Talk:Police Camera Action!

message: In the current article is this statement:
Has anyone got any reliable sources to back this up?? --sunstar nettalk 23:24, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would argue that the sound effects are clearly dubbed, especially when they're clearly audible on helicopter shots alone with no police cars in shot.  However having said that, depending on the quality of the equipment the police uses, it's possible that sirens were picked up and recorded during exchanges to the control room, but later added to pad it out.  Having said that, American patrol footage going back many years with speech has been clearly audible even outside the vehicle on programme formats similar to PCA so it is entirely possible that British police cars had microphones inside the car as well.  British police tend, I've noticed, give chase and conduct an instant arrest so you don't find many examples of a verbal exchange happening outside a police car unless the squad car is being followed by somebody filming for Road Wars for example so professional microphones are then used.  At the end of the day, we'll probably never know for sure.  Its just common TV trickery to make a professional programme look good. NKTP 19:50, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Disputed statement

message: There should be a List of Police Camera Action! episodes but since I don't have much detail on them, can anyone else create it for me??
It needs to be divided into season order, e.g.
* Series 1 (1994)
* Series 2 (1995)
* Series 3 (1996)
* Series 4 (1997)
* Series 5 (1998)
* Series 6 (1999)
* Series 7 (2000)
* Series 8 (2002)
* Series 9 (2007-08)
Maybe even individual episode pages if more detail can be found on them. There isn't many sources, and not many reliable sources to get information on the episodes.
The article could do with a re-write, but I'm not really sure how to expand it further. 
All advice is appreciated. Thanks, --Solumeiras talk 21:57, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The most common way for episode lists is either to use tables (e.g. List of Married... with Children episodes) or the  template (e.g. List of Lost episodes). Look for reliable sources on google. For the start, the homepage of the channel of this program or imdb.com is also good. Possibilities for further sections are "Production" (Conception, Format, Marketing, ...) and  "Reception" (Ratings, Critical reviews, Awards, International reception, ...). Just try to expand the article one by one; it doesn't matter if it's not perfect in a week or even a month. The most important thing is to always cite where you got the info from. A short but sourced article is much better than a long article full of Original research. – sgeureka t•c 12:12, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Episode list & episode details 

message: From the article:
* POLICE STOP - first broadcast: 9/7/1994 (renamed Danger! Drivers Ahead on repeats on Men & Motors)
* POLICE, CAMERA, ACTION! - first broadcast: 12/20/1994
*  POLICE, CAMERA, ACTION! 95 - first broadcast: 4/17/1995
* SAFETY LAST - first broadcast: 10/4/1995
Was there ever such an episode in 1995?? I haven't seen many recent repeats of this when ITV4 were re-airing it, or presumably they haven't got the broadcast rights to it yet. 
I am going to create an episode list, feel free to help out. --Solumeiras talk 20:39, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, originally the article listed the first four episodes as:
* POLICE STOP
* DANGER! DRIVERS AHEAD
* POLICE, CAMERA, ACTION!
* POLICE, CAMERA, ACTION! 95
However, the first episode has been renamed Police Camera Action! with the title Danger! Drivers Ahead for repeats on Men & Motors so you could consider it a pilot episode. The following two episodes with no titles are at the very bottom of the episode guide at the British Film Industry site and they're usually right so it's probably likely that there was an unnamed episode in 1995. Either those two episodes didn't have titles or they're not known.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.153.106.120 (talk) 08:49, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

text: I don't remember an episode called Police, Camera, Action! 95 but i'm pretty sure there is more than one episode with no name. I need a full episode list but i've looked around and can't find one. Does anyone know a reliable source? - Linczone Talk 18:28, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Episodes 

message: Should I create the logos for the series in Paint Shop Pro and upload them as GFDL/public domain to avoid using fair use images?? Thanks, --Solumeiras talk 13:32, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: Does anyone know all 30 episodes?? I know from Adrian Simpson's profile on an agent's site here it says that he's in
I've listed 29 episodes, does anyone know all the episode titles for the 2007 series??
References and sources for these are incredibly hard to find. Thanks, --Solumeiras talk 11:23, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2007 series 

message: Having followed this show from the start I don't remember there being 2 Un-named episodes, although I don't remember the Pilot (now named "Danger! Drivers Ahead") episode ever airing as "Police Stop". Wasn't the show called "Police, Camera Action!" - and the episode sub-name "Poilce Stop"?. 
I think that the BFI has got it's wires crossed. I think that the "Danger! Drivers Ahead/Police Stop" episode was the original pilot episode. I think for consistancy; BFI list it as "Police, Camera, Action!". The second "Police, Camera, Action!" seemingly an un-named episode is the edition where Alastair Stewart is getting pulled over in a red Honda Car, at the start. Later on in this episode, he states "in our last episode" - then features a police video-clip that was on the "Danger! Drivers Ahead" (now named as) episode, which would make me think that they were the first two. Further than that I don't recall another "un-named" episode as it were. As far as i'm aware the next episode after that was "Safety First".
I think that in the original confusion of people thinking that 4 "early episodes" were made is a mistake. i.e thinking...
* POLICE STOP
* DANGER! DRIVERS AHEAD
* POLICE, CAMERA, ACTION!
* POLICE, CAMERA, ACTION! 95
When in fact it probably only was...
* DANGER! DRIVERS AHEAD
* POLICE, CAMERA, ACTION!
Also noting something, watching the "Police, Camera, Action!" un-named episode, that was stated was first shown on 20/12/94, in fact has video clips on it filmed after that date (early '95). So that would also tally up in saying that there only was one un-named episode and that was the PCA '95.
So the listing should read...
*POLICE STOP renamed DANGER! DRIVERS AHEAD for  some satellite repeats - First broadcast: 20/12/1994 (Words of Love by The Mamas & the Papas)
*POLICE, CAMERA, ACTION! '95 - First broadcast: 17/04/1995 (Theme from Star Trek by Alexander Courage)
*SAFETY LAST - First broadcast: 04/10/1995 (Let's Talk About Sex by Salt-n-Pepa)
...and so on.
Sorry for the long-winded explanation, hope you understand it all - and it may have cleared some things up! 
--88.108.7.192 (talk) 01:59, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Regarding 1995 "Mystery" episode