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Rural Police (TV series)

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.

Rural Police
Promotional poster for Season 4
Hangul
시골경찰
GenreReality show, Police
StarringOriginal 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 originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes62
Production
Production locationSouth Korea
Running time90 minutes
Original release
NetworkMBC every1
ReleaseJuly 17, 2017 (2017-07-17) –
present (present)
Related
Sea Police
Urban Cops

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 edit

Original series edit

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 edit

Locations edit

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 edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ This location was filmed on a second visit, appearing from episode 5 onward.

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.

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