Sky Cops

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title: "Sky Cops" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2000s-british-crime-television-series", "2006-british-television-series-debuts", "2008-british-television-series-endings", "bbc-television-documentaries", "documentary-television-series-about-aviation", "documentary-television-series-about-policing", "police-aviation-units-of-the-united-kingdom", "television-shows-set-in-london", "television-shows-set-in-south-yorkshire"] description: "Television series" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Cops" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Television series ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox television"]

Field	Value
image	SkyCopstitle.jpg
image_size	250
narrated	Jamie Theakston
director	David Skudder
company	Steadfast Television
country	United Kingdom
language	English
num_series	3
num_episodes	20
location	United Kingdom
runtime	60 minutes
network	BBC One
first_aired
last_aired
related	Traffic Cops
Motorway Cops
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| image = SkyCopstitle.jpg | image_size = 250 | narrated = Jamie Theakston | director = David Skudder | company = Steadfast Television | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 3 | num_episodes = 20 | list_episodes = | location = United Kingdom | runtime = 60 minutes 30 minutes | network = BBC One | first_aired = | last_aired = | related = Traffic Cops Motorway Cops Sky Cops is a British documentary series broadcast on BBC One revealing the work of the air police in the UK. The show, which was first broadcast from 2006 to 2008, follows police helicopters from the South Yorkshire Air Operations Unit and the Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit.

Pilots

• Captain Doug Hale - South Yorkshire Police
• Captain Chris Daly - Metropolitan Police

Episodes

Series overview

| color1 = #DAEDFF | link1 = #Series 1 (2006) | episodes1 = 5 | start1 = | end1 =

| color2 = #FFE3DC | link2 = #Series 2 (2008) | episodes2 = 6 | start2 = | end2 =

| color3 = #000 | link3 = #Series 3 (2008) | episodes3 = 7 | start3 = | end3 =

Series 1 (2006)

| Title = Bang to Rights | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | ShortSummary = | Title = Cycle of Crime | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | ShortSummary = | Title = Turning the Tide | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | ShortSummary = | Title = In the Nick of Time | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | ShortSummary = | Title = No Hiding Place | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | ShortSummary =

Series 2 (2008)

| Title = Flat Out | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | ShortSummary = | Title = Night and Day | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | ShortSummary = | Title = Operation Ocean | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | ShortSummary = | Title = On the Ball | OriginalAirDate =
| EpisodeNumber = 9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | ShortSummary = | Title = 25/07/2008 | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | ShortSummary = | Title = Bad Boys | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | ShortSummary =

Series 3 (2008)

| Title = New Tricks | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | ShortSummary = | Title = Rookies | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | ShortSummary = | Title = Under Pressure | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | ShortSummary = | Title = Two Wheel Terrors | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | ShortSummary = | Title = Gone to the Dogs | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | ShortSummary = | Title = Tooled Up | OriginalAirDate =
| EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | ShortSummary = | Title = Sparks Flying | OriginalAirDate = | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | ShortSummary =

References

References

1. "Sky Cops Series One".
2. "Sky Cops Series Two".
3. "Sky Cops Series Three".

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