
An airport hire car provides the clues to the identities of a pair of South African hitmen who have come to the UK to brutally murder a private investigator in his home. They escape afterwards, but vital evidence is left in the car which not only convicts them but the person who ordered the hit. Also, a rare bottle of Caribbean rum gives police the moment of proof they need to jail a prolific burglar who has been ransacking homes and stealing irreplaceable belongings.
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Series 3: Episode 5
Fingerprints found at the scene of a burglary prove to be the missing piece of evidence detectives need to convict a man responsible for the murder of the flat's owner. After th ...
19-09-2025
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Series 3: Episode 15
A few tiny specks of grey paint help to solve not one but two brutal axe murders that have been baffling police. A determined detective has the paint tested and traced back to a ...
18-09-2025
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Series 3: Episode 3
A single fingerprint recovered from a fish and chips wrapper tossed on the ground is enough to place a gunman in a rural location miles from his home. \n\nWhen police on a stake ...
17-09-2025
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Series 3: Episode 13
An ice pick used to stab a man in the head on the street is recovered from the roof of a pub and brings a murderer to justice. Investigators are baffled after a man is brutally ...
16-09-2025
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Series 3: Episode 12
A man is conclusively linked to a series of murders at music venues by a shoelace with traces of his final victim’s DNA on it. After two people are set upon at a music fes ...
15-09-2025
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Series 3: Episode 11
A claw hammer recovered from a bin and contaminated with the DNA of both victim and killer is the final piece of the puzzle in a complex murder investigation. When the body of a ...
12-09-2025
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Series 3: Episode 10
A single piece of A4 paper found on top of a hidden fax machine gives police the number of a shipping container used to smuggle millions of pounds' worth of drugs from Thailand. ...
11-09-2025
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Series 3: Episode 9
A USB stick containing key information about the production and supply of illegal drugs is found in a raid of a respectable businesswoman’s house. Authorities tell police ...
10-09-2025
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Series 3: Episode 8
A blood-spattered hammer is the key to charging the police’s prime suspect with a vicious murder. Police believe the man they have in custody is the killer, but with only ...
09-09-2025
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Series 3: Episode 1
A fingerprint left behind during a previous break-in at a food factory leads detectives to the brutal murderer of a security guard at the same location months later. With no mur ...
08-09-2025
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Series 3: Episode 9
A USB stick containing key information about the production and supply of illegal drugs is found in a raid of a respectable businesswoman’s house. Authorities tell police ...
10-09-2025
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Series 4: Episode 10
A man is found dead in his flat, and he’s been robbed. Police trace the last man he called on his mobile phone. But when toxicology tests reveal the victim died after drin ...
15-08-2025
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Series 1: 4. The Ponytail
How a single glove reveals the identities of a prolific and violent gang, and an image of a distinctive ponytail solves a hi-tech bank heist.
27-01-2022
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Series 1: 13. The Feud
A grainy video from a petrol station forecourt helps convict a gang of cold-blooded killers, and a criminal’s mobile phone finally connects an unscrupulous gang targeting ...
24-02-2022
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Series 4: Episode 5
When a child goes missing, police in Newcastle have few leads to go on. But as the weeks pass by, they’re increasingly concerned about the boy. They have a suspect but not ...
16-07-2025
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Series 2: 9. The Wet Wipe Hit And Run
A packet of wet wipes helps convict a driver responsible for a deadly hit and run. A young father tragically loses his life as the offender denies any responsibility. Elsewhere, ...
24-01-2022
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Series 3: Episode 7
A few spots of the victim’s blood on a blue shirt convict a murderer when police deduce it was likely to be worn on the day of the killing. Detectives are left baffled by ...
03-09-2025
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Series 4: Episode 1
A jacket left behind in a stolen car carries the DNA to prove who was driving the vehicle. But it takes detective work to figure out who he is – and it turns out he’ ...
22-06-2025
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Series 2: 14. The Allotment Shooting
An elderly murderer is convicted after a cat-and-mouse chase with armed police. He had killed a man in a feud over garden clippings. And a fraudster is locked up after using dum ...
01-09-2025
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Series 3: Episode 11
A claw hammer recovered from a bin and contaminated with the DNA of both victim and killer is the final piece of the puzzle in a complex murder investigation. When the body of a ...
12-09-2025
BBC 1