The show follows the day-to-day role of traffic officers and the incidents they come across. The majority of filming takes place at the scene of incidents, with occasional cuts to police stations and interview rooms. Locations include Yorkshire, Cheshire, Humberside and the West Midlands.[1]
Motorway Cops, along with its sister series Traffic Cops, are produced by Folio Productions, a subsidiary of Mentorn Media. Both shows were broadcast on the BBC until 2016. Jamie Theakston narrated all seven series of Motorway Cops. On 28 June 2016, Mentorn Media announced that Traffic Cops had been recommissioned by Channel 5, but there was no mention of Motorway Cops.[3]
This episode famously shows the bizarre incident of Swedish twin sisters Ursula and Sabina Erikssonrunning onto the M6 motorway and getting struck by a lorry and a Volkswagen Polo, respectively. By coincidence, the camera crew filming the episode happened to be accompanying the police who responded to the incident, and were able to capture the events that took place.
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