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Caught this last night. Showing a couple of "stealth agents" breaking and entering a house (can't be legal without the homeowners permission so obviously for dramatic effect)...but earlier on the GP's wife let the teams in and allowed the search?.
GP given a car without recogniseable plates , keeps out of sight, that's basically ideal. The "scotland" link and stuff is all scripted, he's a swtiched on bloke and would know not to revisit anywhere familiar.
The 2 ex policewomen hammed it up nicely.
The answer seems to be just drop off the grid and keep out of contact for however long it takes. I did laugh and appreciate the Asian blokes sense of humour at the end when they showed the next episode "a couple of Asian blokes with beards and backpacks, it just screams terrorist".
I like the lingo they use thoug:h "asset", "marks", "intercept" etc, I'm going to start using these at work so I can "Walt" a bit.
GP given a car without recogniseable plates , keeps out of sight, that's basically ideal. The "scotland" link and stuff is all scripted, he's a swtiched on bloke and would know not to revisit anywhere familiar.
The 2 ex policewomen hammed it up nicely.
The answer seems to be just drop off the grid and keep out of contact for however long it takes. I did laugh and appreciate the Asian blokes sense of humour at the end when they showed the next episode "a couple of Asian blokes with beards and backpacks, it just screams terrorist".
I like the lingo they use thoug:h "asset", "marks", "intercept" etc, I'm going to start using these at work so I can "Walt" a bit.
texaxile said:
I like the lingo they use thoug:h "asset", "marks", "intercept" etc, I'm going to start using these at work so I can "Walt" a bit.
Was there really any need to refer to the A1 as the Alpha-1 though? iva cosworth said:
I enjoyed it but I'm also easily pleased.
If it's fake I'll be disappointed....
I think it's going to be somewhere between. I think the set-up looks fairly legit but there's bits along the way that are clearly set-up for effect for state services. For instance I'm not actually sure they have access to the ANPR system, it looked more like they were getting GPS tracks from the crew to replicate the polices use of the system. If it's fake I'll be disappointed....
Unless ANPR really does generate "tags" into Google Maps.
numtumfutunch said:
I thought it was kind of OK but the GP was a bit of a smug t
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Missed the first 10 mins so I understand they have access to their bank accounts so know if theyve used ATM's but how did they get the CCTV of the women on the bus? That seems much too big an ask for a TV show to tap into the nations CCTV surely??
It explained at the start that almost every ATM in the UK has a camera and can be monitored live - they caught a bus by an ATM machine they'd just taken cash from, so they were able to see which bus from the ATM camera.tMissed the first 10 mins so I understand they have access to their bank accounts so know if theyve used ATM's but how did they get the CCTV of the women on the bus? That seems much too big an ask for a TV show to tap into the nations CCTV surely??
texaxile said:
Caught this last night. Showing a couple of "stealth agents" breaking and entering a house (can't be legal without the homeowners permission so obviously for dramatic effect)...but earlier on the GP's wife let the teams in and allowed the search?.
They explained the GP's wife bit by saying "the state" has the power to look at anything and everything it wants when it needs to, and as such his wife couldn't refuse them access or prevent them from taking anything, and in an ordinary situation would have been interrogated.The participants must have signed a pretty strongly-worded set of t&c's before taking part because the personal email, browsing history and facebook access was all real. The Red Team boys at NCC do not f
k about.Finding passwords written down on the inside of a diary etc again seems very stupid but it's not unrealistic. I don't think the participants had any idea how far the people chasing would go.
It's not fake and although there's clearly some artistic license it's not scripted. It actually goes to highlight just how stupid and naive some of the population really are.
The woman getting arsey about getting caught was quite funny, and the stupid girl continually phoning home... next she'll be ranting about chemtrails and HAARP.
egor110 said:
Her friend should of dumped her and gone solo, by the time they'd of found the blonde one the other could be miles away.
The consensus in our house was the fella in the Range Rover should have been out laying a false trail in the other direction tripping as many cameras as possible.Juicetin1 said:
Struggling to believe it's not scripted, Dr Ricky Allen, obviously a clever and well planned chap heads off to the place in Scotland where he has family and friends and used to work !
He said it himself - he picks his fights very carefully and always on his battleground. He feels he has an advantage over his opponent as it's a place he is very familiar with and somewhere they are not. He is expecting his friends / family to cover him.I guess if they left there mobiles with the bloke in the 4x4 or posted them 2nd class over a weekend to somewhere away from there destination.
If you posted them sat pm they'd miss the collection sit in the postbox until monday when they'd be collected and driven around a bit before going to a mail centre for sorting.
If you posted them sat pm they'd miss the collection sit in the postbox until monday when they'd be collected and driven around a bit before going to a mail centre for sorting.
MiniMan64 said:
The consensus in our house was the fella in the Range Rover should have been out laying a false trail in the other direction tripping as many cameras as possible.
Same. My plan if I was on the show would be to throw the car keys to my dad and tell him to go South on the motorway until he gets bored, while I disapear on my push bike somewhere. Assuming as mentioned before they were using GPS from the cameramen rather than ANPR, you'd have to tell them beforehand your plans otherwise they wouldn't be able to track your car if you or your cameraman are not in it, so it'll be scripted in someways.Pistom said:
I'm really not sure what this show is all about.
It is probably just simple entertainment for the mass TV audience but the challenge really is not a great one and has to be spiced up to entertain.
I won't be wasting more time watching this program.
I'm sure it's much harder than we're all making out.It is probably just simple entertainment for the mass TV audience but the challenge really is not a great one and has to be spiced up to entertain.
I won't be wasting more time watching this program.
They have your search history and family and friends details
If we got on the show then as i said earlier any research from that point would be done retro using books at a libary, however they have everything up to that point i've looked at.
Plus there's the mental aspect , very few of us are used to being on the run/hunted not being able to contact people as and when we want.
egor110 said:
Pistom said:
I'm really not sure what this show is all about.
It is probably just simple entertainment for the mass TV audience but the challenge really is not a great one and has to be spiced up to entertain.
I won't be wasting more time watching this program.
I'm sure it's much harder than we're all making out.It is probably just simple entertainment for the mass TV audience but the challenge really is not a great one and has to be spiced up to entertain.
I won't be wasting more time watching this program.
They have your search history and family and friends details
If we got on the show then as i said earlier any research from that point would be done retro using books at a libary, however they have everything up to that point i've looked at.
Plus there's the mental aspect , very few of us are used to being on the run/hunted not being able to contact people as and when we want.
What makes the challenge less challenging is that it's only for 28 days and they don't need to earn a living as they are given £450.
If anything, the amount of monitoring falls in favour of the person who is trying to escape detection as it is so easy to set up false trails that any pursuer would waste time following.
The psychology of the pursuit works both ways as lots of dead ends are frustrating for them.
Pistom said:
egor110 said:
Pistom said:
I'm really not sure what this show is all about.
It is probably just simple entertainment for the mass TV audience but the challenge really is not a great one and has to be spiced up to entertain.
I won't be wasting more time watching this program.
I'm sure it's much harder than we're all making out.It is probably just simple entertainment for the mass TV audience but the challenge really is not a great one and has to be spiced up to entertain.
I won't be wasting more time watching this program.
They have your search history and family and friends details
If we got on the show then as i said earlier any research from that point would be done retro using books at a libary, however they have everything up to that point i've looked at.
Plus there's the mental aspect , very few of us are used to being on the run/hunted not being able to contact people as and when we want.
What makes the challenge less challenging is that it's only for 28 days and they don't need to earn a living as they are given £450.
If anything, the amount of monitoring falls in favour of the person who is trying to escape detection as it is so easy to set up false trails that any pursuer would waste time following.
The psychology of the pursuit works both ways as lots of dead ends are frustrating for them.
Are they allowed to go abroad or are there passports taken?
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