CCTV Cities | |
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Genre | Police |
Presented by | Donal MacIntyre |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Steadfast |
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Network | Channel 5 |
Release | 2008 |
CCTV Cities is a 2008 British television documentary programme, produced and presented by journalist Donal MacIntyre. Each episode featured a British town or city. Leeds (Halton Moor and Leeds city centre), Wigan, Edinburgh and London were all featured. The documentary was shown on Five. [1] [2]
Instances shown include an attempted suicide on a bridge in Leeds, where a man attempts to commit suicide by jumping into the River Aire, as well as police being attacked with missiles in Halton Moor, Leeds, when criminals attempted to regain a stolen car which the police were recovering.
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