Dom Littlewood looks at clever new methods that the police and the public are using to catch crooks red-handed.
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Series 11: Episode 20
A cold and calculating criminal mastermind poses as a bank manager to steal large sums from his victims, and a burglar swears he’s innocent, but he’s forgotten he&rs ...
20-10-2023
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 19
Police battle to catch stone thieves desecrating centuries-old church pathways, a ram-raiding gang commit so many crimes they are raised in Parliament, and a mounted police offi ...
19-10-2023
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 18
A gang of conmen cruelly dupe victims by pretending to be from the water board, a heavy metal record shop owner is rocked when an intruder busts up his business, and a none-too- ...
18-10-2023
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 17
A scarcely credible case where a paramedic is filmed attempting to steal from a dying patient, and sinister criminals who purposefully cause frightening road collisions to claim ...
17-10-2023
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 16
A family find they can track a gang of car thieves via a signal from their daughter’s stolen earphones, and a female robber with a knife underestimates a much older woman ...
16-10-2023
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Series 11: Episode 15
A cold-hearted crew of rogue roofers get caught out filming themselves mocking their elderly victims. A heartless thief steals important equipment from an ambulance but doesn&rs ...
13-10-2023
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Series 11: Episode 14
A car thief doesn’t realise the car’s dashcam is recording everywhere he goes. And an undercover officer recognises an adversary from years ago who is up to his old ...
12-10-2023
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 13
A burglar soon regrets breaking into the house of a judo expert. A florist is shocked to see, live on camera, that there’s a night-time intruder in her shop. And an unbeli ...
11-10-2023
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 12
Two muggers use a moped to rob victims on an unprecedented scale. A covert RSPCA operation helps to uncover a farm where dogs are kept illegally and cruelly treated. And a helic ...
10-10-2023
BBC 2
Series 11: Episode 11
A sinister thief stalks the corridors of a care home. A shop cleaner becomes an unlikely hero by tackling an armed robber. And a rogues' gallery of crooks are caught out by door ...
09-10-2023
BBC 2
Series 6: Episode 20
A blind man uses an electronic eye to see what his own eyes cannot, and a clumsy crook trying to cut it as a burglar ends up cutting his hand badly.
21-06-2019
BBC 2
Series 5: Episode 13
When a woman suspects her elderly aunt is being fleeced by a thief in her own home, she and her husband set up a nerve-racking stakeout. And a couple suffer at the hands of the ...
22-10-2018
BBC 2
Series 10: Episode 19
Police target a gang of muggers who are terrorising a city centre. A couple's wildlife camera picks up a prowler in their back garden, and a thief is hoisted in the air by an an ...
25-08-2022
BBC 2
Series 6: Episode 14
Three burglars jump around like little kids when they see an unguarded safe, and a robber gets a shock when a friendly shopkeeper turns out to be a martial arts expert.
13-06-2019
BBC 2
Series 6: Episode 17
At a jeweller's, a man wearing a comical wig turns deadly serious. And a hard-hearted thief is trapped after ransacking children's bedrooms.
18-06-2019
BBC 2
Series 6: Episode 15
A slippery burglar becomes the poster boy in a catch-a-thief campaign, and a man struggles to steal a portrait that is bigger than he is.
14-06-2019
BBC 2
Series 10: Episode 20
A sinister criminal posing as a police officer is chased by the real police. A cycle thief picks the wrong bike to pedal off with, and brave staff at a jeweller's turn the table ...
26-08-2022
BBC 2
Series 5: Episode 2
A deaf girl is traumatised when she wakes up to find burglars in her house, and an OAP is robbed by his carers, but they get caught out by an ingenious plan.
06-09-2016
BBC 2
Series 7: Episode 2
A shop worker is horrified when a knife attacker bursts into his store and he only has seconds to make the most important decision of his life. Plus, when three builders spot a ...
20-01-2020
BBC 2
Series 6: Episode 16
The police use state-of-the-art video analysis to uncover the identity of an armed robber, and a large pane of glass lands on an incompetent thief.
17-06-2019
BBC 2