Road Wars (TV series)
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| Format | Reality |
| Created by | Bill Rudgard, Steve Warr |
| Narrated by | Lee Boardman |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 6 |
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| Producer(s) | Raw Cut TV |
| Running time | 45 mins approx. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Sky One, Sky One HD |
| Picture format | PAL (576i), HD (1080i) |
| Audio format | Stereo, Dolby Digital |
| Original run | 2003 – present |
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| Related shows | Street Wars, Street Law |
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| IMDb profile | |
Road Wars is a reality television programme produced by Raw Cut TV for British Sky Broadcasting and broadcast on Sky One, Sky Two and Sky Three as well as being distributed worldwide. It is widely recognised as the replacement to Police Stop!, previously shown on Sky One, also produced by Bill Rudgard.
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[edit] About the show
Beginning in 2003 the programme has followed the fourteen members of the Thames Valley Police's roads policing proactive unit (road crime unit - known within the force as "Tango Vultures" - taken from their TV callsign prefix and the joke that they swoop to steal arrests from other officers) while they carried out their duties. Road Wars is unlike other previous police programmes on Sky in that it followed the work of officers rather than simply playing police video clips.
The Thames Valley Police unit operates high-specification, unmarked 3.0L V6 Vauxhall Omegas (now being replaced by unmarked 3.2L V6 GSI Vauxhall Vectras) and is tasked with taking a proactive role in fighting crime especially targeted towards street robbers and burglars, but also undertaking general traffic policing (the officers are drawn from standard Roads Policing teams). The footage from this team is combined with video footage from police forces around the world (though largely UK and United States forces).
The programme has documented the changing tactics of criminals, perhaps most importantly their increasing violence and recklessness, and the response of the UK police forces. The programme has the approval of the Association of Chief Police Officers. [1]
[edit] Series facts
There have been six series of Road Wars with the sixth series currently airing on Sky One starting Monday 3rd March 2008. Four special episodes have been shown including two American episodes, broadcast in 2005, where British police from the series travel to the U.S. to see the difference in police and criminal behaviour and two Christmas specials shown in 2003 and 2004.
- Series 1 - 6 episodes
- Series 2 - 6 episodes
- Series 3 - 8 episodes
- Series 4 - 8 episodes
- Series 5 - 20 episodes
- Series 6 - 20 episodes
[edit] Other Countries
The Road Wars series has also been sold to these television networks and Television stations:
- RTL Holland
- TV3 in New Zealand
- Seven Network in Australia
- TV Network in Russia
- Fox Reality in America
- TV4 Fakta in Sweden
- MTV3 Fakta in Finland
[edit] See also
- Street Law (also known as Street Wars)
- Police Stop! - A police clip show previously shown on Sky, the forerunner to Road Wars.
- Traffic Cops (also known as Car Wars) a police video programme shown on BBC One.
- Police, Camera, Action! a similar programme on ITV.
- Street Crime UK a similar programme shown on Bravo
[edit] External links
- Road Wars at skyone.co.uk (official website)
- Road Wars forum at skyone.co.uk (official website)
- Raw Cut TV website
- Unofficial Fan Site
- Thames Valley Cantina - The Unofficial Forum
