About this season
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.
Episodes (15)
1. Episode 1
0.5Aired 8 May 2017 • 45 min
A high-speed police chase leads to a major drugs bust, and two swans force the road to close.
2. Episode 2
1.0Aired 9 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
3. Episode 3
Aired 10 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
4. Episode 4
Aired 11 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
5. Episode 5
Aired 12 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
6. Episode 6
Aired 15 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
7. Episode 7
Aired 16 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
8. Episode 8
Aired 17 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
9. Episode 9
Aired 18 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
10. Episode 10
Aired 19 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
11. Episode 11
Aired 22 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
12. Episode 12
Aired 23 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
13. Episode 13
Aired 24 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
14. Episode 14
Aired 25 May 2017 • 45 min
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.
15. Episode 15
Aired 18 May 2018 • 45 min
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.