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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.
== Missing Episodes ==
Well, technically, not so much missing episodes in the way ''[[
== Reruns ==
The show currently airs on [[ITV 4]] and on [[ITV 1]] for some episodes. On [[ITV 4]] the reruns are of Series 1 - 4 (1994-2002) in the morning, usually between 6:25am - 10:25am (hours vary) and also of Series 5 from 6:00pm onwards (London time, GMT). However, the episodes are often shown [[Out of Order]], and some episodes are not shown, many rarely in their original form.
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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** Could be seen as [[Fridge Logic]], possibly?
* Fandom: In a large way.
* [[Flashback
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Encouraged ''The World's Wildest Police Videos'' with Sheriff John Bunnell!
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Not deliberate. Mostly bleeped out.
* [[Green Aesop]]: The 2007 episode ''Eco Unfriendly'' is basically this.
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: Unfortunately, it can be downloaded off torrent sites... [[Better
** There are, according to fansites, arguments for it being on DVD.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Often does this, with lines like "Despite what you see in the movies...", "Despite what you see on TV" or variants.
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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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* [[Pixellation]]: Wasn't used in the first series (1994-1996). Used from 1997 onwards though.
** Always done to license plates.
* [[Pimped
* [[Pun
* [[Railroad Tracks of Doom]]: Used in a 1996 episode entitled ''Driven to Distraction''.
* [[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
* [[Scare
* [[Screwed
** Now back on [[ITV 1]] for 4 episodes = 4 weeks worth!
* [[Series Continuity Error]]: Well, technically, not really a continuity error, but considered as one; the episodes being edited for syndication has screwed up continuity, going by fansites.
* [[Shout
** In the episode ''Ultimate Pursuits'' the entire episode was a [[Shout
** The 1997 episode ''Don't Look Back In Anger'' and the 1998 [[Very Special Episode]] ''[[Learning The Hard Way]]'' which aired on 17th January 1999, both were [[Shout
* [[Space Whale Aesop]]: Shown in the episode ''Helicops'' in 1995, and ''Death Wish Drivers'' in 2007, where the consequences of [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|stealing an ambulance]] result in crashing into a pedestrian footway on a housing estate with the police dog unit after you.
* [[Stand Alone Episode]]: The 2008 episode ''Drink Driving Special'' with [[Gethin Jones]].
* [[Stock Footage]]: Used extensively from 1998 onwards.
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** Gethin Jones is doing a series of 4 episodes again.
** Also, Adrian Simpson from the 2007-2008 series is himself an [[The Other Darrin|Other Darrin]].
* [[The Tag]]: [[Played for Laughs]] and referred to as "And finally..." on every episode 1995-2002. Does not appear from 2007 onwards when the show was [[
* [[Trainwreck Episode]]: 2007 episode ''Search and Rescue''.
* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: The show's presenters, Alastair Stewart, Adrian Simpson and Gethin Jones seem to have an almost unlimited wardrobe of suits similar to ''[[
* [[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
** The [[Drink Driving]] special in late 2008 with Gethin Jones, [[The Other Darrin]] of the show.
** The new 2010 series change the format significantly enough that every episode of the new series could be considered a [[Very Special Episode]] in itself. (Well, if the description on Digiguide is anything to go by).
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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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