CCTV Cities

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CCTV Cities
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Genre Police
Presented by Donal MacIntyre
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time1 Hour
Production companySteadfast
Release
Original network Five
Original release2008 (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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References

  1. "Donal MacIntyre to make series on CCTV for Channel Five". TheGuardian.com . 31 March 2008.
  2. "CCTV Cities Coming to Five - Unreality Primetime". Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2008.