Police 5

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Police 5
GenreFactual
Presented by Shaw Taylor
Joe Crowley (2014)
Kate McIntyre (2014)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationMultiple location(s)
Running time5 minutes (1962–1992)
30 minutes (2014)
Original release
Network ITV (1962–1992)
Channel 5 (2014)
Release30 June 1962 (1962-06-30) –
25 March 2014 (2014-03-25)
Related
Junior Police 5 (1972–1979)

Police 5 is a British television programme that reconstructs major unsolved crimes in order to gain information from the public which may assist in solving the case. It originally aired on some ITV regions from 1962 to 1992, followed by a brief revival in 2014 on Channel 5.

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Creation

Police 5 was commissioned when Lew Grade needed a five-minute programme to fill a gap in the schedules for six weeks caused by an American import underrunning. The idea came from Steve Wade, Head of Outside Broadcasts, and Grade refused to copyright the format,[ citation needed ] which allowed other ITV regions to launch their own versions with Taylor often hosting them. Almost a third of the appeals featured in the programme led to an arrest.

The format was later sold overseas;[ by whom? ] in Germany it was a networked hour-long programme, Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst (German for "Case number XY ... Unsolved") on ZDF since 1967, which became the blueprint for the BBC's Crimewatch (1984); Taylor had pitched the idea for a centralised version to Channel 4 in 1982 but the idea had been rejected. [1]

In 2008, Taylor played a fictionalised version of himself hosting a version of the programme in an episode of Ashes to Ashes .

History

The five-minute programme was originally produced by ATV for its London and Midlands region from 1962 and shortly afterwards the format was picked up by a number of other ITV network regions, some versions of which used the same name and presenter. These included LWT, Television South (TVS) and Central Independent Television. [2] The show's original thirty-year run ended on 18 December 1992 in the South and South East of England region due to the production company TVS losing its broadcasting franchise. Following negotiations with the next franchise holder, Meridian Broadcasting, it was decided not to continue Police 5. [3]

Taylor later presented a spin-off show for younger viewers called Junior Police 5 which was aired between 1972 and 1979. [4] His catchphrase was "keep 'em peeled!" – asking viewers to be vigilant. In 2014, Channel 5 revived Police 5 for a seven-part series with new presenters Joe Crowley and Kate McIntyre. At the age of 89, Taylor appeared on each half-hour programme for a short segment in which he “set out to reunite theft victims with what’s rightfully theirs”. [5]

Other versions

Similar formats were aired in different ITV regions. Police Call was seen in the Anglia and Tyne Tees areas while Police File was the title adopted for programmes across Granada, Channel and Scottish Television areas. [6] Police Action was only shown in the Southern Television area and was presented by Peter Clark. Police 6 was broadcast on Ulster Television in Northern Ireland. [7] This version ran for 25 years until Christmas 1994, and was later replaced by Crime Call which was axed in 2001. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Shaw Taylor: The face of 'Police 5' who told viewers to 'keep 'em peeled' as he spread the idea that TV could help catch criminals". The Independent. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Channel 5 revive 'Police 5' in new format with Shaw Taylor". 27 January 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Barker, Dennis (18 March 2015). "Shaw Taylor obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Shaw Taylor. TV presenter. October 26, 1924 - March 17, 2015. Aged 90". Express.co.uk. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "'Keep 'em peeled!' — Shaw Taylor returns to Police 5". www.digitaljournal.com. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  6. ↑ Marcus, Laurence (21 January 2019). "Police Five". Television Heaven. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Police Six: December 1994 - View media - Northern Ireland Screen | Digital Film Archive". digitalfilmarchive.net. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "CRIMECALL AXED BY ULSTER TELLY. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. 25 November 2001. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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