersed with groups of shorter clips relating to a common theme such as unroadworthy vehicles or dangerous overtaking manoeuvres. Occasionally, a "humorous" clip was shown; the most famous example, used by a number of similar television programmes since, shows a moped rider transporting a long plank of wood balanced across the back of his machine. All five videos were exempt from classification. From Police Stop 5 onwards, the programme was aired on Sky One and were never released on video. From this point onwards, the series continued to use more clips from non-UK sources. The series was transmitted on Sky One up until Police Stop 11, which was an all American special in 2002.
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