Police Stop!

In 2015, the Raw Cut Archive (owned by "Police Stop!" director Bill Rudgard) uploaded all the episodes of "Police Stop!" (except "Worst of Police Stop!" and "Police Stop! America") Annoyingly, they recently made them private, so I'm sharing them in protest. I have them because I downloaded them from KZbin.

[@CJUKHAC]

God, I must've watched this so much as a kid; I remember every single clip like it was yesterday. Only difference now is I'm less interested in the action and more interested in spotting the cars of that era that I remember so fondly.

[@jamieeedden777]

I've still got all these on VHS tape haven't watched them sence I was a kid tho

[@joshtaylor2594]

Yes I watched this nearly 30 years ago when I was growing up. Wow how great to watch it again

[@freddieparrydrums]

I’m 14 and wow seeing the old cars is crazy… Rover P6 police car oh my!

[@Newdivide]

I saw this as a kid too

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

Vauxhall Nova's..Ford Sierra's... MK 3 Ford Escorts.... Vauxhall Cavaliers... MG Maestros ...Volvo 340 ..Renault 5 .... MK 2 Vauxhall Astra's.... Austin Mini's.... MK 2 Ford Fiesta... I am 50 years old and I have owned all of the above ..Back in the day. Where have the Years gone.

[@itstimeforham]

The variety of police vehicles is amazing. The confidence of the Range Rover in the first clip is hilarious, that thing looks half a second from rolling over the entire time.

[@damian-795]

I was thinking the same, police cars are all the same now.

[@PJ-om2wq]

​@@damian-795I'm not sure that police forces have anything tough enough or heavy enough to mess with a Transit like they did then.

[@thomasmason3483]

​@@damian-795all BMWs, Fords, Peugeots, Skodas, Vauxhalls, Volvos etc now...

[@doctorbohr1585]

I reckon it took brass balls to get a transit up to 60m/h 😂

[@vboiE39]

​@@doctorbohr1585believe me, it took more than brass balls

[@Dave-ko2pr]

£200 fine in 1991… fines have hardly changed in over 30 years

[@DevilishBeaver0]

Technically they've went down because of inflation lmao

[@TammoKorsai]

Adjusted for inflation, that would be £440 in 2023.

[@mancavehobbies6213]

Sierra 4x4 estate, classic Range Rover, Senator A, Rover 827 police cars are stunning . 1990 i was 24 and drove a Vauxhall Cavalier SRI 130 and got stopped on the M62 by police who was driving a Rover 827 . The cop told me to slow down had a good look at my SRI because he had one and we both had a cig together talking about our cars. Man them were the days.

[@doctorbohr1585]

That's cool!

[@user-rc1ke1ef3t]

That’s brilliant, I remember being pulled over by the local plod in my Lancia Integrale so they could have a look . BTW, today’s cop cars are crap in comparison to back then. There was always a Capri 2.8i parked outside our local station! Now they drive Hyundai

[@Phil-1969]

I was 21 in 1990 and a van driver all over the UK, its a surprise how quiet the motorways were back then , no sat navs no mobile phones and no speed cameras , I remember Manchester police had Jags

[@rhannay39]

So did Lancashire and Yorkshire.

[@Oi....]

and No ABS, no side impact or air bags, and great music on the radio without autotune..... Happy days!

[@Gecko....]

Errr motorways were not empty in the 90s lol, the population was smaller then but so was the road and train network. There were speed cameras too though not too many in 91, but within a few years they were everywhere. It's funny how nostalgia distorts peoples memories, everyone tends to forget all the bad things and remember everything better than it was. It is a psychological imperative called loss aversion.

[@MUFC1933]

I remember them having mini metros 😅😂

[@Dumptheclutchevo]

"he's crashed, he's crashed" - STILL remember that after thirty bloody years lol LEGENDARY series this.

[@Pobsta-de7hb]

looooooool its funny watching this right, if you remember it on tv originally, brings back a ton of memories mate lol

[@rickydub6950]

I received this on tape for my birthday approx 93/94. I still use and recommend the "only a fool breaks the two second rule" formula 🙂👍

[@kisbie]

That last chase could have won a prize at a film festival. “He’s waving a pit bull terrier at us. It’s one of those that bites you.” 😂

[@christineayres7199]

Shame it wasnt the singer Pitbull would love to see him thrown out a car door LOL

[@mrb3673]

The guys in that car were famous criminals around Borehamwood.. I won't name them but their initials were GR and SN. That chase went down in local criminal folklore. They drove the metro through the cowfields and back into borehamwood and got away. The dog was an english bull terrier and belonged to GR. They were like celebrities after this, everyone knew it was them and had seen the chase on tv

[@richardclarke376]

That slow speed van chase is great. Sierra 4x4 estate, classic Range Rover, Senator A, Rover 827. I was working in Hackney at the time and was always out on that bit of the M25.

[@johno4521]

He's crashed, he's crashed! This is the programme that started it all off, now the channels are awash with this type of show and its variations. Remember when TV/radio/rental shops used to have televisions on in the window? The one in my town used to show this programme all day long and it used to attract a small crowd 😄

[@pachma405]

Rover, Range Rover, Sierra and Senator. Great to see those 1980's cars again.

[@analystab1]

The Rover in question was a 3500 P6 from the mid-1970s, not the 1980s.

[@pachma405]

@@analystab1 The Rover in the first vid at 1:54 isn't a P6

[@analystab1]

@@pachma405 that is an 800 series, yes; I was thinking of the Rover in the opening sequence which appears just after the Wolseley 6/99.

[@thomasdonald3291]

Very good, no ads no chit chat, just good old chases

[@Htiler]

CRASH, BANG WALLOP!! WHAT A VIDEO.

[@StickAroundBennett]

DAN!!!!

[@tommcglone2867]

That describes the M6 Pile Up

[@hunglikeamaggotseyelash]

Look what this idiot did!! ...🫵🏼 IN AMERICA!!!

[@thebirminghamimage9256]

This is a real gem! Some great footage. It surprises me that the Highways cameras in 1991 are almost equivalent in quality to those on the network today!

[@Richardpd16378]

I remember borrowing this off a friend years ago. I can remember my Dad getting excited over some clips saying things like "Whoa Look At That Mini!" in a high voice! A few years later I managed to buy a copy for a pound when everyone was getting rid of their VHS collections.

[@horsenuts1831]

It's amazing how car safety has come on. I actually took part in a road safety program in 1981 when there were 6000 road deaths in the UK (I was one of the 'dead' people lying in the road of our town of 6000 - I think the program was called 'Everyman'). In the early 1980s, seat belts weren't compulsory and after the shoot, the production team had a machine to demonstrate what it was like to crash at 5mph - even at 5mph with no belt, it is frightening. The narrator on this refers to 4200 deaths, and it would have been about 1992. Here we are in 2023, and road deaths have dropped to 1500 or so, despite many more cars. However, I fear that a lot of the deaths are pedestrians or cyclists because cars are now cages that protect the occupants too well.

[@koolyman]

Especially with all that infotainment systems etc. I wonder if drivers are more dangerous too

[@cornishrider]

Absolute class the Met Range Rover driver, nowadays a 10 year old car wouldn't be in active service (that must have been a good one to last that long!) plus no EFi or ABS. Absolute classic Police Stop

[@deecee330]

I had this on VHS as a kid and would watch it all the time!

[@person.X.]

I remember seeing that clip with the red Cavalier back in the 90s at some point. I have always remembered it because I was amazed he had manged to avoid hitting anyone despite sliding across the whole M6! I started driving in the late 80s and so it is funny to watch these clips with all the cars i used to see back on the roads around me that are now vanishingly rare.

[@swerutufon]

Thank you kindly for the upload. Really pleasant to watch some police videos without overdramatic music in the background!

[@flashstudiosguy]

Love that they got Graham to pretend to be Tony in order to kick off the series.

[@Splitscreen83]

The famous "he's crashed, he's crashed" 😂

[@radiocrash]

Where is it in the clip ?

[@davidrobert2007]

@@radiocrash8:25

[@radiocrash]

@@davidrobert2007 ❤️

[@InvisibleYetVisible]

Some absolutely fucking sick retro vehicles in this

[@steve5772]

Love the Range Rover and Rover 827 vs Mnk2 Transit. It's all the favourite cars of growing up in the 80's / 90's

[@lynnboyer6643]

"Only a fool breaks the 2-second rule!" LOL!

[@Dumptheclutchevo]

I STILL test myself on that even today! I always fail though

[@leesaunders7232]

The lean on that Range Rover!!! 👀😮😳🙃

[@damian-795]

Back when the Police used to tackle criminals.

[@siraff4461]

Yes but they were also very heavy handed on some of the lesser stuff. I remember a few times it came on the news some kid got a hammering for pinching some worthless stuff or other things that were of no real consequence. Thats why we have what we have today. It was great when they could tackle crime but because of the few who abused the power it was mostly stripped and now they have to follow so many daft rules they can't really do their job properly. I'm not saying they should let the crims go but there does have to be balance and a crim plus a dozen cop cars flying through a small village over a few tv's just isn't worth it. A couple of these chases are good examples. Massive danger to the public and when they crash at best its a massive cost - far more than they took - while all the time risking lives. Now its gone too far the other way and all the crim has to do is pass a car a bit close to get away free.

[@g.w.k.y6869]

T- they still do that bud ☠️

[@RandomHeroSpotting]

You have done a good service! I really want these as a DVD one day as I watched these all the bleeding time as a kid. I was hoping some legend uploaded these! So thank you! Cured my quarantine boredom 😊

[@80s_kid.]

My Brother had the full Series on VHS in the mid 90s, he probably thrown them out years ago though.

[@RandomHeroSpotting]

@@80s_kid. saaaammeee! I watched one so much the tape popped out 😂😂😂 I checked, unfortunately you can't get a DVD version 💜

[@jkk45]

I remember watching this exact episode when it was repeated on Men and Motors back in the day as an tween.

[@zackjones800]

I remember when Richard Hammond did men and motors seems like a life time ago now

[@jkk45]

@@zackjones800 Ikr! The good old days of Setenta/Top Up TV where you could add 20 or so channels to your Freeview box

[@jlc5639]

I had this on vhs when i was like 5 years old. It's surprising how much of it I remember, but then I probably watched it a thousand times

[@tosspot1305]

Interesting watching the days before ABS and the cars slipping and sliding all over the road under braking. Car tech has come a long way in the last 30 years

[@gemmavansteen8342]

Car tech has evolved but driver ability unfortunately hasn't

[@jblack5323]

Yup. I was chatting to my friend about this the other day. I remember people(mainly kids) getting knocked over a lot when I was young, but you never see it now even with these new cars having on average over twice the bhp and 50% more weight. Now stopping times are reduced massively reduced to ABS and Tyre technology.

[@tomtom1541]

​@@jblack5323don't forget disc brakes vs old school drum brakes.

[@worawatli8952]

The first video with rolling roadblock tactic is impressive, great team work.

[@thetruthwillout3347]

CRASH!!!, BANG!!!, WALLOP!!!!.....What a video!!

[@BryanSteacy]

"Look what this idiot did...In America!"

[@TheRg191]

First I was shocked by how slow the chase is then I realised at 3:30 in the afternoon on the M25 there’s no chance anyone would be going that speed now 😂

[@Volfmech]

Had this on tape when I was much younger. I think I wore the tape out I watched it so much!

[@asdreww]

Thanks for posting this

[@adro894]

Love these old school police chase videos wish we had these in Australia

[@scotty87able]

cortinas sierras escorts cavaliers orions novas metros and all ive missed everywhere they were the days

[@80s_kid.]

i did a reg check on a lot of the cars in this video (the reg's i could make out) the latest any of them were on the road was 2000, it could have been when the scrappage scheme came out, you could trade your old £200 banger and get something like £2k knocked off a new car so people traded them, and their old car was scrapped.. but also, we have to remember, most cars were made from cheap metal back then that rotted for fun, most cars probably only lasted 10 years and they were rot boxes and scrapped.. Shame, i love the old cars though, give me one of them all day over the modern car.

[@scotty87able]

​@@80s_kid.2009 the scrappage scheme came out and my god some of the cars that were traded in my god

[@tonniterska]

I love the calming electronic background track.

[@MajorT0m]

1:21 "keep your eye on the bottom right hand corner of the screen, showing the speed of the target vehicle." I wouldn't worry too much about looking at that 🐌

[@tnewton1988]

Every time I go past that junction I always say “ he’s crashed he’s crashed he’s crashed ” 😂😂

[@user-rt5oo6ro8l]

WTF!? it must have some kind of engine swap! the first van is going insanly fast!!! 😂🤣

[@worldcomicsreview354]

Mk1 / 2 transits were used a getaway vehicles a lot. No driver comforts or safety aids in them days, it was just an empty box with seats and an engine.

[@Gecko....]

Crazy how aggressive the police were, they'd never ram the back of a vehicle now if there is traffic on the other side of the road incase it crosses the divider.

[@jakesoros2376]

Crime was higher and more allowances for force had to be made to fight and reduce crime. Now police can't do this, and people wonder why the moped gangs and knife gangs are running rampant in London. It's all about balance.

[@Gecko....]

@@jakesoros2376 I think it's more that police tactics have changed to focus on protecting the public first and foremost. They are also held to more accountability now for their actions. I'd much rather criminals escape than have the public injured or killed because of something the police did. The police usually catch up with the criminals at a later date or they may even have their heli up to track them. As for moped gangs they are very hard to combat. They pop up out of nowhere and are gone before the police have time to respond. Though I have seen videos where the police ram them off their mopeds if they do respond in time.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

I think they didn't "PIT" cars even then. I remember one of the American ones with British commentary having to explain what it was.

[@keithnaylor1981]

20:40 burglar sentenced to just 100 hours community work! The likelihood is that it will take months before those burgled get over shock and stress of being burgled, and they may have lost irreplaceable items of sentimental value. It’s clear to see who suffers the most! Sentences like this are laughable. It’s no wonder offenders re-offend!

[@lynnboyer6643]

The first chase of the episode took place on November 27, 1990.

[@newforestroadwarrior]

Interestingly the registration number read out during the Transit van chase (GBU 1 K) is still an active registration - apparently now on a large Access 280cc, possibly a large qyad bike.

[@tommcglone2867]

Coincidently exactly 8 years before i became a thing

[@KirkHermary]

Thank you for your service! I never would have known what the date on the screen meant 🙄

[@farque1000]

Back in the days before ABS was standard.

[@thomasdonald3291]

The year I was born, the cars look like antiques now!

[@steely6663]

I bought these on VHS 📼. Were cool.

[@klfav3477]

Reminds me of my dad's ex police range rover, scary at speed as the body roll was horrendous

[@jmshrrsn]

Thirty odd years ago! Amazing. Nothing changes does it.

[@StanWeiner]

8:25 'He's crashed, he's crashed'. Used on the intro.

[@Morrisonspouch]

Even the passenger got a dangerous driving charge haha

[@finnmanproductions9240]

That Police Range Rover didn’t handle much better than the old crappy van it was chasing.

[@Salman-sc8gr]

Anti Roll bars came in 90s,good drivers handled them well.

[@dazauto1400]

I've still got the ones after Police Stop 10 on a tape somewhere.

[@daveanderson70]

I can’t believe how clear the M25 is!

[@richardburns5925]

No idiot would take the M25 now to get away, it's a bloody carpark!

[@calebmumby5803]

I had this on video thanks for this

[@bernierose719]

Wow do I remember watching this I watched this relentlessly on vhs

[@worldcomicsreview354]

I remember (getting my mum to) rent this from the corner shop loads of times when I was little, it was the talk of the school when we were 9-10! Of course I had a mate who said he'd seen "the full version" of the van chase, with all TVs and videos being thrown out and smashing to bits on the road. I was disappointed we couldn't see that.

[@allnightrunner.6515]

I think your mate was pulling your leg for qudos. Police chases were a big thing for me when I was a kid, I’ve seen hundreds but never saw that. No way they’d not put in footage that Exiting.

[@BossySwan]

*Big chap with a woolly hat*

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

Awww 😊 And anyway, it's "big chap with a woolly hat *on"* But yes, I always thought that was quite a nice thing of him to say.

[@owenrichards84]

I remember watching police stop on itv4.

[@Julmaa87]

Can really tell the improvement of technology since the olden days. Radios are so much clearer now days. Along with improvement in video quality.

[@BossySwan]

16:45 “in pursoot” 😂 definitely Norfolk lol

[@QFIhawkman]

Crash! Bang! Wallop! What a video! You can we from the intro where the idea came from.

[@this_is_a_tiny_town]

"Thankfully that man was plastic. You can stop giggling, or I’ll take down your particulars. But what if he hadn’t been… plastic?"

[@slammenwagen]

😆 I wish it was real. "Thankfully, the driver of the car they hit, only suffered minor women's whiplash!"

[@pachma405]

back of the net

[@saxongreen78]

The first blokes done well to get that pile of rubbish to even _start,_ much less travel over 60mph for sustained periods...bloody Ford Transit - drove one as a job for two horrible years.

[@Simon-ui6db]

always liked the rover 800 jamsandwich.

[@St_Rizla]

You could have told me that the audio from the MR2 chase was actually from an xbox live lobby, sends about the same just less expletives haha

[@jhj22]

Reminds me to Cops Uncut (the one made by Bullseye Productions, a british company), except the narrator is less dramatic and sarcastic in a good way.

[@BossySwan]

He’s crashed he’s crashed

[@scottmurphy4278]

They used that for the Police Camera Action titles

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

There's also "[sharp intake of breath]! Gosh, heh! That was close weren't it?" that was used AT LEAST three times. One of them in Police Stop! 2 when a Red Rover 200 reverses up a slip road then pulls onto the roundabout, nearly hitting a passing car. A classic clip.

[@mattwebb6056]

@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 And 'certainly not driving like that, we've got that on tape'. In some of the later episodes where they show clips from Denmark you hear in virtually all the clips something like 'salam, figa green toward eastern stee stope' 😂

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

@@mattwebb6056 good ear! Don't think I listened _quite_ that closely myself, but I know of course Police, Camera, Action! was a very guilty culprit of doing this. The same possibly with these American late night Channel 5 programmes that used to be on Sunday night ("I'm Sheriff John Burnell") - that one. The same sound effects got used over and over again.

[@Dave-ko2pr]

What part of the clip do they say that in ?

[@gordonremsey8055]

The Range Rover had no fear ahah. The leaning at that speed😂

[@tnewton1988]

Nothing compared to the coach driver at 15:56 😂😂

[@RoaldRoberts]

1990 😂 This is hilarious. That Transit van can do 75 downhill!

[@doctorbohr1585]

11:50 remarkable how well the Minis a-pillars held up to that head-on, even at that low speed.

[@mitchellhulston6706]

I remember when raw cut uploaded all of these

[@jackwain367]

I found them by accident. I can't believe they privatized the channel!

[@mitchellhulston6706]

@@jackwain367 I know, I think it's pathetic to make the channel private

[@jackwain367]

@@mitchellhulston6706 I know, right? Luckily, I've got 1-10, so I can upload them.

[@games4356]

@@jackwain367 I never thought i'd see these again after the other guy that uploaded them disapeared, thanks :)

[@jackwain367]

@@games4356 That's OK.

[@OurTim]

@24:00 *revs away* … “it was never seen again.” 😂

[@robdavies8702]

Listening to all these, I’ve worked out which clips make up the Police Camera Action intro!

[@mattwebb6056]

I interviewed David Lowe who produced the theme tune to PCA a few years ago. He's most famous for his BBC News themes. He was basically given a bunch of audio clips and told to make them into a theme tune for the show. Worth noting Bill Rudgard who produced Police Stop was involved in producing PCA as well. In fact the very first episode/pilot of PCA was called Police Stop on ITV.

[@_M_O_E_]

I know this is old as hell, but does anyone remember which episode had a rover 200 being chased in snowy conditions in Manchester? It's one of the early police stop or police camera action episodes is all i remember. The cops giving chase say "hes lost it" a couple of times, but the driver regains control each time until he gets punted off the road and surrounded at the end

[@allnightrunner.6515]

I had this video on vhs when I was a kid. Surprisingly video quality hasn’t improved much since then.

[@joyjoJ4ever]

Wish they got a dvd release

[@corsaandy94]

I have this on VHS somewhere

[@stephenbagwell8275]

I think the idea for these came from an Autosport Show at Earls Court London where one of the most popular stands was the Metropolitan Police camera car

[@jackwain367]

How do you know that?

[@stephenbagwell8275]

@@jackwain367 I went to that Autosport show & they showed the Transit van chase

[@jackwain367]

@@stephenbagwell8275 When was that?

[@stephenbagwell8275]

@@jackwain367 I think it was 1991

[@johnclarke2997]

I wonder if the red cavalier driver will ever come forward ?

[@tnewton1988]

😂 he must of recognised himself by now!

[@jamieeedden777]

The police car at the start 3764 MT is now on a Mercedes what a shame it never stayed with the car

[@simonboyes2550]

8:22 that may have been junction 23 (the police radio said) in 1990 but that's now junction 22 London Colney. Also the bridge they drove under about 2 miles earlier now goes under the motorway (I think its what was the old A25)

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

It was junction 22 back then too! The "main" voice on the radio said it wrongly. The other voice said "22", and even the "main" voice described the previous junction, as "23". I think he made a mistake owing to the adrenaline of the situation.

[@johnchurch4705]

J23 is Bignells corner, the section J25-24 M25 was known as the valley of death by the Met 👮‍♀️.

[@tnewton1988]

I’m still waiting for Someone to comment “ I was the driver of the transit van” he’s got to be some kind of celebrity!

[@kevin654keane]

It's a wonder the met or some other force didn't get Graham Cole (PC Tony Stamp) to join as a Special Constable, he was pretty much the image of the policeman in the 90s

[@RobTheSquire]

And after all these years people still drive like this, you would think videos like this would decrease the amount of accidents we have.

[@steventotsrusselldj.]

How in the blue hell was he getting 75mph out of that knackered old transit

[@Thanos.m]

Kind of crazy what the advent of ABS did a mere dacade later most cars would have had it and most of these accidents would've been prevented

[@mohammadayub2760]

It's not easy chasing crazy drives 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@bryanduncan1640]

Bloody hell! I think I’ve been stopped by every one of those police cars!

[@lynnboyer6643]

I like the last chase involving the driver and passenger along with the pitbull puppy.

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

I actually think it was an English bull terrier, not a pit bull (or as I call it, "pi' bulllll" (yes, this clip is where I coined that phrase, seeing how the dog was hanging out of the car!)) Good times ;)

[@joyjoJ4ever]

Wish ITV4 would show them again

[@leesaunders7232]

Anyone know what car the Rozzers were driving when chasing the Metro and the pit bull? 🤔

[@bentullett6068]

The first chase is a classic. Its the usual cops chasing a couple of robbers in a Ford Transit the preferred getaway vehicle of many criminals.

[@RSstokie]

It was always rover headlights in the rear view mirror at night

[@johnn278]

The guy on comms in the car on the last chase is a bit demanding 😂

[@rogerfrancis65]

Wow even the criminals obeyed the speed limit!

[@richardclarke376]

you had a much better class of criminal back in those days

[@johnchurch4705]

Probably revving it’s nuts off lol 😆.

[@danielalexander8588]

I'm 36 now, in 2023, and remember watching this as a kid! I remember really rooting for the Transit driver and watching it now I still am!

[@tazuk01]

Idiots don't change over time then

[@danielalexander8588]

​@@tazuk01fair do's! I'm still an idiot! But, both my Granddad and my Dad had mk1 Transit's and I loved them!

[@pauldevenish]

At 02:10 a police officer cuts in, now if you watch "The Liver Run" it sounds like one of the officers from there.

[@jackwain367]

It is. The voice is Les Crossland, driver of the video car in the Liver Run.

[@pauldevenish]

@@jackwain367 That's the guy!

[@kittyhawk9707]

Transit driver = billy big bollox until the Range Rover rocks up .. hahahah ..

[@digitalradiohacker]

"Only a fool br.." Annnnnnnnd a Londoner has filled the gap.