Surveillance Oz
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.
| Surveillance Oz | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Factual |
| Narrated by | Eden Falk |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 30 (As of 20 May 2019) |
| Production | |
| 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 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
In March 2019 Seven Studios announced that Surveillance Oz will return with a 6th season as of August 2020 these episodes have still not aired.
About
Every day tens of thousands of cameras in cars are monitoring what goes on across the roads of Australia. And you won’t believe what they’re recording. In this series, you see in real time the accidents, road rage incidents and dangerous driving that happens around the country, all captured on dashcams.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 6 | 3 October 2012 | 7 November 2012 | |
| 2 | 6 | 24 July 2013 | 27 November 2013 | |
| 3 | 6 | 9 November 2014 | 23 November 2014 | |
| 4 | 6 | 21 July 2016 | 4 August 2016 | |
| 5 | 6 | 9 November 2016 | 23 August 2018 | |
| 6 | 6 | 2020 | 2020 | |
Episodes
Series 1 (2012)
| No. in total | No. in series | Title | Original air date | Australian viewers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 3 October 2012 | 1,006,000[1] | |
| 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 | 1,051,000[2] | |
| 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 | 1,125,000[3] | |
| 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[4] | |
| An argument outside a carpark turns into a massive brawl, a road rage incident leads to a driverless runaway car, 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 | 1,089,000[5] | |
| 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 | 1,021,000[6] | |
| 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" | 24 July 2013 | 653,000[7] | |
| 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[7] | |
| 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[8] | |
| 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 | N/A | |
| 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[9] | |
| 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[10] | |
| 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[11] | |
| A man dangles a child over train tracks, and a brazen man tries to steal a snake. | |||||
| 2 | 14 | "Episode 2" | 9 November 2014 | 932,000[11] | |
| 3 | 15 | "Episode 3" | 16 November 2014 | 879,000[12] | |
| 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. | |||||
| 4 | 16 | "Episode 4" | 16 November 2014 | 879,000[12] | |
| 5 | 17 | "Episode 5" | 23 November 2014 | 870,000[13] | |
| 6 | 18 | "Episode 6" | 23 November 2014 | 870,000[13] | |
Series 4 (2016)
| No. in total |
No. in series |
Title | Original air date | Australian viewers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | "Episode 1" | 21 July 2016 | 520,000[14] | |
| A man trips and spins into a speeding train then onto the tracks. Also, a shopkeeper confronts an armed robber, and a man takes a walk through a tunnel and doesn't want to stop for police. | |||||
| 2 | 20 | "Episode 2" | 21 July 2016 | 514,000[14] | |
| ... | |||||
| 3 | 21 | "Episode 3" | 28 July 2016 | 460,000[15] | |
| A spectacular crash as a car flies through a train station and onto the tracks. Later, jewel thieves attack a store with a hammer while the owner is in there and a man has a fit of rage in a car park. | |||||
| 4 | 22 | "Episode 4" | 28 July 2016 | 474,000[15] | |
| a store owner confronts an aggressive shoplifter. Also, a road rage incident in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel creates chaos and a car crashes through a busy supermarket | |||||
| 5 | 23 | "Episode 5" | 4 August 2016 | 435,000[16] | |
| A terrified woman in a small car is pushed through the tunnel by a huge truck. Later, thieves try to break open a ticket machine with a blowtorch. | |||||
| 6 | 24 | "Episode 6" | 4 August 2016 | 478,000[16] | |
| ... | |||||
Series 5 (2016-2018)
| No. in total |
No. in series |
Title | Original air date | Australian viewers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 25 | "Episode 1" | 9 November 2016 | ... | |
| 8 | 26 | "Episode 2" | 9 November 2016 | ... | |
| 8 | 27 | "Episode 3" | 29 June 2018 | Not In Top 20. | |
| a pedestrian dices with death on the freeway, a drunken man falls on the tracks in peak hour, thieves literally get a massive shock and a ram raid goes horribly wrong. | |||||
| 8 | 28 | "Episode 4" | 9 August 2018 | Not In Top 20. | |
| 9 | 29 | "Episode 5" | 16 August 2018 | Not In Top 20. | |
| 10 | 30 | "Episode 6" | 23 August 2018 | Not In Top 20. | |
Series 6 (2020)
Season 6 of Surveillance Oz has already aired in New Zealand. But is still awaiting broadcast in Australia.
| No. in total |
No. in series |
Title | Original air date | Australian viewers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | "Episode 1" | 2020 | TBD | |
| A brazen art thief gets chased down by a quick-thinking chef, a wheel chair causes chaos in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, and a man collapses onto the tracks with an express train bearing down. | |||||
| 2 | 32 | "Episode 2" | 2020 | TBD | |
| A Harley dealership is targeted by a gang of thieves, a truck's dramatic rollover brings an entire city to a grinding halt, and a woman tries to steal bras by stuffing them down her pants! | |||||
| 3 | 33 | "Episode 3" | 2020 | TBD | |
| Two bumbling thieves make a conspicuous getaway with an empty safe, a family business is the victim of a dramatic arson attack, and things get ridiculous when a do-it-yourself furniture removalist tries to catch a train. | |||||
| 4 | 34 | "Episode 4" | 2020 | TBD | |
| A passionate reptile keeper gets ripped off in his own home, cunning thieves manipulate an outdated security system, a dashcam captures a freak accident and an unfriendly neighbour is caught red handed. | |||||
| 5 | 35 | "Episode 5" | 2020 | TBD | |
| A group of teens go viral after their destructive and disgusting night is caught on CCTV, a brazen mother shocks everyone by teaching her young child to shoplift, and a community rallies together in support of a very special organisation. | |||||
| 6 | 36 | "Episode 6" | 2020 | TBD | |
Surveillance Oz Specials
| Number in series |
Number in season |
Title | Original air date | Viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special | 1 | "Australia's Dumbest Criminals" | March 2017 | TBD |
| Special | 2 | "Crazy Carpark Capers" | 29 June 2017 | N/A |
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See also
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