# Would you watch a UK police program, probably circa 1 hour in length? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467 "2012-10-22T00:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/21 "2012-10-22T13:21:50Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > You joke, but here in the UK one channel shows a _New Zealand_ police video programme. It makes the British ones (like _Police Camera Action_) look like Tarantino. God yes ! I watched one out of curiousity. The NZ police turned up because there might have been a fight about to start,but it didn’t, the highlight of the programme was when one car shunted another. Then again there was the incident when the police pulled over a young rebel for going five mph over the speed limit. The cop gave the perp a good talking to, and just watching it , I learnt a lesson. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/22 "2012-10-22T14:59:16Z")
Do the female police officers uniforms just pop off like in Benny Hill? I watched Law and Order UK and Life on Mars (Kind of a cop show) and liked them both. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/23 "2012-10-23T07:14:47Z")
There are two reasons I did a poll before starting the thread: (a) I think I have quite a high success rate with my threads, no point in dragging down the average with a damp squib but much more importantly (b) I haven’t selected the specific episode I wanted to discuss, which seems to be the impression that most here are coming away with. I wouldn’t want to go to what is going to be about four or five man hours of effort just to get one reply. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/24 "2012-10-23T13:36:18Z")
> [@Simple\_Linctus](#): > > There are two reasons I did a poll before starting the thread: > > (a) I think I have quite a high success rate with my threads, no point in dragging down the average with a damp squib > > but much more importantly > > (b) I haven’t selected the specific episode I wanted to discuss, which seems to be the impression that most here are coming away with. I wouldn’t want to go to what is going to be about four or five man hours of effort just to get one reply. Five hours? Just how slow a typist are you? ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/25 "2012-10-23T18:12:47Z")
Oh, writing the thread will take a couple of minutes. It’s choosing the right episode that’ll be difficult. I suppose I could pick one at random but I’m really looking for one that contrasts a lot of stuff (especially with what I perceive to be the Sherrif J.W. Pepper approach versus the UK softly softly approach). I also want one where Jamie Theakston gets to the end and runs down the sentences everyone got and they are especially interesting (in either direction). ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/26 "2012-10-28T03:32:14Z")
I’ve just watched a rather good one: 999 What’s Your Emergency? This starts with the emergency calls and the the response of the call takers before moving on to the emergency service response. This particular episode was themed around women and the (disturbing) rise in female on female violence in the UK. Some good interviews with female police and some rather special incidents. One began with a young female howling to the 999 operator that her best friend was dying. As soon as the officers arrived the girl legged it as she was the one who had stabbed the victim, her friend! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/27 "2012-10-28T03:38:23Z")
England already exports quite a few: A Touch of Frost Accused Foyle’s War Heartbeat Midsomer Murders New Tricks Silk The Jury The Street Whitechapel ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/28 "2012-10-30T02:24:46Z")
This is proving ludicrously difficulty. There are so many episodes of various shows that I wanna show bits from! ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/29 "2012-10-30T02:30:15Z")
Although - if you want to get a brief taster: How are the first TWO minutes here: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDGAqx5y-Jw&feature=relmfu)?? ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/30 "2012-10-30T02:32:40Z")
(oh and to highlight the kind of thing I am aiming for reactions-wise, scroll that vid along to 6 minutes 5 seconds in and watch for 30 seconds!) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/31 "2012-10-30T03:47:26Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Is it like “Cops” but in the UK? If so then yes, that sounds interesting. Cops did a stretch in the UK and it was hilarious how polite the bobbies were. Then they did some eps in the USSR. Stalingrad cops are less polite. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/32 "2012-11-08T22:13:17Z")
Thread is [up](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15678048#post15678048). By the way dropzone regarding that I once saw a world’s wildest police videos that had something set in the UK. They faked a UK news helicopter reporter with the most ridiculous “tea and crumpets” accent, probably by someone who’d never left Texas. It was only then that I noticed that pretty much all the audio on that program was fake! ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/33 "2012-11-08T22:27:28Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > You joke, but here in the UK one channel shows a _New Zealand_ police video programme. It makes the British ones (like _Police Camera Action_) look like Tarantino. […always blow on the pie.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzs70o9u9NQ) Safer communities together. ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/34 "2012-11-08T22:46:43Z")
I don’t count because I’m in the UK, but wanted to chime in to say I will watch any cop show, any time. I watched Cop Squad earlier which is my favourite because it’s filmed in my home town, and that had one bit which cracked me up. A man is chased through some gardens after doing some crime (I forget what already), police jump on him and wrestle him to the ground. Put him under arrest, inform him he’s going to be searched: “Have you got anything on you you shouldn’t have?” He replies: “Yeah, the police.” ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/35 "2012-11-11T20:37:46Z")
18 of you ain’t done this, so far! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/36 "2012-11-11T21:39:52Z")
I responded to your poll before realizing (in English English: realising) that you were talking about you tube. I cannot commit an hour to you tube. ---
**Author:** ![Simple\_Linctus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467/37 "2012-11-12T03:34:55Z")
Here’s another example of the last couple of minutes of a typical UK pogram: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV9eGpU2EEU&t=56m19s) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-watch-a-uk-police-program-probably-circa-1-hour-in-length/638467.md?page=1)