TV Guide 5Action Friday

Northen Italy is hit by severe floods as six months' worth of rain falls in 36 hours.

Jim and Steve face one of their riskiest recoveries when a tanker carrying highly corrosive pure sulphuric acid smashes into the central reservation of a busy A road and overturns

PCs Jamie Leslie and Jan Simsela follow a flatbed truck that's all over the road and goes on to hit a curb, and are amazed when the driver, who is very chatty, admits he has had a few drinks in the cab on the way home. On the A19 PC Tommy Wade stops a VW Golf that's being used by multiple people without insurance. But the driver is less than forthcoming with his details. And at 3am in Gateshead Jamie and Jan chase a speeding motorist on the wrong side of the road and ignoring red lights

Police are called to reports of an unauthorised car meet on the outskirts of Newcastle and after a car does wheelspins right in front of the officers. They quickly stop the driver, but he is adamant he's done nothing wrong, then admits to already having a Section 59 warning. Members of the public call in about a possible drink-driver who's all over the road, while reports come in regarding a stolen white transit van driving around west Newcastle and Jamie tracks it down to a housing estate, but the driver is cagey about his details

PCs Marc Crammond and Andy Clarke are on a stakeout on the Tyne Tunnel looking for a car with cloned registration plates that has racked up nearly 600 fines. In the early hours of the morning in North Shields, PC Jamie Leslie pulls a driver over who claims he'd had a case of late-night munches and nipped out for a pizza but the car is not his, he hasn't got insurance and he doesn't have a licence

Late night in Sunderland, PC Tommy Wade witnesses a Micra fly around a roundabout. The suspect then heads off road, narrowly missing a dog walker. Careering down a public footpath, Tommy has no choice but to ram the car to a stop, but why is the driver so desperate to get away from the cops? In Blyth, PCs Andy Clark and Marc Crammond spot a car with no front number plate and not a single occupant of the vehicle is car wearing a seatbelt. And PCs Jamie Leslie and Máire Curran race to a serious two-car collision on the outskirts of Newcastle

Reports of a cloned car with a balaclava-wearing driver lead PC Jamie Leslie to keep his eyes peeled along the roads of Newcastle. After the occupants make a run for it, Jamie spots someone matching the description getting into another car. In Byker, PCs Marc Crammond and Andy Clarke witness what looks like a drug deal through a car window. The driver tries to lose them down a back alley. Marc knows the area well and soon tracks the car down. But this game of cat and mouse isn't over yet, as the driver makes off on foot with Marc hot on his tail

French settlers are granted asylum in America in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo and a Kentucky rifleman finds himself falling for one of the newcomers - a general's daughter. However, he faces a rival for her affections in the form of a ruthless landowner who plans to steal the terrritory her fellow exiles have settled on. George Waggner's Western, starring John Wayne, Vera Hruba Ralston, Philip Dorn and Oliver Hardy

French settlers are granted asylum in America in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo and a Kentucky rifleman finds himself falling for one of the newcomers - a general's daughter. However, he faces a rival for her affections in the form of a ruthless landowner who plans to steal the terrritory her fellow exiles have settled on. George Waggner's Western, starring John Wayne, Vera Hruba Ralston, Philip Dorn and Oliver Hardy

A mountaineer is placed in charge of a wagon train travelling to California unaware that his journey will be fraught with unexpected hazards - with matters of the heart only to complicate the situation. Western, starring John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel and Tyrone Power

A mountaineer is placed in charge of a wagon train travelling to California unaware that his journey will be fraught with unexpected hazards - with matters of the heart only to complicate the situation. Western, starring John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel and Tyrone Power

A BMW with cloned plates hits Northumbria Police cameras, so PC Martain Anderson and his colleagues race to locate the vehicle - but the occupants do not want to come quietly. Sgt Glen Robsons and PC Marc Crammond pull over the driver of a Ford Kia spotted pushing its way past other cars while flying down the motorway, and PC Jamie Leslie questions a speeding driver who claims it's a medical emergency. But something tells Jamie he's lying