Motorway Cops: Catching Britain's Speeders

About this Broadcast

Season 5, Episode 1

Documentary following officers from Northumbria Police as they patrol 6,000 miles of roads in the north-east of England. An angry van driver gives a PC a dressing down despite the fact he's got no MOT or a full set of legal tyres, while another officer faces a suspected drug driver whose vocal boyfriend won't come quietly. Narrated by Nicky Campbell

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Education/Science/Factual Topics Factual Crime

Cast & Crew

Nicky Campbell (Narrator)

Sam Knowles (Director)

Emma Fraser (Director)

Johnny Perks (Series producer)

Dympna Jackson (Executive producer)

Zoe Callan (Executive producer)

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Did You Know..

Nicky Campbell (Narrator)

Born: April 10, 1961 in Edinburgh

Best Known For: Presenting consumer shows.

Early-life: Nicholas Andrew Argyle Campbell was born on April 10, 1961, and given up for adoption by his mother, Stella Lackey-Newton. He was brought up in Edinburgh by Frank and Elizabeth Campbell and started looking for Stella after his adoptive dad died. Mother and son were reunited in 1996, and after becoming a dad himself, he decided to find out more about his birth father. He studied at Aberdeen University where he and his friends, including the actor Iain Glen, were the driving force behind the drama society.

Career: Campbell cut his broadcasting teeth on Aberdeen's Northsound, joining Radio 1 in 1987 with a late-night Saturday programme. He launched the station's new drive-time slot in 1994, and took over the afternoon show in 1995. He has also branched out into TV, fronting the regional debate programme Central Weekend, which gained notoriety for its raucous arguments, and hosting game show The Wheel of Fortune between 1988 and 1994. Campbell joined Radio Five Live in 1997, and in 2004 he launched daytime chat show Now You're Talking. He hosted Watchdog for eight years until 2009, and now co-hosts Long Lost Family with Davina McCall, and consumer show Your Money Their Tricks.

Quote: "Too many DJs have shallow personalities."

Trivia: He is a patron of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering.