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A1: Britain's Longest Road

A1: Britain's Longest Road

★ 6.0/10•2017•45m•Documentary
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Following the men and women who work around the clock on Britain's longest and most iconic road, ensuring the traffic keeps moving and the public is kept safe.

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMay 8, 2017

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E145m

Episode 1

A high-speed police chase leads to a major drugs bust, and two swans force the road to close.

May 8, 2017

Episode 2 - Episode 2E245m

Episode 2

Police are called to a major pile-up which threatens to close the road. Traffic examiners clamp down on dangerously overloaded vehicles, and there is a mammoth mission to deliver a couple's dream retirement home nearly two hundred miles up the A1.

May 9, 2017

Episode 3 - Episode 3E345m

Episode 3

Traffic police in Scotland respond to an emergency with an overturned car. Tempers boil over after a double crash at rush hour, and there is a battle to move a huge machine to the end of the road in London for an appointment at the Lord Mayor's Show.

May 10, 2017

Episode 4 - Episode 4E445m

Episode 4

An A1 patrol officer gate called to help a biker fighting for his life. Traffic officers come face-to-face with a lorry driver flouting the law, and a boat transporter is marooned after a puncture halts the journey.

May 11, 2017

Episode 5 - Episode 5E545m

Episode 5

Bad drivers face a police crackdown, traffic officers race to the scene of a treacherous blowout, and Santa's reindeer head hundreds of miles south down the A1.

May 12, 2017

Episode 6 - Episode 6E645m

Episode 6

Police race to the scene of a head-on collision, and a milk lorry overturns bringing rush hour chaos to the A1. Also, a reckless speeder is tracked down after putting road workers lives at risk.

May 15, 2017

Episode 7 - Episode 7E745m

Episode 7

A horrific crash causes ruched hour chaos on the Great North Road, and traffic inspectors launch a crackdown on distracted lorry drivers. Also, the bumpy mission to deliver a herd of camels up the A1 to a city's Christmas nativity.

May 16, 2017

Episode 8 - Episode 8E845m

Episode 8

A lorry breakdown causes rush hour chaos, and emergency response teams are called after collapsed power lines close the A1. Also, after a marathon journey north, a fireworks display team faces having to abandon a seafront spectacular.

May 17, 2017

Episode 9 - Episode 9E945m

Episode 9

A suspected stolen vehicle leads police to pull a driver who is found to be over the drink drive limit. Also, a couple hope their six hours A1 journey with their top show dog will end in glory.

May 18, 2017

Episode 10 - Episode 10E1045m

Episode 10

A runaway van careers down a embankment to leave the A1 in total gridlock. Police race to a multiple car crash near Newcastle, and the battle to deliver a luxury liner to the London Boat Show on time.

May 19, 2017

Episode 11 - Episode 11E1145m

Episode 11

A serious smash on a busy A1 junction leaves the driver's life hanging in the balance. Also, will treacherous weather hamper an emergency roadside repair? Plus, the perils of transporting a priceless piece of art.

May 22, 2017

Episode 12 - Episode 12E1245m

Episode 12

Emergency services fight to cut a woman free from her car after a rush hour crash, police take a motorist suspected of drink driving off the A1, and a convoy of monster machines marches down the Great North Road.

May 23, 2017

Episode 13 - Episode 13E1345m

Episode 13

Traffic officers race to get a stranded fuel tanker away from rush hour traffic, police catch a vehicle travelling nearly 30 miles an hour over the speed limit, and an illegal motorist is caught red handed.

May 24, 2017

Episode 14 - Episode 14E1445m

Episode 14

A dangerous breakdown in the fast lane spells double trouble for A1 traffic officers, a rush hour rollover threatens a horse trainer's hopes of making the big race, and police put the breaks on a van driver's DIY disaster.

May 25, 2017

Episode 15 - Episode 15E1545m

Episode 15

A rush hour crash leaves traffic officers tackling a potential fire risk, police take the high Road in a crackdown on dangerous truckers, and a marathon mission to ferry Scotland's find estate food down the A1 to London.

May 18, 2018

Actors

Michael Jibson

Michael Jibson

Self - Narrator

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