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Street Wars | |
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Also known as | Street Law |
Created by | Bill Rudgard Steve Warr |
No. of episodes | 15 |
Production | |
Producer | Raw Cut TV |
Production locations | Kent, Surrey and Northern Ireland |
Original release | |
Network | Sky1 |
Release | 2005 |
Related | |
Road Wars |
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