Flying Squad (TV series)
Flying Squad was a documentary television series broadcast in 1989 on the British ITV network. Flying Squad was a joint production between Argo Productions and Thames Television. The series followed the elite unit, known as The Flying Squad. The unit is a branch of the Specialist Crime & Operations section, within London's Metropolitan Police Service. Episodes The series consisted of 8 thirty-minute episodes broadcast in February and March 1989; however one of the episodes was delayed due to legal reasons and broadcast in January 1990. Each episode followed a particular Flying Squad operation in a fly-on-the-wall format through its planning stages to the conclusion. Many of the episodes featured suspects under police surveillance, planning and carrying out armed robberies, culminating in a pavement ambush by armed officers whilst offenders were in the act of committing the crime. Other episodes featured Flying Squad officers carrying out their daily duties. The episodes were: Operation Boxer, originally broadcast 8 February 1989. Operation Pelican, originally broadcast 15 February 1989. Operation Jackdaw, originally broadcast 22 February 1989. Operation Turkey, originally broadcast 1 March 1989. Operation Night-Hawk, originally broadcast 8 March 1989. Operation Admiral, originally broadcast 15 March 1989. The Team at Tower Bridge, originally broadcast