BBC One X-CARS - Episode 2

BBC Cameras follow officers from Greater Manchester Police X Division. Year: 1997

[@tan4eva]

RIP the former Head of X-Department, Inspector Peter Aaronson, whom at the time of posting has sadly passed away 😢

[@arawten9040]

Superintendent when he retired. He was a great leader and a special man.

[@tan4eva]

@woody Vallallellalunga I believe so when he was in the police (GMP).

[@davinagraham4617]

Such a shame. Great guy. I love his old school way about him in these shows,wittyness and you can clearly see from his interactions with the guys on the road , that he was well liked and respected by them. X

[@TregMediaHD]

I try and inject his old school charm and method into my new recruits

[@Rumpleforeskin77]

Oh no thats Aaron A.Aaronsons dad

[@TheAlllseeeingFish]

'The difficulty with them linking the channels has been overcome.' Fucking gold.

[@TheAlllseeeingFish]

@Andrew Wilson More likely someone in the control room surely.

[@nickgodfrey1973]

@@TheAlllseeeingFish I'd say Insp. Aaronson would have had some choice words to say to the CK Controllers on duty that night.

[@davinagraham4617]

Excellent old skool x

[@StuartOliver83]

I loved these days,good old cops and class cars,no bs smart phones and materialistic attitude just humble living

[@StuartOliver83]

@consistency 14 I'm a KZbin junky lol but social media is the comment section on KZbin lol I don't do the rest of it

[@phillmitchelllpool2092]

I bet he's watching this on his I phone 📱🤣

[@StuartOliver83]

@@phillmitchelllpool2092 correct lol

[@liamschannel6294]

Mate your comment contains two things that literally have nothing to do with eachother🤣

[@StuartOliver83]

@@liamschannel6294 😳😂😂

[@richardclarke376]

I had a Cavalier V6. Superb motor. These guys are using a Cav Turbo. I once saw a marked Police Cav Turbo take off up Stag Hill on the A3 - went like an absolute rocket

[@rickross5883]

This is fucking ace thanks for uploading all these. Policing in the good old days!

[@SinkyYT]

Yeah but unfortunately the same old shitty added sound effects which is why I don't watch these programs today.

[@jakedoodles4769]

Isn't it just! I didn't realise at the time how laid back things were then compared to now. Also fords and vauxhalls seemed to be the only cars on the road!

[@andrewwright.]

@@jakedoodles4769 is just shocking isn't it.

[@Bertiesghost]

Love the old school Sierra’s and Cavalier’s. I used to listen into CK with a scanner back in the analogue days.

[@Supraboyes]

least the tv licence went to something worth watching in the 90s

[@banjobob9409]

Love seeing all the old cars! And that cheesey intro is just brilliant. Thanks for uploading

[@tomwilliams7391]

I haven't heard police sirens like that for a long time, definitely pre 2000!

[@ryanritchings2834]

Wow police now would of not giving his car back let alone been that friendly to him trying start it back up while being pissed up.

[@alexburnham7976]

I thought the exact same now they want him to pay for it to be returned

[@petersmith637]

Driver of the nova was jay upton these was the best days of my life

[@TheTenderhooligan]

10:11 that tower block is Bramall Court, Salford University halls. Lived there for a year, absolute shithole!

[@liamschannel6294]

That wee nova GTE is lovely, pishin masel at the steemer wanting to drive it back🤣🤣

[@doc31597]

Great series. Big Paul was class. He ragged the fuck out of those cars. Great driver 👍

[@JoeyBrod]

Thanks for uploading these! Something super addictive about the nostalgia of this all even though I was only 3 years old when these came out

[@mike-roy]

No problem!

[@JohnDoe-om7xl]

I was five, haha born an bred south manc lad 👍🏻

[@noka1979]

I was 18...the 90s were amazing

[@asimiq9195]

H23 TUB. Nova was last taxed in 2002 probably scrapped.

[@rickydub6950]

Poor Nova, cracking wee cars the gte & gsi 👍 surprised that one lived on it was in some mess lol

[@FukYuo-yt6ir]

Probably plates / vin change to another car

[@Bertiesghost]

My first car was a Nova, Nippy little cars.

[@magicmonkeyist]

Remember when you used to have to take your whole stereo inside at night! Lol! 😂

[@allanwoodham9484]

People who like watching this search for YOU ME AND MARLEY IRISH JOYRIDING FROM 90s brilliant

[@liamschannel6294]

Gonna give that a watch after this episode mate cheers👌

[@Pwills]

I remember seeing that when it came out brilliant film going to have to watch it again now you’ve reminded me of it lol

[@gonein1982]

Accelerator is the best one it’s on KZbin thank me later

[@josefstout2194]

that Nova looked wrecked, but lived on for a while after amazingly

[@team3383]

aren't those the cars you could just plug the cigarette lighter in backwards without an ignition key and the car would start !!! LOL.

[@foxyknoxy9410]

@@team3383 the hazard lights button, pull out and put back upside down, reds come on, then bump it. A few vauxhalls done that.

[@mattwebb6056]

It amazed me that throughout the programme, Steve couldn't seem to work his mobile phone properly. At least 3 times we heard Hello....hellloo...hellloooo. Lol

[@g13flat]

It was pre digital days. Besides trying to maintain radio commentary and running with blues and twos is going to be trying enough. I still hear people today on their smartphones giving it "hello, hello, hello?".

[@noka1979]

I remember when phones were becoming more and more popular in the late 90s. It was very common for people to say hello over and over and everyone also used to say "can you hear me"

[@TheLaundryCentre]

Ive got a friend who shared these on Facebook. I've always loved Police traffic programmes like this and these are so fun to watch, considering these were made before my time! One day, I'd like to be a traffic officer, as this sort of job appeals to me.

[@darkstatehk]

+Pg1 Driver You may hate aspects of the police remit, we all do. I'd rather have them stopping idiots like those than having to deal with the fatality of a family member or a friend. Your comment, relevant for some acute cases, is redundant here.

[@gonein1982]

Bit deep that !

[@Drainingtheswamp2022]

A stolen photocopier- welcome to the 90s 😂😂

[@firey9998]

The firemen in Manchester back then, where kept fairly busy, parts of openshaw, miles platting, Newton heath, gorton. All would attend 5/6 car fires on a Saturday night. The locals would steel cars from town and fire them in local estates.

[@anthonywhite721]

Them gsi sound fucking amazing

[@youtubekeepsmeupu9596]

a Vauxhall nova easy to take just pull the hazard light button out push it back in upside down ignition is on just bump start n go 2 people 30seconds lol

[@rushy0157]

KZbinkeepsmeup u Just like the same generation vauxhall astra!

[@samatarabdi9193]

u saw that off top gear eh

[@jay-pp4096]

Don’t forget steering lock ?

[@john5886]

Forgot to snap it unless you want to Just want to go straight 😂

[@mrginga4044]

Just got to try find one now

[@scoobysean555]

7.01 that mr Bean that is 🤣

[@EP3mentalist]

I wonder if the copper got a bollocking for refering to the driver of the police van as "where are you going, you knob?" on TV. lol 11.55

[@chrissharp6733]

EP3mentalist think the driver of the van deserved a bollocking really, properly impeded them in the chase

[@tan4eva]

Apparently he was chucked outta the GMP as he was bent/corrupt.

[@joshuaaaron125]

tan4eva the large chap? He’s an inspector now 😂

[@mattwebb6056]

tan4eva who?

[@notamoose3060]

@@tan4eva utter nonsense.

[@b10xtn]

Cavalier turbo being used in parts too.

[@javiergomez9970]

Michael Narduzzo also worked with the channel 4 equinox crew

[@cetGT3]

Astra GSI Mk3 :)

[@petersmith637]

The guy who claimed the nova was his was a man named Ollie o Connor he was a top man everyone from openshaw loved him R.I..P mate ❤️

[@tech-rich]

08:15 90's Peter Kay or Steve Coogan character right there.

[@raresoul4566]

18:35 wanna argue it, dya wanna argue it! LOL..

[@Shannmeister]

@ 10:20 Got to laugh at the cop telling the cameraman to cop the walkie talkie.

[@HypocrisyLaidBare]

Anyone else thinking that piss ed claiming H23TUB was his motor, was the driver that dumped it? Easy BLAG excuse I was at home pissed I didn't drive it, it wer nicked.... lol

[@mccheyne007]

Inspector at 7:30 looks like Mr Bean

[@volvos60bloke]

Very, very funny though the way he deals with the channel switching.

[@toastmalone7957]

"Hello, hello, hello, yeah forget it we're in a pursuit, ta ra" :)

[@MyScotty7]

When coppers were tough and respected unlike now!

[@NB_NB_NB]

As of March 2018 there were the equivalent of 6,349 full time police officers working across Greater Manchester - down from 8,148 in 2010. In 2010 the region's then Chief Constable, the late Michael Todd, said he needed 11,000 officers to adequately protect the public. Police say growing demand and dwindling numbers mean they are struggling to investigate car crime.

[@Zwia.]

That's coupled with the population shooting up too. The tories are supposed to be tough on crime, yet they cut police numbers and budgets to the bone to give the wealthy more tax breaks. They're supposed to be tough on immigration yet they are bringing more in than when we were in the EU and now they are black and brown immigrants rather than white eastern european. They have cut the local council budgets the most though, my area can't even afford basic services. Now they refuse to give public sector workers a pay rise, so with inflation the police, nurses, firemen, bin men, bus train drivers are now doing the same work for way less money. Meanwhile the private sector is giving out big pay rises across the board. Can't wait until they get voted out, they are utterly incompetent and only care about helping the wealthy.

[@eatmywords]

@@Zwia. they are tough on crime and immigration. out in the country, where they live.

[@vikingsmb]

@@Zwia. wrong about the tories, its labour you need to be worried about, the private sector is less secure than the public sector , and I do work in the public sector thanks, the bigger the pay rise you give people which equals prices going up and taxes going up, think of the bigger picture, they will give the public sector a pay rise soon, you need to be realistic instead of this class war bs

[@James-th7wb]

Tories decimating public services

[@guy4469]

100 percent That was rowin atkinson MR BEAN with that brew in that breifing room i swear that is funny ....

[@joegriffin6699]

His nickname was the 'Adder'. Great bloke.

[@curbyourshi1056]

4:39 So let off it's unreal. I like the copper's attitude.

[@asimiqbal7421]

Cavalier 4x4 😍

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

22:03 he didn’t stand a chance against the police dog who has found the outstanding passenger also trying to hide himself

[@clinteastwood8242]

When Police were Police...

[@noka1979]

they added cheezy cartoon sound effects😂😂😂

[@davidcasey9590]

I work woth Peter arronson as national express driver now.

[@80s_kid.]

Do You Still Work with Him ? Some people say he Died 10 Months Ago. is it True ?

[@Bertiesghost]

He’s dead according to another commenter. Seemed like a great inspector RIP EDIT: he died 25.03.21 according to obituary.

[@davejohnson3474]

@@Bertiesghost i just found that as i was looking at his arslan security tweets and his resignation date from arslan security is that date. Died to early

[@rushy0157]

I’ve never understood joyriders!

[@parky8789]

How can I watch all episodes of x cars

[@davecommentator]

Are the over-exaggerated "SMASH" sound effects really needed? It's not a cartoon.

[@theshacklive7890]

is the inspector Mr beans older brother cause he looks like him lol

[@richardmaddison5988]

😂😂

[@gonein1982]

That Nova no messing used to get nicked every night 😂😂 Even 8 or9 year olds would get a go in it 😂 and in all probability got stolen again that night👍🚗

[@ricardomaggiore5518]

No guns? How the heck they manage the thieves? "would you like to argue sir?"...

[@mattwebb6056]

Also at the beginning of the show we're told that CK control won't link channel 3 and 5 but 10 minutes later the officer is asking for channels 3 and 5 to be linked. 😂

[@nickgodfrey1973]

If you listen carefully, the Inspector comes back in and says "The issue of control linking the channels has been overcome"

[@boneonn2691]

Love it

[@supernick2072]

Hooked, guess Manchester was the original Slough

[@Ad0akes]

Manchester where no Saab was safe

[@izzatfauzimustafa6535]

Are there any changes to the area where the Moston Lane chase and ramming happen?

[@gonein1982]

No just as bad

[@brendandowdican6575]

I've got a house there and it was a decent area, the people in the car wasn't local but f****k it's a sh&t hole now

[@A_Man_Who_Says_Hello8538]

1:09 That's a volkswagen T3 high top.

[@adonoghue4511]

I what more episodes please😢

[@giuseppenero110]

Never mind the theft part, but18 months in prison for attempted murder with a motorized weapon.. ?!

[@mcfcmanc]

Harley St , Openshaw. I’m on this episode with Donald Francis next door ..... car theft was rife

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

21:41 he could run but he can’t hide because the police helicopter above can always spot him

[@Drainingtheswamp2022]

The halycyon days

[@richarderrington9478]

Wasn't even a cosworth they were chasing lol. These are apparently professionals chasing these criminals lol. They're in a Vauxhall cavalier turbo with 200hp and can't even keep with a ordinary ford seirra lol.

[@Molly656]

Them days 😂😂😂

[@DonForceFeedback]

These programmes really dont need the shitty sfx noises

[@annonom1058]

C’yars Manc for cars

[@MrGte16v]

omg ramming a cav turbo ouch

[@erencan6912]

cavalier turbo... fuckin ace

[@noka1979]

A car is not worth a life, why do they get into these pursuits when its clearly dangerous, especially in the daytime, common sense

[@Prof.Polymath]

Top policing !! Nowadays they would sit and wait for you to drive off pissed so they could nick you, probably letting you drive for a bit and crash first so they can get a bigger charge ticked off their list ✌🏼

[@brianmunich553]

I know that's what I thought lol my mate got arrested for being drunk in charge of a vehicle and the poor sod only had a row with missus so was in the dog house so just went to sleep in his car.

[@anthonyainsley2146]

P c fletcher got sacked for tipping his car over lol

[@curbyourshi1056]

7:25 Thin Blue Line based on real life. Jeebus.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

The time for a normal American to tell an air gun from a real gun should be 5 seconds or less

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Fortunately for us we are not American, normal or otherwise.

[@theculturedthug6609]

What?

[@andrewdaley3081]

old school plonkers can spray paint 8 cans lager and some body filler jobs a gooden. andy England

[@EP3mentalist]

"They use high powered unmarked cars" then they immediately show a police car pulling away with POLICE written all over it. Hope the editor got sacked

[@steveluckhurst2350]

How very charitable of you.

[@jamiewallace7685]

Great to see these old vids, absolutely. But why are these so-called expert pursuit officers driving along bouncing off the rev limiter all the time? It's *terrible* driving. And one thing that will *always* boil my piss, is the ridiculous two-handed shuffling of the steering wheel. Despite whatever the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motoring) say, it's fucking dangerous. Put it this way, if that was the best way to control a vehicle - especially at high speed - you'd see racing/rally drivers do it. Which you don't. Ever.

[@bobslobbers5311]

Proper coppers unlike todays

[@FreddieK-h1u]

You don’t see chases like this now adays.. to many rules and regulations and ppl are mainly ❄️ now. Shame really, the good old days 😂😂😂

[@guy4469]

this is when cops were cops not 5ft5 little girl trying to please mummy and daddy by joing the police..there were limits then on hight and fittness .and the stuff they carry now is 35 pound .on an 8 stone teenager .or a22 stone cop that rolls out of his x5 and burps with gas ...and now the controller says to the traffic car slow down your using to much fuel ,,call it off its costing to much .....

[@level5822]

You alright?

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Show me on teddy where they hurt you.

[@BanditOneUK]

lol good mate lol

[@mike-roy]

The Lamp post lol

[@michael1968-m9b]

GMP what a joke

[@FukYuo-yt6ir]

No one talking about 16-44 God less people will be judged and DESTROYED 🤔🤔 all religions are deadly.

[@InsignificantHuman]

1:20 dumb sounds effects

[@Flozman1982]

I ask myself, if a Policeman cant tell the difference between air rifle and a real firearm, why are they in that line of work? Having a cool scope doesnt elevate it to a firearm. At least cops were a lot more open about their pettyness, admitting he was looking for any defect to take mans nice Golf VR6, nevermind the irrelevant bias information "he was later sentence to faud" just to make themselves feel better about seeing a Asian man in a new Golf. The only difference now is they hid their bigotry better and the Asian guys are driving Mk7 Golfs.

[@curbyourshi1056]

Aye, drug dealing's a profitable business.

[@curbyourshi1056]

Air rifles look like real guns to mongs. They're not getting arrested or anything else, it's an investigation. Unfortunately for these goons they flashed their guns for no reason, which immediately allows the police to search the property in England. Turns out they were criminals. Don't show your power level if you're up to dodgy shit.

[@Flozman1982]

@@curbyourshi1056 Mate I’ve been searched for eating a burger suspiciously, for having interior light on and for my tail lights not being the right shade of red. I once got threatened to be arrested for having feeler gauge in my glovebox. Thankfully I’ve moved out of the target age range now so I could drive around with a boot full of automatic rifles and they wouldn’t bat an eyelid. Stereotyping is not effective crime fighting technique.

[@razzo15]

Air gun or real gun it’s still a gun

[@Flozman1982]

@@razzo15 Well one carries a minimum of 5 years in prison without a valid firearms certificate and fires projectiles with the aid of a gunpowder explosion and the other can be freely obtained by anyone over the age of 18 and fires air pellets. Its like compairing a butter knife with a sword, both can kill you but one needs to poke you in the eye.

[@spudhead1161]

I love seeing cop cars get rammed, the good old days.

[@Michael-lg4wz]

You definitely are a spud head

[@DadlyShadow]

end of an era, watch a traffic cops from today, its all crap in hair, funky hair cuts, make up, saled eating, lily savage lookalike and that's just the men..................

[@yojomojo6262]

Cars of the 90s.. Love em proper police cars back in the day. Giving him his Nova back.. What's that all about, What about ceasing it for dna and other relevant evidence??

[@theculturedthug6609]

DNA for a kid joyriding a Nova lmao