This video is about The Flying Squad - Operation Pelican. An original fly on the wall documentary detailing the success of Metropolitan Police Force detectives in the 1980's in combatting armed robberies.
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@SkipSpotter5 жыл бұрын
Cheers for uploading these episodes. They are much better than much of the crap put out these days!
@louistyler67664 жыл бұрын
How did they have clearer cctv cameras in the 1980s than we do now
@jimmyjones2020 Жыл бұрын
Because we are not they
@mattcapital Жыл бұрын
Those building society cameras are still cameras not video cameras.
@eddiegrimm94627 ай бұрын
Because clearer cctv cameras offend some people
@jadedwitness98406 ай бұрын
We definitely have far clearer now, facial recognition etc
@MrDesalex Жыл бұрын
He wore corduroy trousers? There's 10 years right there!
@jamesmcdonagh-cy6vs Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@pleidiolwyfimwlad2104 Жыл бұрын
Cords r cool
@Red-Jones7 ай бұрын
Another three for that haircut.
@jadedwitness98406 ай бұрын
Cords are cool again buddy get with it
@martynflynn83685 ай бұрын
@MrDesalex: Faaaaaaakin elll that made me chuckle.
@uvox439 жыл бұрын
An amazing display of chunky knit jumpers in action!
@gd-on4ti4 жыл бұрын
Leave the stakeout by 4 my man wants to be leaving at 5😂
@151mattwilson3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading these. Had no ide about them and I've been so engrossed on the Crimewatch uploads from you. I was born in September 1986, and these are really interesting to me
@jmm12339 жыл бұрын
Ah the 80s , where could smoke a cig in the interview room
@jasonantigua68256 жыл бұрын
jmm1233 And bash the accused up!
@jasonantigua68256 жыл бұрын
duckjive1 In the early 80s I think? They even let friends or family bring you food in! And un convicted prisoners on remand could have a can of beer brought in!!!
@johnniethepom29055 жыл бұрын
+jason antigua It was a pint of beer and it had to be opened in front of the prison officer's and poured into a plastic jug . They used to get around it by injecting vodka into an Orange . A couple of pieces of fruit were allowed . It was only the surge in drugs during the 80's that forced the Home Office to curtail the privilege.
@Kill--alllll---IDF5 жыл бұрын
Ha ha yeah
@elz14c304 жыл бұрын
5 years for 6 jobs lol. Unlikely to reoffend lol the funniest thing is the clothes and glasses the old bill are wearing . Gotta love the 8 Os I just started the extecy then when they was good
@benfrewin9926 Жыл бұрын
"We're The Flying Squad Love. Now put your knickers on and make us a CUPPA TEA!"
@andrewbaird7834 Жыл бұрын
Here Ben That's If She Wore Any Knickers In The First Place As Jack Regan & George Carter Would Have Both Said She's A Scrubber or A Slag Take Your Pick
@joannamorgan6911 Жыл бұрын
Thank the Lord sexism is dead!
@jadedwitness98406 ай бұрын
@@andrewbaird7834shut up you bed wetting tit
@martinparker92494 күн бұрын
SHAAAT IT !!
@bmccabe17674 жыл бұрын
Cool for cats " 🎵 it's funny how the missus always looks the bleedin same 🎵"
@johnm984519 сағат бұрын
He should have ordered some colour prints of those nice crystal clear CCTV images for family album.
@thesceptic10183 жыл бұрын
She is great, knows perfectly well what he’s been up to, probably helped, maybe planned (he’s not that sharp), and a beautiful smile when told she slept in
@plumduff3303 Жыл бұрын
Except she helped id him for the statement 😮
@zaftra Жыл бұрын
@@plumduff3303 well they did have a photo of him.
@user-gv4jk1le3d6 ай бұрын
totally agree she was the mastermind
@Actingskint4 жыл бұрын
A master robber , keeping all the clothing pictured in the cctv and shown on crime watch .
@giuseppenero1104 жыл бұрын
Undoubtedly he never heard of cctv until they showed him the photos
@Captainpubwatch6 жыл бұрын
Excellent upload - though I find the phone conversation from 4:20 to 5:00 hilarious! The 1980's telephone manner to the fore here (ohhh Christ........cheers darling, ta-ra).........
@MarkMiller-zm2th4 жыл бұрын
The robber looks like a young Richard Hammond, and the interviewing officer like Phil Daniels.......too surreal haha
@lllucky134 жыл бұрын
he is wearing a blue t-shirt .. shows him a B&W photograph
@lidiasantoro30984 жыл бұрын
It's like going back in a time capsule.
@pirateboyfearless Жыл бұрын
The standard of policing and way they conduct themselves is head and shoulders above todays rubbish .
@rodkirkbride223027 күн бұрын
"Where are all ya t-shirts?" Ya cant.
@Wally-H4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the writer of Frost got the idea of having a senior police officer called Mullet from this documentary
@davidbaker89574 жыл бұрын
The moral of this story is don’t get women involved at any level.
@karlblake45964 жыл бұрын
Fact, but moral of this story is don't get involved in serious crime if you have a peanut sized brain, CCTV or no CCTV, cover up and discard of the clothes he deserves life
@AlexAlexon3897 Жыл бұрын
Incels like you know nothing about women! 😅
@alanmeires6 жыл бұрын
He got a touch getting a five . Now days he would get a ten for that lot. And that bird of he's all she was worried about was herself and her poxy flat.
@colshythecomedian4 жыл бұрын
alanmeires Alan that's funny as fuck lol "poxy flat" 🤣🤣
@yozza49783 жыл бұрын
Yeah but 5 years was worth more back then, 10 years in todays jails is like a holiday camp compared to back in the day lol
@maptuffs2 жыл бұрын
@@yozza4978 exactly, plus good luck getting a job after
@AlexAlexon3897 Жыл бұрын
It's "that bird of his", not "he's". Sigh. All this bad English.
@eddiegrimm9462 Жыл бұрын
@@AlexAlexon3897 and so what ?
@trebor97115 жыл бұрын
That's Harry Enfield 😂😂
@johnpalser97573 жыл бұрын
9:57 "Lead us up the stairs". So that if anyone upstairs starts blasting away, she's the first one who gets it...
@closethedoornow7538 Жыл бұрын
No, it’s so she doesn’t stab them in the back.
@87654321j7 жыл бұрын
we're the Sweeney son and we haven't had any dinner so unless you want a kickin tell us where those photographs are
@Wally-H4 жыл бұрын
Looking at the physical state of the old bill in this reminds me of those old comedy sketches about 'fat sweaty coppers' from the Fast Show kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWO3iX2hl5JorcU
@slees18474 жыл бұрын
Episode 1 Series 1
@dr.fabritziovanmong19564 жыл бұрын
Put yer strides on your nicked😦
@eddiegrimm9462 Жыл бұрын
@@Wally-H them fat sweaty coppers back in the day would beat your fucking head in if you give them any stick. they did not mess about with wokism and political correctness etc they were tough as old boots lad
@twinkle30262 жыл бұрын
I've heard it all now!!! The guv, said that the neighbours are more suspicious about the police cars parked in the street, than they are of the suspects cars??? Wow!! ...... Incidentally the police man who said the suspects look guilty due to the nicely furnished flat equipped with mod cons, is wrong, because i myself receive PIP and UC, due to bad mental health issues and my flat is real nice, but i certainly have not robbed any banks. That's not to say i am disputing the polices suspicions, but you cannot always judge by appearances.
@orenthalgregoriasmudbone7988 Жыл бұрын
No you just robbed the taxpayer instead
@twinkle3026 Жыл бұрын
@@orenthalgregoriasmudbone7988 How can you make this statement about me when you do not know me! I am a virtual recluse in my flat, due to my nerves being so bad, i rarely go out! I am very grateful for the help i receive!
@johnmelling9950 Жыл бұрын
I work full time and can just about keep my head above water.
@twinkle3026 Жыл бұрын
@@johnmelling9950 I struggle very badly with my nerves, i rarely go out and i do not eat much due to Anorexia so i don't spend much. Social Media is my lifeline and my cosy home is my sanctuary. x
@orenthalgregoriasmudbone7988 Жыл бұрын
@@twinkle3026 you're welcome for your money my kids didn't need or deserve it anyway its not like I worked for it or anything
@mjkrbjcw6 жыл бұрын
she might as well be a witness against him the way she talks
@alanmeires4 жыл бұрын
She was more worried about herself and all the new gear in her flat that he had brought her.
@alonsocushing23984 жыл бұрын
She's a right scrubber!
@09weenic4 жыл бұрын
Alonso Cushing have some respect you asshole - that’s someone’s mother, daughter or sister you are talking about !
@Kennyde4 жыл бұрын
No she’s someone’s grass of a mother, daughter or sister. Singing to save herself and sending her fella down which wouldn’t have happened without her statement. Silly tart
@Wugzy1233 жыл бұрын
@@09weenic aye nae bor ya cloon! daft slapper
@andrewburne75915 жыл бұрын
Two words luv, No comment. But tbf he could have least worn a balaclava lol
@user-ci9hf9es1k Жыл бұрын
Was arrested by Dective Inspector John Stratford approximately 12 years after this video, decent for a copper actually quite likeable and personally bought all of my confiscated paperwork back to my office , asked me to make him a coffee and then proceeded to tell me of how many of fathers friends nicked over the years & i had a fortunate escape & for me to retire from that way of life or I would end up doing a lot of bird like my father , as I said decent man for a copper
@WonkaVator725 жыл бұрын
DSJS at 14:31: "As you could see at the flat, very, very palatially decorated for people that are allegedly in debt." Maybe that's how they got in debt ;-).
@leedstown4 жыл бұрын
People on benefits have nicer houses now
@charlieminaj2 Жыл бұрын
@@leedstown don’t talk wet, I’ve had no repairs carried out since I moved into mine that was 2018? What am I paying rent for?🙈😅
@Bloxdio_God6 жыл бұрын
That DS Stratford did him a favour. A 5 for that.
@alwardgrover33475 жыл бұрын
@@duckjive1 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
@badgermcspoon11 Жыл бұрын
Can you imagine now they would all be shouting and flapping they would cuff them all for officer safety and the case would fail in court. There is a sense of ability and panache about these cops.
@bendingspring4 жыл бұрын
Operation Plonker! Lots of people slagging off Eric’s Mrs, she’s definitely salt of the earth in a south London way but she seemed like a nice person. What Mrs would say “see ya tomorrow “ for the court case these days? All on their toes!!!!!!!!!!!?
@durrantalan3 ай бұрын
21.00 Freddy Krueger called. He wants his striped jumper back.
@flalingbashers29573 жыл бұрын
Eric a reformed character now . He’s found god and now he’s a vicar.
@jasonantigua68253 жыл бұрын
Yeah right! He’s a piss head !!!!
@tomparker9623 жыл бұрын
Fackin love you gumbo
@flalingbashers29573 жыл бұрын
@@tomparker962 We are Shadwell
@krisyung Жыл бұрын
Father Eric always gives a good sermon bless
@grizcuz Жыл бұрын
Never been in any serious legal trouble. But I'd love to know just how different the old bill were behaving because the cameras were there, back then? Even for the daft bit of bother I was in as a teenager in the 80's, mainly for causing trouble at the football, I was treated far more harshly than they were treating this armed robber.
@tilerman10 ай бұрын
I got into a street fight in 1985 when i was 20. It really wasn't over anything and should not have turned into what it turned into. It was just 4 people having a scrap when some other young men whom i knew from my estate but weren't my friends just happened to be walking by and jumped into lend a hand as it were. And that's when things got serious, it was well known these lads were nasty bastards, bottles got broke and 2 people got seriously hurt, one very badly with lifetime injuries. Took myself off to the Police station as i knew word was out and wanted to explain myself. And that's when 2 years of hurt followed. In the station the detectives were hard bastards, had me up against a wall with a fist held back screaming into my face, shoved from wall to wall and the verbal abuse. They pinned the whole lot on me because they had no on else. They came to my house, my workplace and generally hassled me relentlessly. Ended up in Court a year and a bit later and it was a 3 day hearing, i was up for GBH, ABH and affray, serious charges. Got off the GBH and Affray and got done for ABH. Something i remember vividly was the court case and how exhausting it was, listening to the Police make up their bullshit which was all lies. Hands down worst period of my life, i lost weight, became paranoid and depressed, a horrible experience.
@grizcuz10 ай бұрын
@@tilerman Yep, that pretty much tallies with my experiences in the 80's. I'm not saying all the police were nasty bastards, because I met a few that weren't. But they had some officers who seemed to actually enjoy hurting people without any fear of consequences. And for the lads I've known who ended up in jail back then, they said the prison officers were as bad if not worse. I know it can be a tricky job, but they can't have people in the police who are in it to hurt people.
@jasonantigua682510 ай бұрын
@@grizcuzThe good old days is what I call them!
@davidwardle5 Жыл бұрын
11:37 DI Mullett looks pleased as he checks out his catch!
@jupitorious79255 жыл бұрын
Love her quality leather jacket and sovereign Ring, I bet she had plenty of company while he was locked up
@Osman-mj5rf4 жыл бұрын
🤣😜
@voodoodolly4 жыл бұрын
Sure looks looks like many faces from "me mam's old pub lol
@jasonantigua68254 жыл бұрын
She lives on my road!!!
@JohnConboy12 жыл бұрын
Haha!
@jasonantigua68252 жыл бұрын
@@eddiegrimm9462 Still nice looking? She’s never been nice looking! Takes it up the Gary Glitter apparently!!!
@Shandizzlebizzle4 жыл бұрын
Heard stevie wonder was hard up, had no idea he’d started threading eyebrows
@AlexAlexon3897 Жыл бұрын
She's prettier than you, you jealous loser.
@colshythecomedian4 жыл бұрын
5 years for armed robbery??? Not violent?? He stuck a gun in the nose of bank teller!!! 🤬
@seanatkinson770 Жыл бұрын
If she actually realised that she was giving them everything they wanted ie the picture of him in one bank 😳
@martynflynn83685 ай бұрын
I know, like the cops knew they would a had no chance of a conviction when all they had was the perp smiling into the cctv at each job, no disguise, he kept all the clothes he was wearing in the Crimewatch vids in his drawers so he could hand em to the old bill when thay called and he even took em out on a ride to fetch up his old discarded fake sawn off, faaaaack me, without her id 'ing him on that one job they would have been letting him out no charge.
@Ramblingpete Жыл бұрын
Great to see them using pens and pencils old school 👍🏿good old days
@robertwoods-dc4wo2 ай бұрын
He looks like Ricky Ross outta deacon blue he wore cords anaw last seen doin a gig at Glasgow barrowlands😂
@giuseppenero110 Жыл бұрын
Who would have thought a bank (of all places) had CCTV? lol
@replicas114 жыл бұрын
It soon turned into Harrods sale when they busted the house didn’t it.
@retrorambles5174 жыл бұрын
Look how great the CCTV was back in the 80s
@bendingspring4 жыл бұрын
Retro Rambles They’re photos. Back in the day, not sure about now, they had a film camera above the door that took about 60 photos in quick succession as soon as the bank staff activated the alarm.
@1970boggy3 ай бұрын
I wouldn't call that flat well decorated
@MarineAqua458 жыл бұрын
In the days when suspects got beaten up or given an old-fashioned kicking.
@hornetobiker5 жыл бұрын
Only if you pissed them off, it was never standard.
@geeandme77604 жыл бұрын
"Dont start shoulting, woman." This is back when misogyny was tolerated. Give her a crack 😂
@zaftra Жыл бұрын
she was starting to shout, she is a woman.
@greatescape7735 Жыл бұрын
Where are they now
@David-h4z2s4 ай бұрын
Love the way the copper is Putting on a villian voice On the car phone 📠📞
@joereedsmith1531 Жыл бұрын
Please can we pause and reflect on the wearing of a shiny track top with collar and tie.
@davenolan30825 жыл бұрын
Cracking glasses on wpc
@JohnConboy12 жыл бұрын
People keep mentioning her eyebrows, but I think she's a very pretty girl in this. Wonder what she looks like now?
@eddiegrimm94622 жыл бұрын
She would be around 60 years old now but most likely still nice looking id say ?
@AlexAlexon3897 Жыл бұрын
She's very pretty. She looks like my g/f in some ways. 🙂
@spleeeen4it Жыл бұрын
Very very pretty
@version736ha2 Жыл бұрын
13:35 - "Sarge, bag these knickers up, we will need to have a closer look a these, a bit later (cough!)"
@voodoodolly4 жыл бұрын
"Palatialy decorated" typical ridiculous over exaggerated statements made by police. Smh. Palatial lol.
@amyamy1897 Жыл бұрын
They don't make mobiles like they used to he should be arrested for using that one going equipped
@michaelgrace12984 жыл бұрын
She should of spent some of the dosh on her eyebrows ffs
@AlexAlexon3897 Жыл бұрын
Sure, sad incel.
@bigbadnewman8 жыл бұрын
In the 70s the flying squad would have given him a " right kicking".
@MarineAqua455 жыл бұрын
bigbadnewman He would have gotten a kicking at that time too, but the Cameras were filming them, so they couldn’t do it to them.
@version736ha2 Жыл бұрын
@@MarineAqua45 a real shame, this show would have been 100% perfect with the villains getting a good kicking as well as nicking
@MrDREWASIDE4 жыл бұрын
Can't beat a chunky knit. Old school!
@bluenose49035 жыл бұрын
5 years for 6 robberies? 😂 Bring back the good old days is my moto.
@Osman-mj5rf4 жыл бұрын
Init result 🤔 today yeh be a lucky to get a ten 🙈😜
@drewandrew93894 жыл бұрын
That what am thinking the sentence was light
@elainekerslake6865 Жыл бұрын
I knew 2 lads who got two stretches for tax evasion of a couple of grand.
@Justforfun-wq7mr3 жыл бұрын
“Fire arms and clothing” 🤣🤣🤣
@pleasehelphaitinow10 ай бұрын
The good old days of cops and robbers and black people called coloured.
@bigpoppapump202510 ай бұрын
I wonder why they didn't use tape recorders in the interviews ?
@victorvictor85874 жыл бұрын
The Television is Like a Crack Pipe and the TV Programs are the Crack Rock itself .
@tomparker9623 жыл бұрын
Good way of putting it
@peaceLove19885 жыл бұрын
1988 Best year ever.
@victorvictor85874 жыл бұрын
DARREN DAY How Much Crack did you Smoke in 88’?
@tomparker9623 жыл бұрын
@@victorvictor8587 haha
@pensans1 Жыл бұрын
Hard to tell cops from robbers.
@xenu-dark-tony Жыл бұрын
How is it that even when they're dressed in what they imagine are civvies they are still 100% obviously coppers?
@jadedwitness98406 ай бұрын
Cos you can't hide being nonce
@paulwhite25339 ай бұрын
heavy, heavy cank...i love the good old days but cank is the one change that i welcome...the stench on public transport was grim back in the day
@eddiegrimm94629 ай бұрын
cank ?
@paulwhite25339 ай бұрын
@@eddiegrimm9462 cancer....smoking....seems like everyone was on it
@KIERNAN1002 жыл бұрын
Clothes by Halfords.
@AlexAlexon3897 Жыл бұрын
You could tell he wasn't violent. Hope he went straight after 2.5 years.
@eddiegrimm9462 Жыл бұрын
he would of done more than 2.5 years back then..i think it was two thirds them days
@johnsmith-rs2vk Жыл бұрын
All firearms and clothing ,never in your own cat & mouse .
@juliataylor26232 жыл бұрын
no solicitor present at any time while shes in custody and scared, she may be guilty but this would hardly stand today.
@benbabs70186 жыл бұрын
Hi dose any1 no were can get full series plz
@jasonantigua68254 жыл бұрын
Yes! Hit me up
@britnic53945 жыл бұрын
all furniture was from council tip.. palatial flat indeed
@robertwoods-dc4wo2 ай бұрын
Hghghghghgagha 10yrs for wearing cords aw maaan abs brilliant
@johnfisher71435 ай бұрын
Sitting around in cars for hours on obbo, then five minutes of adrenaline, then hours of boring paperwork. No thanks.
@xenu-dark-tony Жыл бұрын
DS Stratford subsequently left the police force to become Jeremy Clarkson.
@user-gv4jk1le3d6 ай бұрын
the police we are remember and wish we had back,.
@chrissharp67336 жыл бұрын
Brown Audi unmarked nearly Bins it 8:59
@paulmcdonough10936 жыл бұрын
not violent he showed intent
@version736ha2 Жыл бұрын
10:48, "shat it you slaaaaggggg"" SLAP!
@kevinryan76336 жыл бұрын
I wonder if she waited for Eric
@davenolan30825 жыл бұрын
No !
@jasonantigua68255 жыл бұрын
Kevin Ryan Eric was back in prison as of 2012!
@Bloxdio_God6 жыл бұрын
The girl has got a nice smile.
@cbjgdicad18 жыл бұрын
yeah that flat sure was 'palatial'
@bascet16 жыл бұрын
cbjgdicad1 It was for 1987 South London council estate. No home computers, Skytv wasn't even out then, laminate floor was a thing of the future, people didn't spend as much time indoors as they do now as pubs were frequented more as were Cinemas. Since the 80s the big cities in the UK have got rid of some real shithole council estates.
@ross-lt4mc4 жыл бұрын
Back when Britain was great. Now it’s a toilet, especially It’s capital
@alanmeires4 жыл бұрын
Full of spades and packies now days.
@AlexAlexon3897 Жыл бұрын
@@alanmeires: You've got nothing going for you. You're a racist, and you're as thick as a concrete sandwich. Loser of losers.
@AlexAlexon3897 Жыл бұрын
Ross1410: Who are you to judge? You're sub-literate. Thick as muck.
@MidnightRambler8 жыл бұрын
The fucking Sweeney !
@dr.fabritziovanmong19564 жыл бұрын
She well knows he was at it, the ob know but in them days the fairer sex was left out of it!
@lottierose86686 ай бұрын
didnt know bernard manning was in the sweeney
@pman8853 жыл бұрын
Fav firearm for the underwulads is the Sarnoff shotgun
@scottgibson75344 жыл бұрын
She isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.
@JesusChristisfake Жыл бұрын
She didn’t need to be she was pretty.
@marklittler7844 жыл бұрын
Is her statement really of any relevance ?
@dominewimbury2039 Жыл бұрын
The bedroom winda lol. I miss the proper cockney accent
@guy44695 жыл бұрын
o my god what you doing i broke a nail you not taking my jacket .what bloke you looking for.... god she sounds like dave courtney when he broke a nail ,,,,
@AlexAlexon3897 Жыл бұрын
And you write like an idiot. 😅
@trebor97115 жыл бұрын
Loads ov Money💰💰💰💰
@jorgealdridge66655 жыл бұрын
Who was that beautiful copper
@09weenic4 жыл бұрын
jorge aldridge Elton Johns sister 😂
@neilwilliams87418 жыл бұрын
millwallllll
@carolinerowles59513 жыл бұрын
You don't know a Danny Kirton by any chance?
@gcrichards14 жыл бұрын
C'mon it was the 80's, Bernie should have actually had a mullet..
@greentroll9326 Жыл бұрын
wow she grased him so bad
@MrDanybe4 жыл бұрын
@11,00 'don't say nothink'
@challanger275 Жыл бұрын
He would get 18 months now
@HopelessSinner6 жыл бұрын
15:09., Shitting Hell! Wots with them eyebrows!?👀
@mickeymirrorz766 жыл бұрын
suzanne cox Jesus H!! She looks like an old out of work drag queen!! Lol
@HopelessSinner6 жыл бұрын
mickeymirrorz76 😂😂And this was a few years back- I wonder if she's aged well!?!👹Makes me shudder just thinking bout it! 😱
@jasonantigua68255 жыл бұрын
Suzanne Cox She looks rough as fuck now,I know the pair of them,she lives in the next street to me!
@linas70504 жыл бұрын
😂
@AlexAlexon3897 Жыл бұрын
@@HopelessSinner: Jealousy screams from your comment! 🤣