''Street Crime UK'' is a
reality television
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series focusing on
law enforcement
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in various parts of the United Kingdom, as
police
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go about their duties on the streets of Britain's towns and cities.
The
police officer
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s featuring in episodes discussed work, responding to
999 999 or triple nine most often refers to:
* 999 (emergency telephone number), a telephone number for the emergency services in several countries
* 999 (number), an integer
* AD 999, a year
* 999 BC, a year
Books
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calls, enforcing
public order
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, raid premises allegedly being used for illegal purposes, pursuing and arresting various suspects, transporting them to the
police station
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after they are arrested. The show was narrated by
Susan Rae
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, who often updated the viewers as to whether the arrested were charged/tried/convicted etc. and sometimes given details of the sentences/penalties that were imposed on them for their lawbreaking, also updating on current events.
''Street Crime UK'' was originally shown on
Bravo
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and was later repeated on Virgin 1 (which was later re-branded
Channel One). Series 4 and ''Christmas Crime UK'' has also been repeated on
Sky One
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and
Pick TV
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History
Sky Three launched on 31st October 2005. It was essentially a barker channel for Sky's main entertainment channel Sky One and its other su ...
.
The programme also featured police clips, previously broadcast on
ITV
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ITV
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's reality police series ''Crimefighters''.
''Street Crime UK'' was replaced by ''
Brit Cops: Frontline Crime'' in 2008.
Series guide
*Series 1: 15 editions first shown from November 2002.
*Series 2: 15 editions first shown from October 2003.
*Series 3: 20 editions first shown September 2004.
*Series 4: 15 editions first shown from 6 June 2005.
*Christmas editions: 5 editions first shown December 2005.
See also
*''
Brit Cops
''Brit Cops'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British reality television series following police officers in the UK. It was originally broadcast on Bravo (UK TV channel), Bravo. Until the closing of Bravo in 2011, older episodes were then s ...
'' - Bravo's replacement for ''Street Crime UK''.
*''Blues and Twos'' -
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
,
UK Horizons
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,
Bravo
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* Bravo (Spanish group), represented Spain at Eurovision 1984
*Bravo Music, an American concert band music publishing company ...
,
Bravo 2
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History Player
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,
Virgin1
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,
Watch
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and
Really
*''
Traffic Cops
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'' - Sometimes broadcast as ''Motorway Cops''.
BBC One
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programme which is also repeated on various
UKTV
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channels.
*''
Police Interceptors
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'' - Police series broadcast on
Channel 5 following Police ANPR intercept teams.
*''
Road Wars'' - Broadcast on
Sky1
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,
Sky2
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and
Pick TV
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History
Sky Three launched on 31st October 2005. It was essentially a barker channel for Sky's main entertainment channel Sky One and its other su ...
.
*''
Street Wars'' - Also known as ''Street Law''. Broadcast on
Sky
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.
*''
Police, Camera, Action!'' - A similar programme broadcast on ITV and
ITV4
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.
*''
Most Evil Killers
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'' - Series broadcast on Pick
References
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2000s British crime television series
2002 British television series debuts
2005 British television series endings
Bravo (British TV channel) original programming
Documentary television series about policing
Television series by ITV Studios
Television shows produced by Granada Television
English-language television shows