BACK SEAT COPS: BBC ANNOUNCES NEW DAYTIME SERIES
Back Seat Cops will explore the police ride-along scheme that invites members of the public to spend a shift in the back of a police car, getting a close-up look at what policing involves in 2025.
And it’s not for the faint-hearted! With access to police forces, the series will take people who have been victims of crime out on shift with the local neighbourhood policing team.
Audiences will see how the ride-along impacts them and the motivation behind signing up. Once they’re in the car, the Back Seat Cops are given a no-holds-barred experience of modern policing, with few limits on what they see or where they go.
They’ll witness first-hand the challenges that crime and anti-social behaviour bring, and, as is the case in the real world scheme, they’ll get the opportunity to feedback their thoughts on what policing priorities should be.
Catherine Welton, Executive Producer for Full Fat TV comments: “I’m delighted we’re working with the BBC on our first BBC Daytime commission. Back Seat Cops will take viewers right to the heart of the most talked about crime hot topics, giving audiences a front row seat to all the thrills and spills of modern policing.”
Back Seat Cops is made by Full Fat TV, produced in partnership with The Open University and has been commissioned for 12x30 episodes by Rob Unsworth, Head of BBC Daytime and Early Peak Commissioning, Rachel Platt is the Commissioning Editor for BBC Daytime. Catherine Welton and Colette Foster are the Executive producers for Full Fat TV.
More details will be announced in due course.