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''[[Police, Camera, Action!]]'' is an [[ITV]] documentary series that started airing in November 1994 and continues to the present day. Originally hosted by Alastair Stewart, Adrian Simpson became co-presenter in 2008, and Gethin Jones presented a special episode in 2008, before doing four [[Very Special Episodes]] in 2011.
The show was initially produced by Carlton, but Optomen now hold international production and distribution rights, plus the [[Copyright]] to the show.
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The show is on hiatus at the moment in terms of new episodes, but some [[Very Special Episode|Very Special Episodes]] are to air later in 2010 on [[ITV 1]], with repeats on [[ITV 4]].
== DVD versions ==
There was a vogue in [[The Nineties]] for police camera car shows on VHS; namely ''[[Police Stop|Police Stop!]]'' between 1994 and 1995 on VHS, before it became a fully-blown TV show in 1996.
Although (it is believed) ITV have no plans to release this on DVD, the show exists on torrent sites, leading to a mass influx of the web version of [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]. Releasing it on DVD would stop this trade, and give fans a legal outlet for acquiring it. However, it would have to be a [[Boxed Set]]
[[Fandom|for obvious reasons]] - they did this with ''[[The Wire]]''.
Getting music rights clearance for DVD is possibly an issue (but other shows have managed to get the music intact on their DVD releases) and police footage clearance as well. However, the 2007 series is made up of a lot of British footage, so that argument is somewhat unclear.
There '''is''' an argument, however, for releasing this on DVD; given the success of ''[[CSI]]'', ''[[NCIS]]'', ''[[The Wire]]'' on DVD, there is possibly enough Fandom for this to be released.
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* [[An Aesop]]: The main focus of the 1995-1996 series. Subverted from 1997 onward. However, from 2002 and 2007, the episodes often regained discussion of motoring morals again.
* [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]]: From 2007, Alastair Stewart, and in the 2008 drink-driving [[Very Special Episode]], there would always be some discussion of the moral of the episode.
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* [[Clip Show]]: Seen in ''Learning the Hard Way'', ''Crash Test Racers'', ''Highway of Tomorrow'', ''Ultimate Pursuits'' and ''Britain's Most Dangerous Roads'', ''Ultimate Bad Drivers'', ''Ultimate Boy Racers'', ''Ultimate Car Crimes'' and ''Car Tech Maniacs''. Possibly the new 2010 series as well (mentioned at beonscreen.com)
* [[Clueless Aesop]]: The episodes ''Rust Buckets'' from 1998.
* [[Clumsy Copyright Censorship]]: Footage from a 1995 episode is referred to in the 2008 episode ''Ultimate Bad Drivers'' as "As we've seen before on Police, Camera, Action!"..." but the original episode has had the clips removed for legal reasons.
** Other "edited" episodes aired have clips removed for legal reasons, and/or replaced with an alternative clip/piece of footage, new narration, but then they sometimes alternate and reshow the full unedited episode.
** Happens to the episodes:
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** The 1998 episode ''The Unprotected'' has the '''very last bit of footage''' cut out before the end.
** The 2000 [[Very Special Episode]] ''Crash Test Racers'' actually cut off part of the [[Title Sequence]]. Some fans consider this [[Executive Meddling]].
** The episode ''Getting Their Man'' from the 2000 series had the music changed from Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" to "The Stripper" by Joe Loss and his Orchestra.
** However, the rest of the episodes seem to be unchanged, no trimmed-down versions.
** This is apparently done for legal reasons.
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** Learning the Hard Way - series finale of 1998 series, last-seen on ITV 17th January 1999, but not aired since then.
** Danger Ahead - from the 2000 series, but bizarrely never aired in syndication. Last aired on ITV 7th August 2000
** Ford (alternate title The Fords) - last seen on ITV 7 January 2002 but it hasn't been aired since then.
*** Fans still want these episodes aired.
* [[Mushroom Samba]]: The guy in the 2007 episode ''Bad Influences'' who thinks he's a CIA agent.
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: One of the show's reasons for its existence, or so a fansite would have you believe!
* [[Retcon]]: The 2010 series makes little mention of the previous series' existence.
* [[Role
* [[Run for the Border]]: {{spoiler|The 1997 series episode ''The Wild Side'' and the 2000 series episode ''Getting Their Man''}}. Do not scroll over if you don't want to know what episodes.
* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: Well, from watching the episodes ''Rogue's Roadshow'', ''Too Close to Comfort'', ''Life in the Fast Lane'', ''Nicked!'' and ''Under Surveillance'', it would appear that could be the intention. However... [[Your Mileage May Vary|opinions differ]].
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* [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]: Sometimes occurs in this show, but not to the level of dramas such as ''[[Hustle]]''.
* [[Vanity License Plate]]: As seen in the 2007 episode ''Street Illegal'', and this is [[Truth in Television]], as they are illegal in the United Kingdom, since there are laws on standard fonts.
* [[Very Special Episode]]: Used frequently.
** First of all, in 1997 with the episode ''Don't Look Back In Anger'', then the 1998 episode ''Learning the Hard Way''.
** Then, in 2000, the episodes ''Crash Test Racers'' and ''Highway of Tomorrow''.
** Also, in 2008, the episodes ''Britain's Most Dangerous Roads'' (which was [[Stock Footage]], Narm and [[Whole-Episode Flashback]] in one), ''Ultimate Bad Drivers'', ''Ultimate Car Crimes'', ''Ultimate Boy Racers'' and ''Car Tech Maniacs''
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* [[Women Drivers]]: Possibly subverted, since it seems to show them in a non-comedic manner.
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]
* [[You Fail Geography Forever]]: Some of the 2002 episodes refer to footage set in Greater Manchester as "Lancashire Police". In the background is the M60 motorway, which ''does not'' go anywhere near Lancashire, it is
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