Rural Police (TV series)
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 Promotional poster for Season 4 | |
| Hangul | 시골경찰 |
| Genre | Reality show, Police |
| Starring | Original series: Shin Hyun-joon (S1-4) Oh Dae-hwan (S1-4) Choi Min-yong (S1) Lee Joo-seung (S1) Lee Jung-jin (S2-3) Lee Jae-joon (S2) Lee Chung-ah (S3-4) Kang Kyung-joon (S4) Reboot series: Kim Yong-man Kim Sung-joo Ahn Jung-hwan Jung Hyung-don |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 62 |
| Production | |
| Production location | South Korea |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | MBC every1 |
| Release | July 17, 2017 – present |
| Related | |
| Sea Police Urban Cops | |
Rural Police (Korean: 시골경찰; RR: sigolgyeongchal) is a South Korean reality show broadcast on MBC every1, where celebrities join small police centres in the countryside to experience their work as an amateur police officer.[1] Assigned the rank of entry-level police officer (Korean: 순경; RR: sun-gyeong), the cast attend to emergency calls and community tasks under the mentorship of their experienced colleagues.
Four seasons of the show aired from July 2017 to December 2018, with each season filmed in a different locale in South Korea. In April 2023, the show was rebooted with the title Rural Police Returns, featuring an all-new cast. A second season of the reboot began airing in December 2023.
Two spin-offs were also produced: Sea Police, which features the Korea Coast Guard,[2] and Urban Cops, which follows police departments based in the city.[3]
Cast
Original series
| Name | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shin Hyun-joon | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Oh Dae-hwan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Choi Min-yong | 1 | |||
| Lee Joo-seung | 1 | |||
| Lee Jung-jin | 2 | 3 | ||
| Lee Jae-joon | 2 | |||
| Lee Chung-ah | 3 | 4 | ||
| Kang Kyung-joon | 4 | |||
Reboot series
Locations
The first two seasons were filmed in small "Security Centres" (Korean: 치안센터; RR: chiansenteo)[4][5] serving townships (Korean: 면; RR: myeon) that encompass several villages, while the later two seasons were filmed in larger police substations (Korean: 파출소; RR: pachulso)[6][7] serving relatively more populated geographical areas such as towns (Korean: 읍; RR: eup).
| Season | Police Centre | Locale | Officers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yongdam Security Centre | Jinan-gun, North Jeolla-do | Centre Chiefs Lee Wan-jae, Cha Gyu-cheol[b] Assistant Inspector Jeon Dong-wan |
| 2 | Munsu Security Centre | Yeongju, North Gyeongsang-do | Centre Chief Kim Shin-taek Assistant Inspector Go Dong-woo |
| 3 | Heunghae Police Substation[c] | Buk-gu, Pohang, North Gyeongsang-do | Station Chief Park Byeong-dae Team Leader Gwon Sun-won Assistant Inspectors Seo Jeong-hyeob, Lee Jeong-min |
| Ulleungdo North Police Substation[d] | Ulleungdo | Station Chief Kim Gi-ho Assistant Inspectors Lee Seon-woo, Ryu Yeong-cheol | |
| 4 | Sindong Police Substation | Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do | Station Chief Kim Sang-hyeon Inspector Park Sang-ho & Police Officer Shin Dong-jin |
| Rural Police Returns | |||
| 1 | Imdong Police Substation | Andong, North Gyeongsang-do | Station Chief Lee Dong-sik Inspector Kim Dong-hwi & Senior Police Officer Kwon Hyo-seon |
| Yeonghae Police Substation | Yeongdeok-gun, North Gyeongsang-do | Station Chief Son Gwang-deuk Senior Inspector Lee Sang-hyun & Assistant Inspector Lee Hwa-mok | |
| Mitan Security Centre | Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon-do | Station Chief Lee Gab-ki Senior Police Officer Park Hyung-jun & Police Officer Park Geun-min | |
| 2 | Jupo Police Substation | Boryeong, South Chungcheong-do | Station Chief Oh Min-ho Assistant Inspector Nam Seong-hyun & Police Officer Kim Dae-sung |
| Ocheon Police Substation | |||
List of episodes
Season 1
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Season 2
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Season 3
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Season 4
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Notes
- ^ Shin Hyun-joon returned in the reboot's Season 2 episodes 5 to 7, with a promotion to senior police officer (Korean: 경장; RR: gyeongjang).
- ^ In episode 4, Lee Wan-jae steps down from the role of Centre Chief, having reached retirement age. His successor Cha Gyu-cheol appears from episode 5.
- ^ This location was a last-minute replacement for episodes 1 to 4 as the cast were unable to board the ferry to Ulleungdo, as originally planned, due to inclement weather.
- ^ This location was filmed on a second visit, appearing from episode 5 onward.
References
- ^ Kim, Yoon-ji (July 14, 2017). "'시골경찰', 악역배우 4인의 '진짜 경찰관'" ['Rural Police', 4 Villain Actors Becomes 'Real Police']. Edaily (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ Kim, Mi-jeong (August 6, 2018). "'바다경찰' 김수로-조재윤-곽시양-유라, 청량한 바다 냄새 가득한 공식 포스터 공개!" ['Sea Police' featuring Kim Soo-ro, Jo Jae-yoon, Kwak Si-yang and Yura releases official poster full of the fresh sea smell!]. iMBC (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ Lee, Jeong-hyeon (January 14, 2019). "더 쫄깃해진 범죄와 한판승부…'도시경찰' 오늘밤 첫방송" [A more thrilling fight against crime... 'Urban Cops' premieres tonight]. Yonhap News (in Korean).
- ^ Jeong, Yoo-na (July 24, 2017). "'시골경찰' 이주승 "오대환, 비리 경찰 비주얼" 폭소" ['Rural Police' Lee Joo-seung jokes that "Oh Dae-hwan has the face of a corrupt police officer"]. Chosun Media (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ Yang, Ji-yeon (November 10, 2017). "'시골경찰2' 신현준-오대환-이정진-이재준, 감동의 경찰 임용식" ['Rural Police 2' Shin Hyun-joon, Oh Dae-hwan, Lee Jung-jin, Lee Jae-joon's touching police appointment ceremony]. Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ Kim, Na-young (April 16, 2018). "'시골경찰3'의 기분좋은 변화 #여순경 이청아 투입 #울릉도" [Pleasant changes in 'Rural Police 3' with female police officer Lee Chung-ah and Ulleungdo location]. MK Sports (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ^ Lee, Deok-haeng (October 8, 2018). "'시골경찰4' 강원도 정선서 경찰 임무 시작…강경준 합류" ['Rural Police 4' Police duty begins in Jeongseon, Gangwon-do... Kang Kyung-joon joins]. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved March 20, 2022.
External links
- Season 1 website (in Korean)
- Season 2 website (in Korean)
- Season 3 website (in Korean)
- Season 4 website (in Korean)