Car Wars: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This three-part series for ITV focuses on the fast lane of policing, going behind the scenes with officers from Northumbria police tasked with cutting car crime.

Featuring footage from the streets of big cities and the twisting lanes of the rural beat, cameras follow officers as they undertake everything from opportunistic collars to complex planned operations as part of the force's dedicated car crime unit Operation Dragoon.

Buckling up with traffic officers, going into detail with forensics experts, this series explores how police go about catching criminals - and the lengths to which offenders go to avoid the long arm of the law.

Series details

• Title: Car Wars
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime
• Premiere date: 2016-09-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-06-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 20876

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-09-20; final listed air date 2017-06-01; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Car Wars on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.