The Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders — Season 7

PC Martain Anderson is on the hunt for a car with cloned plates, but the driver takes off when he spots the offficer, ignoring red lights and smashing its way through roadworks. PC Brain Camsell stops an uninsured driver who claims she is covered because she's just purchased the car from a garage, but a quick call with the dealership confirms her worst fear.

The series narrated by Nicky Campbell returns for another ride out with Northumbria Police as we join their Roads Policing Unit patrolling 6000 miles of road across the North East of England, chasing criminals off the streets and locking up dangerous drivers. In Newcastle city centre, Sergeant Dave Roberts follows a car being driven erratically. When the car refuses to stop, it leads to a heart-stopping pursuit through the streets that ends abruptly when the car crashes into a shop. Then both female occupants make a run for it. And PC Jamie Leslie spots a driver with her foot down. When he pulls the car over, he discovers the driver stinks of booze!

In Sunderland, PC Martain Anderson is called to a collision where a car has smashed into a pedestrian crossing. On arrival, the driver is nowhere to be seen and the crashed car has been abandoned. Then the driver appears, carrying an Indian takeaway and stinking of booze! Cameras in Newcastle pick up a stolen car on the move. Motorway cops flood the area, but the driver does a runner. However, two passengers have decided to stay put, leaving them with a lot of questions to answer. In Northumberland, calls come in of a car crash at one of the force's busiest interchanges, causing carnage as it's taken out the traffic lights.

It's late night in Sunderland and a vehicle is refusing to stop for PCs Jamie Leslie and Máire Curran race to back up the patrol on its tail. The suspects take a dead end and ditch the car running into a nearby house. But the occupants of the house won't play ball and refuse to let the cops in! Leaving the police with one option - smashing down the door! In Newcastle, PC Andy Clarke spots a flashy car with a young man driving it. Something doesn't add up, so he decides to stop it. The man doesn't have a driving licence and the car has markers for drug dealing. 

It's a wild night on Newcastle's roads. PCs Jamie Leslie and Máire Curran stop a teen drink-driver after a party. In the West End, a driver with no licence, no insurance-and cannabis in his system-barely reacts when pulled over. Meanwhile in Sunderland, PC Martain Anderson races to a crash involving a motorbike and a car. Dashcam footage may reveal what really happened.

PCs Jamie Leslie and Jan Simsela follow a flatbed truck that's all over the road and hits a curb. To their surprise the driver is very chatty and admits that he's just finished work and has had a 'few' cans in his truck on the way home! Jan and Jamie are gobsmacked that he doesn't seem to have a problem with drink driving. On the A19 PC Tommy Wade tries to find a VW Golf that's being used by multiple people without insurance. After parking up, the car drives right past him and Tommy stops it. But the driver is less than forthcoming with his details. And at 3am in Gateshead Jamie and Jan give chase. A shocking pursuit then takes place with the car hitting a speed of 150mph, driving on the wrong side of the road and ignoring red lights.

Police are called to reports of an unauthorised car meet on the outskirts of Newcastle and after a car does wheelspins right in front of the officers. They quickly stop the driver, but he is adamant he's done nothing wrong, then admits to already having a Section 59 warning. Members of the public call in about a possible drink-driver who's all over the road, while reports come in regarding a stolen white transit van driving around west Newcastle and Jamie tracks it down to a housing estate, but the driver is cagey about his details.

PCs Marc Crammond and Andy Clarke are on a stakeout on the Tyne Tunnel looking for a car with cloned registration plates that has racked up nearly 600 fines. In the early hours of the morning in North Shields, PC Jamie Leslie pulls a driver over who claims he'd had a case of late-night munches and nipped out for a pizza but the car is not his, he hasn't got insurance and he doesn't have a licence.

Late night in Sunderland, PC Tommy Wade witnesses a Micra fly around a roundabout. The suspect then heads off road, narrowly missing a dog walker. Careering down a public footpath, Tommy has no choice but to ram the car to a stop, but why is the driver so desperate to get away from the cops? In Blyth, PCs Andy Clark and Marc Crammond spot a car with no front number plate and not a single occupant of the vehicle is car wearing a seatbelt. And PCs Jamie Leslie and Máire Curran race to a serious two-car collision on the outskirts of Newcastle.

Reports of a cloned car with a balaclava-wearing driver lead PC Jamie Leslie to keep his eyes peeled along the roads of Newcastle. After the occupants make a run for it, Jamie spots someone matching the description getting into another car. In Byker, PCs Marc Crammond and Andy Clarke witness what looks like a drug deal through a car window. The driver tries to lose them down a back alley. Marc knows the area well and soon tracks the car down. But this game of cat and mouse isn't over yet, as the driver makes off on foot with Marc hot on his tail.

At 8am in Newcastle, PC Brian Camsell responds to a 999 call about a woman drinking wine behind the wheel and finds the car out of fuel on an overpass. The woman in the driver's seat has plenty to say, apart from admitting who was driving, but her passenger gives the game away and a breathalyser test reveals a high score. In Wallsend, PC Jamie Leslie stops a pizza delivery driver with no business insurance, while PC Mary- Anne Hutchison stops a reckless, uninsured driver who wants a selfie.

PCs chase a cloned car, confront a licence-less driver with drug links, and face off with a dealer over insurance claims. On the A19, units race to catch a wanted man before he flees again.

A police helicopter spots a gang of youths wearing balaclavas riding motorbikes off-road in Newcastle, so PC Chris Kemp gets on their tail on the ground. In Blyth, PC Brian Camsell is on the hunt for car that's previously made off from police, while PC Tommy Wade gives chase when spots a grey Audi acting suspiciously.