{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox television | image = Beach Cops promo title card.png | image_size = 280 | image_alt = A female and male police officer look to camera with a beach background, with the words BEACH COPS superimposed | caption = Promotional title card of ''Beach Cops''. | runtime = 30 minutes ({{tooltip|inc.|includes}} adverts) | creator = | starring = | narrator = [[Layne Beachley]]<ref name="newsloc">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-beaches/surf-queen-layne-beachley-to-call-the-shots-on-new-network-seven-reality-show-beach-cops/story-fngr8hax-1227543973844|title=Surf queen Layne Beachley to call the shots on new Network Seven reality show Beach Cops|publisher=[[Manly Daily]]|first=John|last=Morcombe|date=26 September 2015|accessdate=28 September 2015}}</ref> | country = [[Australia]] | network = [[Seven Network]] | num_series = 3 | num_episodes = 18 | first_aired = {{Start date|2015|10|11|df=yes}} | location = [[Northern Beaches]], Sydney, Australia | last_aired = {{End date|2018|10|24|df=yes}} | company = Seven Productions<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sevenwestmedia.com.au/docs/default-source/business-unit-news/layne-beachley-joins-beach-cops.pdf?sfvrsn=2|title=Beachley joins Beach Cops|date=28 September 2015|accessdate=6 October 2015|work=[[Seven West Media]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007050720/http://www.sevenwestmedia.com.au/docs/default-source/business-unit-news/layne-beachley-joins-beach-cops.pdf?sfvrsn=2|archive-date=7 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> | executive_producer = Lyndal Marks<ref name="newsloc"/> }}
'''''Beach Cops''''' is an Australian [[factual television]] series produced by and screened on the [[Seven Network]]. The series is filmed on the [[Northern Beaches]] of [[Sydney]]<ref name="GCB">{{cite web|url=http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/channel-7-to-screen-new-university-hospital-reality-tv-show-gold-coast-medical-in-september/story-fnj94hgr-1227481692181|title=Channel 7 to screen new university hospital reality TV show Gold Coast Medical in September|first=Suzanne|last=Simonot|publisher=[[Gold Coast Bulletin]]|date=13 August 2015|accessdate=14 August 2015|archivedate=14 August 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814034447/http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/channel-7-to-screen-new-university-hospital-reality-tv-show-gold-coast-medical-in-september/story-fnj94hgr-1227481692181}}</ref> and follows the [[New South Wales Police Force]] operating in the local area while performing their duties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaweek.com.au/seven-announces-super-september/|title=Seven announces Super September|publisher=MediaWeek|date=13 August 2015|accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref>
The program is narrated by [[Layne Beachley]]. Northern Beaches local area commander [[Superintendent (police)|Superintendent]] Dave Darcy had [[veto]] power over content in the series.<ref name="newsloc"/> This series follows on from other [[Documentary film#Observational documentaries|observational documentary]] series featuring police on the Seven Network such as ''[[The Force: Behind The Line]]'' and ''[[Highway Patrol (Australian TV series)|Highway Patrol]]''.
==Broadcast== The six episode first season premiered in Australia on the Seven Network on 11 October 2015.<ref name="newsloc"/><ref name="premiere"/> A second season debuted on 19 October 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/10/returning-highway-patrol-beach-cops.html|title=Returning: Highway Patrol, Beach Cops|date=11 October 2016|accessdate=11 October 2016|first=David|last=Knox|work=TV Tonight}}</ref> A third season began on 9 August 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/08/returning-beach-cops-surveillance-oz.html|title=Returning: Beach Cops, Surveillance Oz|date=5 August 2018|accessdate=10 August 2018|first=David|last=Knox|work=TV Tonight}}</ref>
== Episodes == {{Series overview | color1 = #444cb9 | link1 = #Season 1 (2015) | episodes1 = 6 | start1 = {{Start date|2015|10|11|df=yes}} | end1 = {{End date|2015|11|22|df=yes}}
| color2 = #6AADDF | link2 = #Season 2 (2016) | episodes2 = 6 | start2 = {{Start date|2016|10|19|df=yes}} | end2 = {{End date|2016|11|09|df=yes}}
| color3 = #edd310 | link3 = #Season 3 (2018) | episodes3 = 6 | start3 = {{Start date|2018|08|09|df=yes}} | end3 = {{End date|2018|10|24|df=yes}} }}
===Season 1 (2015)=== {{Episode table |total_width= |background=444cb9 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |viewers= |viewers_type= |country=Australian |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | RTitle = Episode One | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|11|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = Follow police officers patrolling Sydney beaches from [[Palm Beach, New South Wales|Palm Beach]] to [[Manly Beach]], responding to a variety of dangerous, horrific and sometimes hilarious situations as part of their duties during the summer months. In this episode, officers look for a suspect who is accused of using a garden as a toilet and traffic enforcement officers are involved in a head-on collision.<ref name="premiere">{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/10/returning-castle-airdate-beach-cops.html|title=Returning: Castle. Airdate: Beach Cops|date=6 October 2015|accessdate=6 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/beach-cops/|title=Beach Cops - Full Episodes|work=Plus7|accessdate=12 October 2015|archivedate=12 October 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012002012/https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/beach-cops/}}</ref> | Viewers = 1,002,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/10/sunday-11-october-2015.html|title=Sunday 11 October 2015|date=12 October 2015|accessdate=12 October 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = 444cb9 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | RTitle = Episode Two | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|18|df=yes}}{{ref label|Note1|Note A|Note A}} | ShortSummary = A man attempts to deny he is stealing pot plants from front yards, a dangerous fire at a factory has police assisting firefighters, police catch a man driving who was disqualified by a magistrate just moments earlier and officers from the beach and the air search for a man feared drowning off a beach in the middle of the night.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/shows/beach-cops/video/watch/29839317/beach-cops-sun-18-oct-season-1-episode-2/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019025313/https://au.tv.yahoo.com/shows/beach-cops/video/watch/29839317/beach-cops-sun-18-oct-season-1-episode-2/|archivedate=19 October 2015|accessdate=19 October 2015|date=18 October 2015|title=Beach Cops: Sun 18 Oct, season 1 episode 2|work=Yahoo!7}}</ref> | Viewers = 730,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/10/sunday-18-october-2015.html|title=Sunday 18 October 2015|date=19 October 2015|accessdate=19 October 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = 444cb9 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | RTitle = Episode Three | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|10|25|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = A man high on [[Methamphetamine|ice]] threatens to burn down a neighbouring apartment, police investigate a series of racist signs placed throughout a local suburb, cops smell [[marijuana]] near Manly Beach, and officer's cars become involved in a bingle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/shows/beach-cops/video/watch/29901831/bhcp-sun-25-oct-season-1-episode-4/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025100914/https://au.tv.yahoo.com/shows/beach-cops/video/watch/29901831/bhcp-sun-25-oct-season-1-episode-4/|archivedate=25 October 2015|accessdate=25 October 2015|date=25 October 2015|title=Beach Cops: Sun 25 Oct, season 1 episode 3|work=Yahoo!7}}</ref> | Viewers = 776,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/10/triple-threat-in-nines-win-on-sunday.html|title=Triple threat in Nine's win on Sunday |date=26 October 2015|accessdate=26 October 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = 444cb9 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | RTitle = Episode Four | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|01|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = Nicole and Brendan remove a drunk man hurling abuse at passers by in a public park, officers respond to the scene of a motorcycle crash, police attempt to find a woman who might be in an unfit mental state and a wild storm causes a busy work day for the beach cops.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/shows/beach-cops/episodes/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102030130/https://au.tv.yahoo.com/shows/beach-cops/episodes/|archivedate=2 November 2015 |accessdate=2 November 2015|date=2 November 2015|title=Beach Cops: Sun 1 Nov, season 1 episode 4|work=Yahoo!7}}</ref> | Viewers = 716,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/11/rugby-world-cup-draws-early-morning-crowd.html|title=Rugby World Cup draws early morning crowd |date=2 November 2015|accessdate=2 November 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = 444cb9 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | RTitle = Episode Five | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|08|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = Officers respond to a house losing its foundations and threatening to collapse on a road, Brendan must deliver his first [[death notice]] and a man unleashes his frustration on a [[poker machine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/shows/beach-cops/video/watch/30016499/beach-cops-preview-wild-weather/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108024454/https://au.tv.yahoo.com/shows/beach-cops/video/watch/30016499/beach-cops-preview-wild-weather/|archivedate=8 November 2015|accessdate=8 November 2015|date=6 November 2015|title=Beach Cops: Preview - Sunday 8th November|work=Yahoo!7}}</ref> | Viewers = 815,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/11/season-high-for-the-block-as-nine-wins-sunday.html|title=Season high for The Block as Nine wins Sunday |date=9 November 2015|accessdate=9 November 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = 444cb9 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | RTitle = Driver vs Passenger | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|22|df=yes}}{{ref label|Note2|Note B|Note B}} | ShortSummary = An intoxicated man refuses to cooperate with police trying to help him home and officers charge a woman using an [[iPad]] while driving.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/shows/beach-cops/video/watch/30095957/beach-cops-sun-22-nov-season-1-episode-6/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125081627/https://au.tv.yahoo.com/shows/beach-cops/video/watch/30095957/beach-cops-sun-22-nov-season-1-episode-6/|archivedate=25 November 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015|date=23 November 2015|title= Beach Cops: Sun 22 Nov, season 1 episode 6|work=Yahoo!7}}</ref> | Viewers = 753,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/11/nine-sings-on-sunday-seven-close-behind.html|title=Nine sings on Sunday, Seven close behind. |date=23 November 2015|accessdate=25 November 2015}}</ref> | LineColor = 444cb9 }} }}
===Season 2 (2016)=== {{Episode table |total_width= |background=6AADDF |overall= |title= |airdate= |viewers= |viewers_type= |country=Australian |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | RTitle = Episode One | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|19|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = Police respond to a teenager who has become stuck in a blowhole, an intoxicated man thrown out of a bar argues with officers about the law, homemade bombs are found strapped to poles in a carpark, two officers deliver a death notice and a driver pulled over for road rage is found to be unlicensed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/shows/beach-cops/video/watch/32946617/beach-cops-wed-19-oct-season-2-episode-1/|accessdate=20 October 2016|date=20 October 2016|title= Beach Cops: Wed 19 Oct, season 2 episode 1|work=Yahoo!7}}</ref> | Viewers = 684,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/10/wednesday-19-october-2016.html|title=Wednesday 19 October 2016|date=20 October 2016|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref> | LineColor = 6AADDF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | RTitle = Episode Two: | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|26|df=yes}}<ref name=S2Ep2and3>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/10/returning-first-dates-update-gold-coast-medical-cold-feet-windsors.html|title=Returning: First Dates. Update: Gold Coast Medical, Cold Feet, Windsors. |date=24 October 2016|accessdate=24 October 2016|first=David|last=Knox|work=TV Tonight}}</ref> | ShortSummary = A man is cautioned for urinating in public while a second man is fined for public nudity on the beach, police investigate an animal cruelty case involving a deceased cat, officers respond to a fisherman who has fallen off rocks, a drunk driver crashes his ute into a creek leaving a passenger trapped in the vehicle, and a vehicle pulled over for a faulty brake light leads officers to find illegal drugs. | Viewers = 661,000<ref name="Ep2and3">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/10/wednesday-26-october-2016.html|title=Wednesday 26 October 2016 |date=27 October 2016|accessdate=27 October 2016|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox}}</ref> | LineColor = 6AADDF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | RTitle = Episode Three | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|26|df=yes}}<ref name=S2Ep2and3/> | ShortSummary = Officers break up a series of fights within 30 minutes on the Corso, garbagemen find 2 grenades in rubbish they've collected, cops search bushland in the dark for an injured teenager, officers investigate related car thefts, reports of a man wheeling unboxed televisions in a shopping trolley gets police attention, and an 80-year-old woman reports a robbery. | Viewers = 557,000<ref name="Ep2and3"/> | LineColor = 6AADDF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | RTitle = Episode Four | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|02|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = Police caution several people urinating in public, Nicole stops a car with four men acting suspiciously on Pittwater Road, officers receive a report of a man taking photos of kids playing cricket, Nicole and Teri track down a man accused of theft of a television from a store, an aggressive drunk driver is charged after colliding with a learner driver, and a tip leads police to stolen trailers. | Viewers = 731,000<ref name="Ep4and5">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/11/wednesday-2-november-2016.html|title=Wednesday 2 November 2016 |date=3 November 2016|accessdate=3 November 2016|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox}}</ref> | LineColor = 6AADDF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | RTitle = Episode Five<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki5naI51APU | title=Beach Cops | Bomb Threat | S2E6 - YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|02|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = Officers deal with the aftermath of two intoxicated men brawling outside a pie shop, Nicole and Brendan help pursue the area's most wanted thief, Gibbo and Sam respond to an elderly woman who suspects squatters has robbed her home, an anonymous bomb threat is made to a local primary school, a motorcyclist caught dropping his phone at traffic lights is fined {{AUD}}320, and the search is on for a swimmer in dangerous swells at [[North Narrabeen]]. | Viewers = 700,000<ref name="Ep4and5"/> | LineColor = 6AADDF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | RTitle = Episode Six | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|11|09|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = An aggressive man affected by drugs is [[Pepper spray|capsicum sprayed]] and arrested, a serial [[fraudster]] and shoplifter is tracked down, two men are caught fighting right outside a police station, Teri and Nicole deal with a neighbourhood dispute involving [[faeces]] put in someone's letterbox, officers breath test a learner driver and his supervisor, and a driver hits a wallaby in the dark. | Viewers = 668,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/11/wednesday-9-november-2016.html|title=Wednesday 9 November 2016 |date=3 November 2016|accessdate=10 November 2016|work=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox}}</ref> | LineColor = 6AADDF }} }}
===Season 3 (2018)=== {{Episode table |total_width= |background=edd310 |overall= |title= |airdate= |viewers= |viewers_type= |country=Australian |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | RTitle = Wild Party | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|08|09|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = Officers deal with an intoxicated driver who has crashed his car, an angry motorist, complaints about a party which has grown out of control, and a dangerous discovery in a backyard shed. | Viewers = 361,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/08/nine-leads-quiet-thursday.html|title=Nine leads quiet Thursday|date=10 August 2018|accessdate=10 August 2018}}</ref> | LineColor = edd310 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | RTitle = Meat Thief | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|08|16|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = CCTV helps the cops catch a meat thief. Driving without a licence is not a good idea. A very drunk driver has trouble blowing into the bag. Two drunk men decide to fight with police. | Viewers = 255,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/08/front-bar-beats-footy-show-again-bachelor-tops-demos.html|title=Front Bar beats Footy Show (again), Bachelor tops demos.|date=17 August 2018|accessdate=2 November 2018}}</ref>{{ref label|Note3|Note C|Note C}} | LineColor = edd310 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | RTitle = Trapped in a Toilet | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|08|23|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = Police chase a man in a ute who flees a traffic stop. Firies need to help two young people trapped in a public toilet. A man kidnaps his ex-girlfriend's dog. Cops help a very drunk tourist get home. | Viewers = 373,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/08/thursday-23-august-2018.html|title=Thursday 23 August 2018|date=24 August 2018|accessdate=2 November 2018}}</ref>{{ref label|Note4|Note D|Note D}} | LineColor = edd310 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | RTitle = Pop up Party | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|09|06|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = Cops chase some young men in the backstreets of Manly after a fight. Cyclists keep going through red lights right in front of the cops. An Australia Day pop-up party gets out of control. | Viewers = 223,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/09/afl-pushes-seven-to-big-win-the-bachelor-tops-thursday.html|title=AFL pushes Seven to big win, The Bachelor tops Thursday.|date=7 September 2018|accessdate=2 November 2018}}</ref>{{ref label|Note3|Note C|Note C}} | LineColor = edd310 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | RTitle = Indecent Exposure | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|17|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/10/returning-beach-cops.html|title=Returning: Beach Cops|date=11 October 2018|accessdate=11 October 2018|first=David|last=Knox|work=TV Tonight}}</ref> | ShortSummary = A dog has been left in a car in the hot sun. Police arrest a man who has exposed himself in a car park. Horses have escaped from a paddock and the cops need to get them off the road. | Viewers = 544,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/10/wednesday-17-october-2018.html|title=Wednesday 17 October 2018|date=18 October 2018|accessdate=2 November 2018}}</ref> | LineColor = edd310 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | RTitle = Pub Brawl | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|24|df=yes}} | ShortSummary = A man on a bicycle is busted with weed. A young man's hotted-up car doesn't comply with the road rules. A man has been stabbed in a fight at the pub. Drunken hoons have to be removed from a park. | Viewers = 629,000<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/10/wednesday-24-october-2018.html|title=Wednesday 24 October 2018|date=25 October 2018|accessdate=2 November 2018}}</ref> | LineColor = edd310 }} }}
===Notes=== *{{note label|Note1|Note A|Note A}}This episode did not air in [[Western Australia]] due to staggered network schedule in that state, and aired at a later date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/10/nine-takes-sunday-with-the-block.html|title=Nine takes Sunday with The Block |date=19 October 2015|accessdate=19 October 2015}}</ref> *{{note label|Note2|Note B|Note B}}This episode was originally scheduled to air on 15 November 2015, however was pulled from the schedule for special news coverage of the [[November 2015 Paris attacks]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/11/ten-telemovie-scores-amid-night-of-news-sport.html|title=TEN telemovie scores amid night of news & sport|date=16 November 2015|accessdate=16 November 2015}}</ref> *{{note label|Note3|Note C|Note C}}This episode did not air in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] or South Australia due to staggered network schedule in those states, and aired at a later date. *{{note label|Note4|Note D|Note D}}This episode did not air in [[South Australia]] due to staggered network schedule in that state, and aired at a later date.
==See also== {{Portal|Television}} *''[[Gold Coast Cops]]'' *''[[Territory Cops]]'' *''[[Kalgoorlie Cops]]''
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://7plus.com.au/beach-cops/}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20151012002012/https://au.tv.yahoo.com/plus7/beach-cops/ Catch Up on PLUS7], ''Yahoo!7''
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