BBC One X-CARS - Episode 3

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

[@richardclarke376]

This is the best of all the cop reality shows. I remember being impressed when I first saw it on TV and it has held up very well. I can't believe the youth of those pursuit drivers. Mid 20s, a Cosworth and a speed exemption. I bet they recall the 90s with a warm glow. Wonder what they are doing now

[@ianmclaughlin4043]

Traffic warden😢😂

[@MUFC1933]

Xr2s and everything ❤

[@tan4eva]

Peter Aaronson, whom was incharge of X Department sadly passed away in early 2021 😢

[@chrisosborne6896]

Nice to see PC Plod actually being knowledgeable about what they are doing. Honestly, every episode I’ve watched they’ve been professional but still human. Nowadays they all know nothing more then a handbook can teach them.

[@eatmywords]

that's no way to talk about graduate recruits.

[@sunglassesron9464]

Nowadays they don't even know their own policies...

[@mattwebb6056]

Steve Warr who produced this series went on to work with Bill Rudgard on Police Camera Action and Road Wars.

[@JM-cw1er]

Road wars couldn’t lace xcars shoes. I was too young to watch all these growing up so I grew up with the road wars etc but this 90s stuff is second to none.

[@davekennedy6315]

Thank you SO much for uploading these! I dont even remember this series (unless it was only shown up North?) but it is so good. Clearly the early inspiration for the later Police Interceptors.

[@mattwebb6056]

Was shown on BBC One across the UK

[@robertstevenson6715]

The cars the Umbro and Reedbok tops what a show this was BBC1 Friday nights !!! Brilliant 👏

[@MUFC1933]

Apart from the crime North West of England in the late 80s and 90s was absolutely spotty dog 👌 Great place to live ❤

[@QuadTubeChannel]

18:17 Pure, unadulterated 90's lol

[@gasmanrus]

John Nettles very distinctive voice is narrating.

[@stevelomas4119]

Thanks for that totally useless piece of information.

[@gasmanrus]

@@stevelomas4119 thanks for your worthless comment.

[@stevelomas4119]

@@gasmanrus Worthless, ha look at the state of you...shot through the ugly forest and hit every tree...you girfriend told me this as I was giving it to her backdoors.

[@gasmanrus]

@Andrew Wilson cry harder. It amuses me

[@fatwalletboy2]

And thats all unlike todays uk cop shows full of annoying action or drumroll jeopardy music so annoying....be great if x cars came back.

[@grizzlyrhysmorgan4029]

That saab 900 turbo carlsson was pulling away hard

[@curbyourshi1056]

3:25 The absolutely typical Manc walk into something they're not comfortable with. Like Harry Enfield's Scouse "calm down, calm down!".

[@neilied]

Amazed to see so many old cars even for 1997. Early eighties cars

[@JM-cw1er]

Scrappage scheme 👎

[@JohnnyPaton]

@@JM-cw1er Yip. Escorts vanished overnight in 2008. Luckily I still have one.

[@RWL2012]

these kind of comments always "amaze" me. it was entirely normal for early 80s cars to be around in 1997. just like it's entirely normal to see 08 reg cars around in 2023 (the equivalent).

[@marymongan6360]

I was thinking that myself there’s loads of them

[@AeroMad91]

Cheeky handbrake turn at 5:55

[@darrenwilkins7670]

Bought the van off a bloke who was in the pub...Classic..

[@Sam-bz1hr]

outside the auctions was the best

[@ryanessex7978]

I heard him say it before he said it lol

[@noka1979]

They knew

[@austinpowers2k9]

July 88, puts it on a G or F, WTF!! 88 is E/F but July 88 is definitely not G so it's an E/F reg, unless the ashtray was faulty and was replaced, plus the G reg was the facelift so it would have different head rests and most likely a 1.6D, F reg facelift onwards was a 1.7D....

[@mattwebb6056]

If you watch it to the end they read out the numberplate, it was an F reg.

[@johnn278]

Why does the Cosworth have to sound so dirty

[@nathanricketts1439]

The days when cars had no assists 🤔🤪 when not everyone was an exceptional driver

[@BaldMancTwat]

What world do you live in? The vast majority of cars on the road don't have any features to assist driving.

[@petervankas1352]

@@BaldMancTwatThey all do now. ABS. Traction control etc

[@stevekenilworth]

mine did not for to years, upset it even slightly like to much gas while turning setting off computer give up. 2011 i20 simple brake censor turn of abs,esp,tc and it fail any time sometimes engine off and back on fix it but soon fail again some times stay off for days and over those two years every time i driven to my local mechanic it fix it self so no error codes so no fix, most those two years just me keeping me safe no computer help i took 2 years to fully fail and esp light to stay on. had some interesting moments even back end out but save it without a snake when i snapped it back inline, i allowed the sideways energy to burn on the speed before lining up for exit corner. learned a lot car control over those years. a simple £80 fix on i20 can turn every computer help off. it fun at times but also nerving at times esp top mountains mid winter in horrid wet roads but learned what car likes and not, learned what tire limits and kept in them and adapted my driving without computer help. really it should be thing taught on driving lessons as simple thing can fail on any modern car at the time new driver so lot o learn fast but really should been taught before driving test @@petervankas1352

[@Daxman360]

If I was in the chopper with the heat seeker, I'd literally wanna take the piss and go down to about 50 feet above the target lol

[@razzo15]

Fire a rocket 🚀 🤣

[@pensans1]

England in the 90s. Cops had it easy.

[@giuseppenero110]

Listening to lads in a pub about a van for sale was his first mistake.

[@paulheath7085]

W Taylor and sons !! We're these the ones that ripped house owners off in the late 80's from Gorton areas ?

[@robcross9530]

i know this Taylor I have worked for him back in the day

[@shootingzen28fav]

So this is what Jason Bourne was doing before he became a secret agent. 😂

[@brencelt]

The first bourne came out only five years after this series. Crazy!

[@shootingzen28fav]

@@brencelt I could see him doing this as a part time hobby lol

[@oliverharrison6747]

I worked with that guy at Stockport police station. One cool cucumber Phil

[@sniffadoghq]

19:06 peng for a copper

[@garyc1805]

Wonder if any of these lads are still in the traffic divison now

[@philipanthonyclark3225]

Too old.

[@shaungilmartin1505]

in 93 I paid 2k for a 3 year old van of that size. builder paid 1700 four years later for one 6 years older......mmm

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

24:30 yeah that’s two gangs arrested after officers found the drugs in one of the offenders draws

[@teaboyuk]

Ahh the 90s BT phone ring

[@richarderrington9478]

I was hoping the escort rs turbo was going to be a chase! Seven valleys, most probably modified!

[@eccIefechan]

July 1988 would be E reg, not F or G.

[@lukej6555]

+eccIefechan The registration was confirmed as "f895gja" later down the line.

[@georgejacob3162]

I'll have an 'E' please Bob!

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Date of manufacture is unrelated to date of first registration. Except it can't be later, obviously!

[@ryanodonnell1771]

Operation beruit !! Ha ha. Quite apt for manchester

[@guy4469]

in the bolton breifing you could tell the pursuite driver was feeling like tom cruise top gun ,,,leave it to me you know where your going know,, dont know this area ..

[@QuadTubeChannel]

You can almost smell the tension in the room.

[@mattmckie6967]

Are steve and phil still at stretford?

[@simmo151]

Didn't realise David Gower was an X-cars cop outside the cricket season. @19:30

[@jld9107]

Wonder If Mr Taylor still has his contracts?

[@guy4469]

what was pursuite traning in those days .mad ,if you havent had a bump in 2 years ,you can join .

[@Bertiesghost]

Old school British policing not an ANPR camera/bodycam in sight and no Bobby’s wearing military-style tactical uniforms and armour. Discretion and common sense aplenty.

[@curbyourshi1056]

Sounds like Bultun should've pre-emptively StinGered the golf course.

[@cj-rl4ys]

500 motors stolen per month in just one sub-devision?! 3:48

[@JohnMcMahon.]

Welcome to the 90’s.

[@mattylamb9194]

stealing vehicles was a huge issue in the nineties. Itt was massive

[@philipanthonyclark3225]

I don't recall this show. I guess I was too strung out on drugs and nicking cars at the time.

[@micktaylor9332]

All that over a few crappy pieces of weed resin 😂😂😂😂 90's were hilarious at times. Nowadays its skunk weed, crack and heroin most of the time.

[@JohnnyPaton]

MK5b RS2000 at 13.00.

[@rambop8925]

Can't remember much LOL

[@RefinedRouge]

I buy most things of a random bloke down the pub

[@wilspu5590]

No virus?

[@leydo8]

26:30 To be charged or cautioned i will need you to consent to take your finger prints and photo. why not say no an be no your way ?

[@uptheduffagain]

So the Police give the guy shit that he should check properly that the car isn't stolen and that it is easy to do,yet they called in a SPECIALIST team to check to see if the car is stolen! So if it's easy then why the need for the specialist team 🙄

[@BaldMancTwat]

Because all you need to do is check the plate. The plate didn't match the vehicle, therefore it's not the right car or plate. They needed a specialist team to find out who the rightful owner was, not whether it was stolen or not. It's almost as though you didn't even watch the video. The copper could literally tell that the car was stolen from *driving behind* the car in question yet the "owner" supposedly couldn't tell.

[@jackshit3355]

The man in the van that was a joke

[@Secret19977]

Too many criminals were getting away due to the police cars being way too slow

[@Hazy146]

Worst thing they did is introduce the handbook an pen adleast back then ye could just say me toast is burning an get away with twoc 🤣🤣🤣

[@jameswhitbread7173]

Might have been intelligent to stick a local copper in thevfront seat

[@guy4469]

I was pissed in a mini with 5 off us in it, we ran out of petrol on princess parkway. at 3am .after we came out of a shabine . The police stopped in a van no breath test nothing they coulnt be botherd . all off us hammerd and said theres a shell garage down there near the brewery ,See you and drove off .that was good policing in the 1980,s .we got a a gallon off 4 star for £1.25 .drove home starving all chipys shut in them days and services ,

[@feraljim]

You got 8 pints of beer for £1.25? That’s pretty good

[@johnbutler3654]

your driver must have been sober our you would all be in a ton of crap them days

[@Joolian.r]

how cheesy is this intro hahaha

[@rickyleeufc]

Julian R cheesybut Fucking awesome lol

[@iankennedy1441]

we used to stop the car brake all the rear lights and off u go , they wouldnt know which turn ur taking cause brake lights were smashed , lost evry chase even in shite cars,,, then i woke up😉 😢😢😉

[@JM-cw1er]

Why would you indicate during a chase but?

[@iankennedy1441]

@@JM-cw1er I know u need to read my comment again , , i said brake all the rear lights not just the indicator lights , don't forget u are being chased by the police so when ur braking the lights u are nor fussy which ones u break so u break them all

[@Brian1Graves]

Lousy camera work.

[@No-timeforimbeciles]

Feel real sorry for that builder, even now days people can do HPI checks & the vehicle comes back as okay, the cops concerned in this builder stop, were complete bastards !

[@steveluckhurst2350]

Why feel sorry for him ? At best he was naive. Buying a cheap van from a couple of lads in a pub? Especially as he had a call from the dvla. Look at his body language, he knew!

[@jimmyjt16]

Yeah he deffo know it was a ringer.

[@thedeadstig123]

He knew that van was a ringer, even the insurance company said it was scrapped

[@alconnor2477]

bullshit all parts are done different times lmao

[@pauljones5883]

You don't need to go on a police course to be a good high speed driver.

[@guy4469]

i felt sorry for mr taylor ...if it was oshea or patrick or khan or puckta .i wouldnt give atoss ...

[@JohnMcMahon.]

guy So what’s the difference then ?

[@PaulTaylor80]

18.30 in,2 second rule doesn't apply to police then!

[@joshuaaaron125]

They travel close to minimise the damage if the car is rammed, it’s mentioned in episode 2

[@georgejacob3162]

joshuaaaron125. What you described there was about a pursuit situation and not about normal driving. Yes stay close to the car that you are pursuing but don't drive right up the exhaust pipe of the general public!

[@joshuaaaron125]

George Jacob I realise after I said it haha

[@georgejacob3162]

joshuaaaron125. No probs. I see the cop is doing the same sort of tailgating driving at 1:34 too!

[@fatwalletboy2]

Nope.those are convoying sierra cosworths and theres hardly a gap between them. Maybe cops have special shorter braking distance skills 😂

[@borderreiver3288]

Sad the builder got scammed...perhaps others will take note and buy from registered dealers not someone in a pub....

[@paulheath7085]

Allegedly these have scammed lots of people...of the same family that were doing shoddy work around Manchester in the late 80's

[@zackjones800]

This wouldn't happen with cars or van's these days.