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{{Short description|Television series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| image         = SkyCopstitle.jpg
| image_size    = 250
| narrated      = [[Jamie Theakston]]
| director      = David Skudder
| company       = Steadfast Television
| country       = United Kingdom
| language      = English
| num_series    = 3
| num_episodes  = 20
| list_episodes = 
| location      = United Kingdom
| runtime       = 60 minutes
30 minutes
| network       = [[BBC One]]
| first_aired   = {{Start date|2006|09|13|df=yes}}
| last_aired    = {{End date|2008|10|15|df=yes}}
| related       = ''[[Traffic Cops]]''<br />''[[Motorway Cops]]''
}}
{{For|the Simpsons episode|Sky Police}}
'''''Sky Cops''''' is a British documentary series broadcast on [[BBC One]] revealing the work of the [[Police aviation in the United Kingdom|air police]] in the UK. The show, which was first broadcast from 2006 to 2008, follows [[police]] [[helicopter]]s from the South Yorkshire Air Operations Unit and the [[Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit]].

==Pilots==
* Captain Doug Hale - [[South Yorkshire Police]]
* Captain Chris Daly - [[Metropolitan Police]]

==Episodes==
===Series overview===
{{Series overview

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| end1 = {{End date|2006|10|18|df=yes}}

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| start2 = {{Start date|2008|02|01|df=yes}} 
| end2 = {{End date|2008|07|31|df=yes}}

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===Series 1 (2006)===
{{Episode table |background=#DAEDFF|overall=6 |season=6 |title=30 |titleR = <ref>{{cite web|title=Sky Cops Series One|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008zmsz|accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref> |airdate=20 |episodes=

{{Episode list
| Title = Bang to Rights
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|09|13|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| Title = Cycle of Crime 
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|09|20|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| Title = Turning the Tide
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|10|4|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| Title = In the Nick of Time
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|10|11|df=y}} 
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| Title = No Hiding Place
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|10|18|df=y}} 
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| ShortSummary = 
}}
}}

===Series 2 (2008)===
{{Episode table |background=#FFE3DC|overall=6 |season=6 |title=30 |titleR = <ref>{{cite web|title=Sky Cops Series Two|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f370x|accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref> |airdate=20 |episodes=

{{Episode list
| Title = Flat Out
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|02|1|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| Title = Night and Day
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|07|4|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| Title = Operation Ocean
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|07|11|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| Title = On the Ball
| OriginalAirDate =  {{Start date|2008|07|18|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| Title = 25/07/2008
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|07|25|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| Title = Bad Boys
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|07|31|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| ShortSummary = 
}}
}}

===Series 3 (2008)===
{{Episode table |background=#000|overall=6 |season=6 |title=30 |titleR = <ref>{{cite web|title=Sky Cops Series Three|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cgp6k|accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref> |airdate=20 |episodes=

{{Episode list
| Title = New Tricks
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|08|20|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| EpisodeNumber2 = 1
| ShortSummary = 
}}
{{Episode list
| Title = Rookies
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|08|27|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| EpisodeNumber2 = 2
| ShortSummary =  
}}
{{Episode list
| Title = Under Pressure
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|09|3|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 14
| EpisodeNumber2 = 3
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| Title = Two Wheel Terrors
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|09|10|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 15
| EpisodeNumber2 = 4
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| Title = Gone to the Dogs 
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|09|17|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 16
| EpisodeNumber2 = 5
| ShortSummary = 
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{{Episode list
| Title = Tooled Up
| OriginalAirDate =  {{Start date|2008|09|24|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 17
| EpisodeNumber2 = 6
| ShortSummary = 
}}
{{Episode list
| Title = Sparks Flying 
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|10|15|df=y}}
| EpisodeNumber = 18
| EpisodeNumber2 = 7
| ShortSummary = 
}}
}}

==See also==
* ''[[Traffic Cops]]'' - sister series broadcast on [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]].
* ''[[Motorway Cops]]'' - sister series broadcast on [[BBC One]].
* ''[[Helicopter Heroes]]'' - series broadcast on [[BBC One]] following the [[Yorkshire Air Ambulance]]. 
* ''[[Police Interceptors]]'' - series broadcast on [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] with a similar format.
* ''[[Brit Cops]]'' - police documentary series originally on [[Bravo (UK TV channel)|Bravo]] and now on [[Sky Livingit]].
* ''[[Road Wars (TV series)|Road Wars]]'' - programme broadcast on [[Sky1]], [[Sky2]], and [[Pick TV]] which is about Road Traffic Police.
* ''[[Street Wars (TV series)|Street Wars]]'' - programme broadcast on [[BSkyB|Sky]] about police officers "on the beat".
* ''[[Police Camera Action!]]'' - series broadcast on [[ITV Network|ITV]] with a similar format.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{BBC programme|b00dj086|Sky Cops}}

[[Category:2000s British crime television series]]
[[Category:2006 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:2008 British television series endings]]
[[Category:BBC television documentaries]]
[[Category:Documentary television series about aviation]]
[[Category:Documentary television series about policing]]
[[Category:Police aviation units of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Television shows set in London]]
[[Category:Television shows set in South Yorkshire]]