Sky Cops - Episode Guide

Car thieves are making life hell for the police so the team of 11 sky cops are brought in to help sort things out.

Teenagers on motorbikes are driving police mad, but it's too dangerous to chase them on the road. The Sky Cops are drafted in to help deal with the troublemakers.

PC Tim Scothern and members of the Car Crime Unit launch a bid to stop the theft of keys to luxury cars.

Cameras follow London's sky cops as they help keep the peace at the Notting Hill Carnival.

London's sky cops go after some of the capital's most devious and desperate criminals. Their ageing helicopters feel the strain, but help is on the horizon - a fleet of brand new machines which will transform their jobs.

Dangerous drivers take desperate measures as they try to outdrive the traffic police in stolen or uninsured cars. But, as Jamie Theakston reveals, they stand little chance of getting away from South Yorkshire's police helicopter crews and their 150mph machine.

The sky cops cast their net across the capital.

With burglars taking the keys to hundreds of thousands of pounds' worth of luxury cars, PC Tim Scothern and members of South Yorkshire Police's car crime unit enlist the help of Sierra Yankee Nine Nine and its crew for a crackdown codenamed Operation Ocean.

As South Yorkshire's Sky Cops get called to help police a football match, they find themselves hunting a man with a shotgun.

Meanwhile, the air support unit's chief pilot and one of their top air observers face the prospect of losing a suspected car thief until the helicopter's unique video rewind system saves the day.

Documentary series narrated by Jamie Theakston following the drama of Britain's air support operation.

Utilising unprecedented access to the Metropolitan Police's Air Support Unit and the specialist unit with South Yorkshire Police, the series follows the units as they chase car thieves, find missing persons and catch criminals.

Following the work of Britain's helicopter police. With 15 million pounds' worth of new helicopters to help them fight crime in the capital, the sky cops are casting their net wider than ever. Their targets include a crossbow-wielding man and a 14-year-old boy who is living dangerously.

As twelve wannabes compete for two vacancies in the unit, the rookies from Hendon take part in a raid on a suspected drug dealer. Also, a newly qualified cop gets an early collar when he apprehends a crook.

The pressure is on for five young police officers vying to fill two vacant positions with the sky cops.

As the hopefuls take to the skies for the first time, the veterans in the unit decide to shake things up a bit. For PC Bearman things end in tears, and PC Brandon regrets letting slip that he hates flying.

The helicopter squad are called in by police in South London tackling street robbers who use scooters to get away from police cars. In a combined operation the helicopters and ground cops work together to try and trap the perpetrators.

But they must also deal with another conflict, as hundreds of protestors opposed to the war in Iraq threaten to break the law by marching on Parliament.

The Sky Cops get help from their four-legged friends as together they catch criminals who try to hide from the police. With India 99 above using their thermal image camera and the dogs below sniffing them out, there is no cover even in the darkness.

Back at the Sky Cops' base, the dogs from the Metropolitian Police specialist arms dogs unit are training with PC Pat Agnew so they can use the new helicopters to get to where they are most needed more quickly.

But all is not well for one of the dogs, and his fear of flying leaves its mark on the crew.

The team investigates a firearms-related tip-off. With no way of telling whether the guns are loaded or even real, the Sky Cops are in charge of directing Trojan units into a pitch black garden in North London while children play a few houses away.

In East London the local cops have a strange case on their hands - someone has been shooting deer in a local park with a hire powered rifle.

The Sky Cops deal with sparks flying, as gangs terrorise the streets with fireworks, aiming rockets at each other and causing mayhem. Also, teenage graffiti artists who risk life and limb as they paint the railway tracks of London. And, in the capital, drama at the State Opening of Parliament as the screens go blank.