
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 stakeout witness the shooting of their target, they quickly have to gather as much evidence as they can to find the men responsible. \n\nA fraudster uses a victim’s credit details to buy gift cards worth thousands of pounds to spend at luxury shops, until police trace him and find a treasure trove of evidence on his laptop.
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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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
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
BBC 1
Series 2: 4. The Id Fraudsters
A train ticket to Glasgow helps police hunt down a pair of hi-tech fraudsters who have links to the Russian underworld and have been stealing identities and thousands of pounds. ...
13-01-2022
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Series 1: 2. The Pyjamas
A regular pair of pyjamas reveals the shocking true identity of an attacker who left his victim for dead, and a bright yellow baseball cap puts a daylight robber behind bars.
25-01-2022
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Series 2: 2. The Cigarette Butt Murder
A discarded cigarette butt gives police the proof they need to find the murderers of a young father shot and killed in broad daylight, and a used match found in a drainpipe iden ...
04-07-2025
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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
BBC 1
Series 2: 12. The Social Media Monster
A thief who prowls for victims on social media is locked up, thanks to the sheath of his knife. His online accounts contain evidence of the violent crime spree. Also, a plea for ...
16-04-2025
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Series 4: Episode 11
West Midlands Police are facing a massive spate of burglaries, and they know one man is responsible for them all. But they just can’t catch him in the act. However quickly ...
22-08-2025
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Series 1: 11. The Medication
A distinctive sticker on a laptop finally links a man to a string of burglaries that had terrified an entire community, and a shiny copper hair dye puts a dangerous armed robber ...
22-02-2022
BBC 1
Series 2: 3. Hitmen For Hire
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 es ...
08-04-2025
BBC 1