Cops on the Rock
TV Show · Documentary · Crime

Following the Royal Gibraltar Police as they provide an array of specialised services, including investigating murders, patrolling waterways and airports, as well as their land border with Spain. These `Cops on the Rock' work tirelessly to apprehend drug smugglers, intercept illegally functioning oil tankers, and even prevent potential terrorist attacks. The show aims to shine a light on a little-known area of the British police force, bringing into focus the difficult jobs and decisions these men and women make daily.

2021 · 43m

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    You Don't Get That in the Met
    The drug squad arrest three men for dealing cocaine - however they will not come easily. The squad also find hash in a bush at a beauty spot, and a suspect runs away from a road check.
    42 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Welcome to Paradise
    Customs officers rescue a man from the sea at night after he falls from a smuggler's boat, and the Royal Gibraltar Police drug squad launch a raid on the house of a suspected drug dealer.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 3
    It's Not All Rainbows and Butterflies
    Armed police and drug squad officers arrest three men after a dangerous social media posting. A man is arrested for drunk driving when he fails a breathalyser test after crashing his moped.
    43 min
  • EPISODE 4
    The Law's The Law
    Customs officers fish some hash bales out of the sea which have been dropped by drug dealers and incinerate them. Discarded smugglers' jerry cans wash up on a beach, and cops stop a car laden with extra fuel.
    41 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Friday Nights Are A Bad Cocktail
    The drug squad makes a pre-dawn arrest on a worker travelling over the border from Spain on his moped. It is a hard day for trainee uniformed officers undergo pepper spray training.
    41 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Hide and Seek
    Customs officers come across a suspicious boat, far out at sea at night. They believe that the boat is part of a smuggling operation that is helping the criminals to refuel their speedboats.
    42 min

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Cast & Crew

  • E‌B
    Emma Barker
    Producer
  • M‌T
    Michael Tuft
    Producer

About

Cops on the Rock

Documentary

Following the Royal Gibraltar Police as they provide an array of specialised services, including investigating murders, patrolling waterways and airports, as well as their land border with Spain. These `Cops on the Rock' work tirelessly to apprehend drug smugglers, intercept illegally functioning oil tankers, and even prevent potential terrorist attacks. The show aims to shine a light on a little-known area of the British police force, bringing into focus the difficult jobs and decisions these men and women make daily.

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Studio
discovery plus
Released
2021
Region of Origin
United Kingdom

Languages

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English
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