Beach Cops

Beach Cops
Promotional title card of Beach Cops.
Narrated by	Layne Beachley[1]
Country of origin	Australia
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	7 (as of 19 October 2016)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Lyndal Marks[1]
Location(s)	Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia
Running time	30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	Seven Productions[2]
Distributor	Beyond Distribution[3]
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	11 October 2015 – current
External links
Website

Beach Cops is an Australian factual television series produced by and screened on the Seven Network. The series is filmed on the Northern Beaches of Sydney^[4] and follows the New South Wales Police Force operating in the local area while performing their duties.^[5]

The program is narrated by Layne Beachley. Northern Beaches local area commander Superintendent Dave Darcy had veto power over content in the series.^[1] This series follows on from other observational documentary series featuring police on the Seven Network such as The Force: Behind The Line and Highway Patrol.

Broadcast

The six episode first season premiered in Australia on the Seven Network on 11 October 2015.^[1][6] A second season will debut on 19 October 2016.^[7]

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			Timeslot	Season premiere	Season final
	1	6	Sunday 8:00pm	11 October 2015	22 November 2015
	2	TBA	Wednesday 8:00pm	19 October 2016

Season 1 (2015)

No.	Title	Original air date	Australian viewers
1	Episode One	11 October 2015	1,002,000[8]
Follow police officers patrolling Sydney beaches from Palm Beach to Manly Beach, responding to a variety of dangerous, horrific and sometimes hilarious situations as part of their duties during the summer months. In this episode, officers look for a suspect who is accused of using a garden as a toilet and traffic enforcement officers are involved in a head-on collision.[6][9]
2	Episode Two	18 October 2015^[Note A]	730,000[10]
A man attempts to deny he is stealing pot plants from front yards, a dangerous fire at a factory has police assisting firefighters, police catch a man driving who was disqualified by a magistrate just moments earlier and officers from the beach and the air search for a man feared drowning off a beach in the middle of the night.[11]
3	Episode Three	25 October 2015	776,000[12]
A man high on ice threatens to burn down a neighbouring apartment, police investigate a series of racist signs placed throughout a local suburb, cops smell marijuana near Manly Beach, and officer's cars become involved in a bingle.[13]
4	Episode Four	1 November 2015	716,000[14]
Nicole and Brendan remove a drunk man hurling abuse at passers by in a public park, officers respond to the scene of a motorcycle crash, police attempt to find a woman who might be in an unfit mental state and a wild storm causes a busy work day for the beach cops.[15]
5	Episode Five	8 November 2015	815,000[16]
Officers respond to a house losing its foundations and threatening to collapse on a road, Brendan must deliver his first death notice and a man unleashes his frustration on a poker machine.[17]
6	Episode Six	22 November 2015^[Note B]	753,000[18]
An intoxicated man refuses to cooperate with police trying to help him home and officers charge a woman using an iPad while driving.[19]

Season 2 (2016)

No.	Title	Original air date	Australian viewers
1	Episode One	19 October 2016	684,000[20]
Police respond to a teenager who has become stuck in a blowhole, an intoxicated man thrown out of a bar argues with officers about the law, homemade bombs are found strapped to poles in a carpark, two officers deliver a death notice and a driver pulled over for road rage is found to be unlicensed.[21]
2	Episode Two	26 October 2016[22]	661,000[23]
A man is cautioned for urinating in public while a second man is fined for public nudity on the beach, police investigate an animal cruelty case involving a deceased cat, officers respond to a fisherman who has fallen off rocks, a drunk driver crashes his his ute into a creek leaving a passenger trapped in the vehicle, and a vehicle pulled over for a faulty brake light leads officers to find illegal drugs.
3	Episode Three	26 October 2016[22]	557,000[23]
Officers break up a series of fights within 30 minutes on the Corso, garbagemen find 2 grenades in rubbish they've collected, cops search bushland in the dark for an injured teenager, officers investigate related car thefts, reports of a man wheeling unboxed televisions in a shopping trolley gets police attention, and an 80-year-old woman reports a robbery.
4	Episode Four	2 November 2016	731,000[24]
5	Episode Five	2 November 2016	700,000[24]
6	Episode Six	9 November 2016	668,000[25]

Notes

• ^{Note A} This episode did not air in Western Australia due to staggered network schedule in that state, and aired at a later date.^[26]
• ^{Note B} This episode was originally scheduled to air on 15 November 2015, however was pulled from the schedule for special news coverage of the November 2015 Paris attacks.^[27]

See also

• Gold Coast Cops
• Territory Cops
• Kalgoorlie Cops

References

1. Morcombe, John (26 September 2015). "Surf queen Layne Beachley to call the shots on new Network Seven reality show Beach Cops". Manly Daily. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
2. "Beachley joins Beach Cops" (PDF). Seven West Media. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
3. "MIPTV Spotlight: Beyond Distribution". World Screen. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.(subscription required)
4. Simonot, Suzanne (13 August 2015). "Channel 7 to screen new university hospital reality TV show Gold Coast Medical in September". Gold Coast Bulletin. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
5. "Seven announces Super September". MediaWeek. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
6. Knox, David (6 October 2015). "Returning: Castle. Airdate: Beach Cops". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
7. Knox, David (11 October 2016). "Returning: Highway Patrol, Beach Cops". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
8. Knox, David (12 October 2015). "Sunday 11 October 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
9. "Beach Cops - Full Episodes". Plus7. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
10. Knox, David (19 October 2015). "Sunday 18 October 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
11. "Beach Cops: Sun 18 Oct, season 1 episode 2". Yahoo!7. 18 October 2015. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
12. Knox, David (26 October 2015). "Triple threat in Nine's win on Sunday". TV Tonight. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
13. "Beach Cops: Sun 25 Oct, season 1 episode 3". Yahoo!7. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
14. Knox, David (2 November 2015). "Rugby World Cup draws early morning crowd". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
15. "Beach Cops: Sun 1 Nov, season 1 episode 4". Yahoo!7. 2 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
16. Knox, David (9 November 2015). "Season high for The Block as Nine wins Sunday". TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
17. "Beach Cops: Preview - Sunday 8th November". Yahoo!7. 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
18. Knox, David (23 November 2015). "Nine sings on Sunday, Seven close behind.". TV Tonight. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
19. "Beach Cops: Sun 22 Nov, season 1 episode 6". Yahoo!7. 23 November 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
20. Knox, David (20 October 2016). "Wednesday 19 October 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
21. "Beach Cops: Wed 19 Oct, season 2 episode 1". Yahoo!7. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
22. Knox, David (24 October 2016). "Returning: First Dates. Update: Gold Coast Medical, Cold Feet, Windsors.". TV Tonight. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
23. Knox, David (27 October 2016). "Wednesday 26 October 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
24. Knox, David (3 November 2016). "Wednesday 2 November 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
25. Knox, David (3 November 2016). "Wednesday 9 November 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
26. "Nine takes Sunday with The Block". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
27. Knox, David (16 November 2015). "TEN telemovie scores amid night of news & sport". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Catch Up on PLUS7, Yahoo!7