8 /10 1 Votes
8.1/10 TV Original language(s) English No. of episodes 88 First episode date 26 July 2003 Network Sky 1 | 7.8/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 7 Producer(s) Raw Cut TV Final episode date 24 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Bill RudgardSteve Warr Similar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Road Wars was a reality television programme created by Raw Cut TV for British Sky Broadcasting and broadcast on Sky1, and also worldwide. Since Series 1 the show was narrated by Lee Boardman who played villain Jez Quigley in ITV soap Coronation Street. The 2nd half of series 7 was narrated by Claire Goose who played Inspector Rachel Weston in ITV1 police drama The Bill.
Contents
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 programme has documented the changing tactics of criminals and the response of the UK police forces. The programme also features some police videos from America, Australia and occasionally Ireland.
Devon & Cornwall Police
From Series 7, the series moved on to follow the Road Crime Unit and the front line Dog Squad of Devon and Cornwall Police. The Road Crime Unit operates marked BMW 3 Series along with unmarked 2.5L Ford Focus STs.
Transmissions
There have been eight series of Road Wars. Four special episodes have been shown including two American episodes (known as Road Wars USA), which aired 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. Three compilation editions entitled "Ultimate Road Wars", featuring action from the first six series, first aired on Sky1 on 11 November, 13 November and 1 December 2008.
Special
In a special two part series called Road Wars USA, Andy Samuels and Chris Piggott spent a couple of months attached to a Gang Unit in Cicero, Illinois, near Chicago, to note how law enforcement is practised in the United States.