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The Best Episodes of Motorway Cops

Every episode of Motorway Cops ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Motorway Cops!

Cameras catch the intense action that follows the law enforcers of Britain's motorways as they pursue criminals of all types.
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC One

Best Episodes Summary

"Dicing with Death" is the best rated episode of "Motorway Cops". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/25/2008. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Fatal Consequences".

  • Dicing with Death
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    #1 - Dicing with Death

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2008

    The Motorway Cops come face-to-face with their worst nightmare as they are called to detain two women who are caught walking on the M6 motorway. As the PCs arrive the women make a run for it, into the path of a 44 tonne lorry. The accident forces a total closure of the M6 leaving motorists stranded in a 15 mile traffic jam and the cops locked in a life or death battle to save the injured women.

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  • Fatal Consequences
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    #2 - Fatal Consequences

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2008

    On the motorway, a moment's lapse of concentration can have devastating consequences and when a lorry is involved the results can be catastrophic. The Motorway Cops are called to an accident involving a 44 tonne lorry, causing traffic chaos and leaving three dead and many more injured.

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  • Highway Robbery
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    #3 - Highway Robbery

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/2009

    PCs Griffiths and Toal are involved in a high-speed chase which takes them into Birmingham city centre, and PC Richard Elliot is called to a lorry park off the M6 where a gang has been disturbed while attempting to steal the load from the back of a lorry. Also, more than 20 motorway cops, a dog team and the West Midlands Police helicopter are involved in an operation to stop a gang involved in a cash-in-transit robbery.

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  • Deadly Highways
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    #4 - Deadly Highways

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/25/2009

    At night, a lorry jack-knifes on an unlit section of the M6, and two cars have ploughed full-speed into the underside of its trailer. The roofs of both cars have been taken off in the impact, and one man is dead. But, miraculously, three others have survived. It's up to PCs Elliot, Bullard and Shail to find out if this was simply the hand of fate or if someone is to blame.

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  • Catch Us If You Can
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    #5 - Catch Us If You Can

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/2/2010

    The Motorway Cops are after runaway drivers including a stolen high performance car with a determined thief at the wheel. The thief is so determined that he risks a head-on crash as he drives the wrong way down the motorway, leaving the cops to launch a city-wide search for him.

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  • Secrets and Lies
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    #6 - Secrets and Lies

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/5/2010

    The Motorway Cops help stop a stolen lorry on the rampage in the city centre. Elsewhere it's guile which catches people who are economical with the truth.

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  • Wrecked and Reckless
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    #7 - Wrecked and Reckless

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/2010

    Amid icy conditions, the Motorway Cops are forced to close the motorway.

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  • Lost in Translation
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    #8 - Lost in Translation

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/4/2011

    The motorway cops are faced with organised criminal gangs from overseas who use Britain's motorways to travel up and down the country, from city to city, stealing to order. The problem is that, when the police stop them, the criminals claim not to understand a word of English, making the investigation tougher than ever.

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  • Deadly Distractions
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    #9 - Deadly Distractions

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/11/2011

    The motorway cops crack down on truckers who fail to pay attention to the road ahead.

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  • The Sixth Sense
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    #10 - The Sixth Sense

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/18/2011

    Despite the array of sophisticated equipment and computer data available to the Motorway Cops, it is often experience and a 'sixth sense' which allows them to sniff out those motorists who have something to hide - and when they do, the police often uncover much more than they expect.

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  • Booze and Twos
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    #11 - Booze and Twos

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/25/2011

    The Motorway Cops crack down on criminals who use the roads to transport illegal goods.

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  • Cheats and Chancers
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    #12 - Cheats and Chancers

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2011

    The Motorway Cops catch up with the drivers who try to cheat the system, taking chances even though that may mean putting other people's lives at risk - and they find that the drivers who do this are often those they come across time and time again.

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  • Life in the Fast Lane
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    #13 - Life in the Fast Lane

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2011

    The Motorway Cops are involved in several high-speed pursuits and call on the assistance of the police helicopter, Alpha Oscar One, to help them track down stolen cars and drug dealers.

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  • Burden of Proof
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    #14 - Burden of Proof

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/10/2012

    The motorway cops don't just have to find and arrest those they suspect of breaking the law, they also have to gather enough evidence as proof. But all too often the evidence they hope to rely on just isn't there, and it is one man's word against another's.

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  • Hide and Seek
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    #15 - Hide and Seek

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/2012

    The Motorway Cops are seeking out drivers who are desperate not to get caught and they find that some people will take extraordinary risks just to get away from them.

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  • Lights Out
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    #16 - Lights Out

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 3/18/2013

    Officers from the Central Motorway Police Group target cable thieves, a crime that is costing the country more than £1 billion each year and causing chaos to Britain's transport system.

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  • Off and Running
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    #17 - Off and Running

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 3/25/2013

    The police deal with the growing problem of stolen cars and the damage the drivers cause.

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  • Extreme Measures
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    #18 - Extreme Measures

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 4/3/2013

    The cops are forced to take some drastic action when two young men fail to stop for them. In the Midlands, officers in the Central Motorway Police Group have other worries, as they're force to close the M50 when a pedestrian is catapulted into traffic after being hit trying to help a stranded motorist.

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  • Excuses, Excuses
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    #19 - Excuses, Excuses

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2013

    Being a motorway cop means having to listen to every excuse in the book: sometimes they're ridiculous and unbelievable, while other times it's down to the skill and experience of the cops to work out fact from fiction.

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  • Duty of Care
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    #20 - Duty of Care

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/2013

    Officers from West Yorkshire attend a serious head-on crash in Bradford.

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  • Right Time, Right Place
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    #21 - Right Time, Right Place

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/2013

    Sometimes being in the right place at the right time can lead to some surprising results.

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  • Without Warning
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    #22 - Without Warning

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 9/23/2013

    The West Yorkshire motorway police are not easily surprised or shocked by what they come across on Britain's busiest roads, but when a drunk student in Leeds flags down PCs Dale Anderson and Mick McQuade asking for a lift to France, the two cops quickly realise they have an unusual problem on their hands.

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    #23 - Out of Control

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/2013

    The Motorway Cops are called to the scene of a head-on collision on the motorway near Birmingham city centre. A woman has died and officers have to clear the road and try to discover the cause of the accident.

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  • White Lines
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    #24 - White Lines

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/2013

    Every year, more than 50 tonnes of heroin and cocaine are sold in Britain, but in the north of England a team of specialist roads crime officers are striking back at the multi-million pound business of moving illegal drugs around the country.

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    #25 - Dangerous Highways

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 1/14/2014

    A jack-knifed lorry causes a tailback on the A1 motorway leading to an accident between two lorries, leaving a man dead and forcing the motorway cops to shut the road while they investigate.

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