Road Wars

The One With the Titchy Biker (5x12)

Uitzenddatum: Jul 24, 2007

Charlie and Ruffy are off to catch a thief in Bracknell – someone who’s pinched some alloy wheels and thrown them into the back of a stolen convertible. Using much vaunted ‘local knowledge’ they find the car. The wheels have been left lying around, but they spot the suspect and head after him – Charlie on foot and Ruffy in the car, which is why, when he takes to his heels too, he’s able to go tearing past his winded colleague and catch the suspect. Cheat. Ever generous, Charlie even finds some suitable reading material for the prisoner while he waits in the cell – though whether he really wanted to read about botched boob jobs is debatable… Iestyn and Boris are in Windsor at stupid o’clock looking for a man reportedly trying to break into a car. Boris stays put as the suspect – shirtless and almost as hairy as Boris – is questioned. He’s immensely pie-eyed, and apparently thinks the car is his, though he doesn’t seem to know where he is. Things take a strange turn when he demands to be arrested, but makes no sense. Matters are resolved when his worried spouse reports him missing – having run off from a relative’s home for reasons best left to his own boozy confusion… Charlie and Ruffy are still in Bracknell, looking into the matter of a man acting suspiciously near some parked cars. Charlie opts for a drugs search as the area is a known dealing spot, while Ruffy homes in on the ‘looking into the parked cars’ thingy. A search reveals a screwdriver secreted in his layers of clothing. One change of name later, they discover he’s known for nicking from cars. His compliance lasts right up to his arrival in custody and starts claiming he’s got needles in his clothing, which just leads to a full on search in a cell. Back in Slough, Charlie and Ruffy come across a passenger not wearing his seatbelt, so they pull up behind the car as it, coincidentally, draws up at the owner’s home. For some reason, the driver takes immense of