Road Wars (TV series)

Road Wars
Sky1
Release	26 July 2003 (2003-07-26) – 24 January 2010 (2010-01-24)
Related
Street Wars Police Interceptors

Road Wars is a British police

As of 2023, the show has reruns on Sky Showcase, Sky Replay, Sky Mix, Sky Witness and Sky Crime.^{[citation needed]}

Format

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Road Wars followed the work of police officers, documenting the changing tactics of criminals and the response of the UK police forces. For six seasons the show followed officers in the Thames Valley, but moved to Devon and Cornwall for the last series in 2009. The programme also features some police videos both in the UK and US.

Boardman says "In Road Wars, the unexpected is always just around the corner".

The title music was composed by Nainita Desai and Malcolm Laws. Other music was made by the series' co-creator Bill Rudgard. In series 1 the title card consisted of 'ROAD WARS' in red

form. A new title card was made for series 3, which was slightly edited with yellow accents for series 6. The first two seasons had six episodes, series 3 and 4 had eight episodes each, and series 5 and 6 had 20 episodes each.

For series 7 as the show moved to another police force, a new title card and new music was composed. Boardman left his position as narrator and the last 8 episodes were narrated by Claire Goose.

Thames Valley Police

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For series 1–6, the programme followed the fourteen members of the Thames Valley Police's roads policing proactive unit (Road Crime Unit) – known as "Tango Victor". They are also said to be known to fellow officers as "Tango Vulture", taken from their callsign prefix TV (Tango Victor) and the joke that they swoop to steal arrests from other officers while they carried out their duties.

The footage from this team is combined with video footage from police forces around the world (though largely UK and US forces).

Officers

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Officers involved in Road Wars are listed below. As a specialist unit, officers tended to appear in a couple of series, or just for one series.

Series 1 originals PC Tony Sams (series 1, 2 and 3) PC Robb Webb (series 1, 2 and 3) PC Jamie Gilson (Grant's pre-Derek partner making a cameo in series 1) PC Pete Lomas (series 1 and 2) PC Carl Lewis (series 1, 2 and 3) PC Jim Lovell (series 1, 2 and 3) PC Pat Knight (series 1, 2 and 3) PC Mark Carrington (series 1, 2 and 3) PC Grant Thomas (series 1 and a quick appearance in series 3, and in series 4 as a desk sergeant) PC Dave Morgan (series 1, 2 and 3) PC Derek Ingram (series 1, 2, 3 and in two episodes in series 6) PC Andy Samuels (series 1, 2 and 3 – quick appearance in an ep in series 4) PC Chris Piggott (series 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) PC Conrad Lee (series 1, 2, 3 and series 6, although he appeared in series 4 as a bike cop)

Series 4 originals PC Mark Thornley (Series 4) PC Ian Hewitson 'Hewi' (Series 4) PC Martin York 'Yorkie' (an ep in series 3, series 4 and 5) PC Chris Ruff 'Ruffy' (series 4 and 5) PC Simon Hills (series 4, 5 and 6) PC James Dixon 'Dixie' (series 4, 5 and 6) PC Charlie Etheridge (series 4, 5 and 6) PC Ronnie Welsh (series 4 and 5) PC Jim Mahoney (series 4 and 5) PC Iestyn Llewellyn – with Boris the dog (series 4 and 5) PC Rosie Vosser (series 4, 5, and a cameo in series 6) PC Roma Bolsover (series 4, 5 and 6 although appeared in the early series in the background) PC Pete Lloyd (series 4, 5 and 6) PC Darren Staley 'Daz' (series 4, 5 and 6) PC Chris Waller (Quick appearance in series 4, regular in series 6) PC Helen Lacey – with Bonnie the dog (Series 5 and 6)

Series 6 originals PC Dan Ruffle PC Kevin Murphy PC Michelle Ryan 'Mish' PC Andy Burden 'Flipper' PC Jason Evans PC Wayne Mills 'Millsy' PC Anna McShane PC Tony Griffiths 'Griff' PC Tom French 'Frenchy' PC Dave Black PC Tristan Newsome – with Bella the dog PC Brian Avery – with Jake the dog PC Barry Logan – with Matt the dog

Regular teams

Pete and Tony (Series 1) Derek and Grant (Series 1) Tony and Robb (Series 1) Conrad and Dave (Series 1–3) Rob and Abbo (Series 1–3) Pat and Carl (Series 1–3) Chris and Andy (Series 1–3) Tony and Derek (series 2–3) Simon and Chris (series 4–5) Mark and Hewi (Series 4) Yorkie and Dixie (Series 4–5) Daz and Rosie (Series 4–5) Ruffy and Charlie (Series 4–5)

Matt and Dan (Series 4–5) Ronnie and Roma (Series 4–5) Frenchy and Roma (Series 6) Lloydy and Millsy (Series 6) Anna and Dave (Series 6) Charlie and Mish (Series 6) Kev and Dixie (Series 6) Waller and Flipper (Series 6) Griff and Anna (Series 6) Simon and Conrad (Series 6)

Vehicles

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. The unit 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 normal Roads Policing teams).

Devon & Cornwall Police

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In October 2008 the Thames Valley Police pulled out from the show after concerns on how its officers are depicted.

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Transmissions

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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

on 11 November, 13 November and 1 December 2008.

Series	Episodes	First aired
1	6	26 July 2003
2	6	21 June 2004
3	8	3 March 2005
4	8	October 2006
5	20	8 May 2007
6	20	29 July 2008
7	20	17 February 2009

Special

In a special two part series called Road Wars USA, Andy Samuels^[4] 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.

International broadcasts

The Road Wars series has also been sold to these

:

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Country	Channel
Netherlands1	RTL 7
New Zealand	TV3 and CI
Australia	Seven Network and CI
Russia	TV Network
United States	Fox Reality
Sweden	TV4 Fakta and TV4 Sport
Finland	MTV3 Fakta in Finland
Estonia	TV6
Denmark	Canal 9
Latvia	TV5 Riga
Belgium	2BE

Notes:

1. ^1 Broadcast under the name 'De Politie Op Je Hielen

See also

• Police Interceptors a show following police in Essex and South Yorkshire, and made by the same producers as Road Wars.
• Channel 5
  .
• Sky Livingit
  .
• Police Stop!, a show from the 1990s showing footage from police car dashboard cameras, with occasional presenter links.
• Police Camera Action!, a similar programme on ITV.
• Bravo
  .

References

1. ^ "Road Wars: Lee Boardman". Sky One. Sky One. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
2. ^ "Claire Goose | Apple TV (UK)". Apple TV. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
3. TheGuardian.com
   . 18 October 2008.
4. ^ "Road Wars - an Unofficial Fan Site". Archived from the original on 14 November 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2010.

External links

• Official site on Sky (Archived 14 May 2007)
• Road Wars at
  IMDb