Surveillance Oz
| Surveillance Oz | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Victoria Motorists |
| Narrated by | Eden Falk |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 18 (as of 21 May 2015) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | http://www.wilsonparking.com.au/ |
| Running time | Approx 30 minutes (including commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 3 October 2012 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Surveillance Oz: Dash Cam |
Surveillance Oz is an Australian factual television series screened on the Seven Network that premiered in October 2012. In May 2015, spin-off series Surveillance Oz: Dash Cam launched.
About the show
Surveillance Oz is a documentary series which has unprecedented access to control rooms and CCTV cameras, witnessing frightening scenes of dangerous driving, risky behaviour around trains and a cataclysm of criminal activity. Surveillance Oz follows Victoria motorists and Willson Park Team as they intercept traffic and other criminal offenders on highways in Victoria, Australia. The show also shows footage from CCTV cameras across the Queensland Rail City network. Surveillance Oz is produced by the Seven Network with the co-operation of Willson Park Watch Team.
The fourth and most recent season will premiere on 21 July 2016.[1]
Internationally, the program is screened in New Zealand on TV2.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 6 | 3 October 2012 | 7 November 2012 | |
| 2 | 6 | 10 July 2013 | 27 November 2013 | |
| 3 | 6 | 9 November 2014 | 23 November 2014 | |
| 4 | 6 | 2016 | 2016 | |
Episodes
Series 1 (2012)
| No. in total | No. in series | Title | Original air date | Australian viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot Episode" | 3 October 2012 | 1,000,000 |
| Harbour Tunnel controllers witness a traffic stopping domestic dispute in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel. Then, a train driver's worst nightmare as a young man runs right in front of the Train. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 10 October 2012 | 1,050,000 |
| A speeding train is heading straight for a truck that's stuck on a level crossing. Criminals ram-raid a pharmacy in search of drugs and a motorcyclist's tricky manoeuvre in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel almost ends in tragedy. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 17 October 2012 | 1,120,000 |
| A young woman is harassed in a tunnel by a menacing 40 ton truck and there's nowhere to escape. Drivers going the wrong way cause havoc on major freeways. And a young man narrowly misses death at a railway station. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 25 October 2012 | 1,100,000 |
| an argument outside a carpark turns into a massive brawl, a road rage incident leads to a driverless runaway car, and graffiti vandals are caught by CCTV and a man risks his life on the freeway to change a tyre. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 31 October 2012 | 1,090,000 |
| a thief shows CCTV cameras more than he intended, a man dices with death at a train station, and in the battle between bike rider and boom pole, boom pole always wins. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 7 November 2012 | 1,020,000 |
| a traffic holdup has hundreds of drivers heading the wrong way towards speeding vehicles, a police pursues a criminal through busy inner city Melbourne, and CCTV operators know that the full moon always brings trouble. | ||||
Series 2 (2013)
| No. in total |
No. in series |
Title | Original air date | Australian viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | "Episode 1" | 10 July 2013 | 567,000 |
| An extraordinary moment as a child slips through the cracks between a platform and a train. A man takes a deadly walk through a tunnel and brings the city to a standstill. | ||||
| 2 | 8 | "Episode 2" | 24 July 2013 | 713,000 |
| Three young men attempt to climb onto the roof of their fast moving taxi in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, then, a man in a wheelchair topples onto the tracks seconds before a train arrives | ||||
| 3 | 9 | "Episode 3" | 6 November 2013 | 405,000 |
| High speed surveillance from Victoria Police Airwing monitor a wanted man, a drunk driver leaves a trail of destruction at a car park and a car is clipped by a truck in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel. | ||||
| 4 | 10 | "Episode 4" | 13 November 2013 | |
| A man attempts to take a dangerous shortcut across a train platform, Police track a stolen car from the ground and air and vandals toy with their lives as they graffiti a train in Adelaide. | ||||
| 5 | 11 | "Episode 5" | 20 November 2013 | 367,000 |
| Shop security cameras capture a late night robbery, a disorientated man stumbles onto the tracks seconds before a train arrives and a truck on fire in a tunnel quickly becomes a deadly situation. | ||||
| 6 | 12 | "Episode 6" | 27 November 2013 | 368,000 |
| A cyclist gambles with his life when he travels in the wrong direction down the Sydney Harbour Tunnel and Melbourne Police head on a high- speed chase to capture a stolen van. | ||||
Series 3 (2014)
| No. in total |
No. in series |
Title | Original air date | Australian viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | "Episode 1" | 9 November 2014 | 932,000 |
| a man dangles his child over train tracks and a brazen man attempts to steal a snake. (Note: Episode 1 and 2 Originally Aired as a Double Episode) | ||||
| 2 | 14 | "Episode 2" | 9 November 2014 | 932,000 |
| Traffic operators are shocked when they spot the lifeless body of a man being pulled out of a car on a Sydney motorway late at night. A Melbourne mother goes into a bizarre rage. (Note: Episode 1 and 2 Originally Aired as a Double Episode) | ||||
| 3 | 15 | "Episode 3" | 16 November 2014 | 879,000 |
| One small mistake with a jerry can turns deadly in a flash at a busy petrol station. A drunk driver sends sparks flying when he crashes his car. (Note: Episode 3 and 4 Originally Aired as a Double Episode) | ||||
| 4 | 16 | "Episode 4" | 16 November 2014 | 879,000 |
| ... (Note: Episode 3 and 4 Originally Aired as a Double Episode) | ||||
| 5 | 17 | "Episode 5" | 23 November 2014 | 870,000 |
| This week, one small mistake with a jerry can turns deadly in a flash at a busy petrol station. A woman risks her life on train tracks for a pair of shoes. A drunk driver sends sparks flying when he crashes his car. A man has a medical emergency on the escalator of Kings Cross station. (Note: Episode 5 and 6 Originally Aired as a Double Episode) | ||||
| 6 | 18 | "Episode 6" | 23 November 2014 | 870,000 |
| This week, one small mistake with a jerry can turns deadly in a flash at a busy petrol station. A woman risks her life on train tracks for a pair of shoes. A drunk driver sends sparks flying when he crashes his car. A man has a medical emergency on the escalator of Kings Cross station. (Note: Episode 5 and 6 Originally Aired as a Double Episode) | ||||
Series 4 (2016)
| No. in total |
No. in series |
Title | Original air date | Australian viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | "Episode 1" | 21 July 2016 | 520,000[2] |
| 2 | 20 | "Episode 2" | 21 July 2016 | 514,000[2] |
See also
References
- ↑ Knox, David (11 July 2016). "Returning: Surveillance Oz, Border Security, The Force". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- 1 2 Knox, David (22 July 2016). "Thursday 21 July 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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