New Series of Traffic Cops...

harveybobbles

Started last week... Was anyone else annoyed at the lack of actual traffic related chases/offenses?

I don't want to see drug raids on houses or scroats fighting in the street.

Hop next week is better, otherwise it looks like I'll be chooning into Ch5 for Police 'ceptors

KierNet

Would have been nice to see more Traffic Stuff, but still interesting. Nothing stopping you watching Police Interceptors on Monday and Traffic Cops on Thursday

Arg

It would be nice to see a cop show with proper narration instead of the usual guff.
Something like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIuuxxJpHDM

david39

I'm begiining to hate these programmes like Traffic Cops and Fake Britain which are documentaries having three or four storylines running simultaneously and the programme keeps switching from one to another.

It takes a boring couple of minutes at the start of each section to recap on "the story so far" as if we cannot remember what was happening when we left the storyline only ten minutes previously.

Why cannot they follow one storyline through from start to finish and then move on to the next? - Oh, I can guess why - if they spend two minutes each time they chop and change to repeat what was shown earlier, it amounts to about 8 minutes per hour of new programme footage that they don't have to make.

Unfortunately, the BBC have learned this trick from ITV and CH4 programmes where the same ploy is used because we all lose our memories during the commercial break. Come Dine With Me takes it to an extreme.

harveybobbles

The show that annoys me is the ones with Sh'Riff John B'nell (RTD)

DCFC79

I quite like traffic cops and police interceptors, enjoy having a laugh at the numptys

jimmysayshey

david39 wrote: »

I'm begiining to hate these programmes like Traffic Cops and Fake Britain which are documentaries having three or four storylines running simultaneously and the programme keeps switching from one to another.

It takes a boring couple of minutes at the start of each section to recap on "the story so far" as if we cannot remember what was happening when we left the storyline only ten minutes previously.

I thought I was the only one that noticed that!

I hate that! Like when a guy get's pulled over and you're really getting into but after like 2 minutes the narrator goes "Now back to Surrey where PC Tim...." and I'm like wait what the hell!

rev_henry

I quite agree harvey. The old serieses from South Yorkshire/sheffield were far superior. Anyone remember PC Scothern?

KierNet

rev_henry wrote: »

I quite agree harvey. The old serieses from South Yorkshire/sheffield were far superior. Anyone remember PC Scothern?

PC Scothern is on Police Interceptors now.

mark5

Do they show different traffic cops shows depending on where you live?

I seen the Yorkshire/Sheffield ones a few years back but we keep getting South Wales Police traffic cops now!

I think they filmed one SWP series in about 2007 and now repeat it every few months.

harveybobbles

South Wales one was last years I think?

The South Yorkshire one was my fave.