Programme guide

Programme 1 – Cops

There are probably more police on TV than we ever see in real life. This film asks how police drama has influenced the way we think about police in the real world, and how the real police have changed as a result. From the reassuring world of 'Dixon of Dock Green' to the psychological realism of 'Cracker', does the tendency to show police in an ever-more realistic light have an effect on real-world policing?

Programmes discussed in Cops:

Life on Mars

Z Cars

Police (Thames Valley Police)

Inspector Morse

The Bill

The Sweeney

Crimewatch UK

Dixon of Dock Green

Law and Order

The Secret Policeman

Prime Suspect

The Blue Lamp