Are Crime Dramas Realistic?

Could you help me with my coursework? im researching realism in British TV crime dramas. Do you think that programmes like The Bill and The Touch of Frost are realistic in how they show and deal with crime? If so why? and if not, why not?

Id really appreciate any ideas you may have, thank you very much.

Do yer own bleedin' homework.

Kids today

The Bill is apparently the most authentic, so I hear on good authority. By authentic I mean in terms of police procedure and structure, etc. Not in terms of dating your mum.

Racism, however...

I agree, the Bill is by far the most realistic. I went down to my local police station yesterday and they were closed because the coppers were having a big lesbian orgy.