Is a set of four Halloween and Fireworks film. It has been produced in partnership with Thames Valley Police, the Fire Service and Trading Standards. It shows a group of five friends knocking on the door of a house, saying ‘Trick or Treat’. The occupant tells them he is sorry but doesn’t have any treats. The viewer will then be asked to click their trick.
You decide how your Halloween ends! 1/4
What to do this Halloween when told to get lost? Blow the joint? Beat it? Go with a bang? You decide...
One of the boys turns to the others and says " So what we doing now then guy's?"
The boys are not happy
One of the boys puts his hand in his pocket and pulls out eggs and a packet of flour and says "look what I've got"
Another boy say's "yes"
The boys throw the eggs and flour at the house and run off
Screen caption: Bad Idea! ...fancy being nicked for criminal damages
Screen caption: Click your trick...Blow this joint, Beat it, Go with a bang
Go with a bang 4/4
Trick or treaters decide to see what happens when they light a firework and post it into their victim's house. Find out what one ex-prankster thinks of their choice.
One of the boys turns to the others and says " So what we doing now then guy's?"
Another of the boys says " I might put this through his letter box" and pulls out a firework from behind his back
The group of boys encourage and dare him as he walks to the front door and puts the firework into the letter box and lights it
The boys run away
Screen caption: ...would anyone really do that?
A still photograph of the outside of a burnt out house.
Voice over: I was 16 years old at the time, we were in the garden discussing who was going to do it
Photograph of the burnt out windows of the house
Voice over: He said you light it...I said no no, he said go on you've go the lighter.
Photograph of the burnt front door, still open showing a the burnt interior of the house
Voice over: Under peer pressure I buckled in...
Photograph of the firework by the burnt front door
Voice over: ...and lit the firework, he put it through the letter box. We then all ran...then saw the smoke coming from the house...got scared even more...
Photographs of the interior of the house
Voice over: ...and ran, heard the fire engines, all split up and went home.
A young male is sat on a sofa he is saying " Then the next couple of days the police came round and arrested us and it all went to court. We was in the cells for a couple of days, three days I think it was, obviously went to court then. I got a £5000 fine. 6 months kerfew, where I had to be at 9 o'clock at night and I got 300 hours community service. A very big price to pay for something silly to do really.
Photograph of the burnt firework
Voice over: " I didn't think about the consequences one little bit at all
Photographs of the fire damaged kitchen
Voice over: " I suppose my adrenalin was going a little bit, didn't really think about it at all. It was the last thing I was thinking about. I expected the firework to just go bang inside the house and scare the people inside the house and wake them up, give them a shock and it went totally the opposite way. It set fire to the house and nearly burnt the whole house down
A young male is sat on a sofa he is saying " If you think you're too old to be going out trick or treating, going to peoples houses getting sweets, don't bother going out, stay at home or go and find something better to do. Theres's not point what so ever going out and throwing eggs at peoples houses, letting fireworks off in the street or at peoples houses is just a silly thing to do. Stay at home!
Screen caption: Click your trick...Blow this joint, Beat it, Go with a bang
