Traffic cops

Traffic Cops
Current Traffic Cops title card
Genre	Motoring / Police
Directed by	Bruce Lippold
Narrated by	Jamie Theakston Steven Mackintosh
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	16
No. of episodes	101 (as of 19 December 2016) (list of episodes)
Production
Location(s)	United Kingdom
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Mentorn
Release
Original network	BBC One (2003 - 2016) BBC One HD (2011 - 2016) BBC Three (2016) BBC Three HD (2016) Channel 5 (2016 - Present)
Picture format	16:9
Original release	18 March 2003 (2003-03-18) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Car Wars Motorway Cops

Traffic Cops is a British documentary series on Channel 5 (previously BBC One) which follows Road Policing Units from various UK police forces.

Traffic Cops has consistently been one of the most watched factual series on UK television. It, along with its spin-off series Motorway Cops, are produced by Folio Productions, a subsidiary of Mentorn Media. Both shows were broadcast on the BBC until 2016. Between 2003 and 2015, Jamie Theakston narrated the programme. On 28 June 2016, Mentorn Media announced that the show had been recomissioned by Channel 5, and would mark a return of Jamie Theakston with an "expanded on-screen role".

A notable episode of the show featured footage of the 2008 double suicide attempt of Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, which occurred in front of a production team as they accompanied officers to the scene.

The show follows the day-to-day role of a traffic officer and the incidents they come across. The current series follows Officers from the Roads Policing Group and Road Crime Team from North Yorkshire Police, as well as the Roads Policing Unit from West Yorkshire Police. Previous series have followed the Yorkshire & The Humber Regional Roads Crime Team, West Yorkshire Police, Cheshire Constabulary, Hampshire Constabulary, Humberside Police, South Wales Police, South Yorkshire Police, Sussex Police, Bedfordshire Police and Hertfordshire Constabulary.