Dom Littlewood looks at remarkable filmed evidence showing how police, businesses and the public are using new technology to catch crooks. An armed robber goes on a 'grand theft' tour across the north west of England, and animals are put in danger after rubbish is dumped.
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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
BBC 2
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
BBC 2
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 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 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 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
Series 7: Episode 3
A shop owner risks her life to save a colleague when the store is raided by an armed robber wielding an axe. Plus, a life-size ornamental pig is stolen by two teenagers - it's a ...
09-07-2020
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 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 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 6: Episode 11
A violent robber makes a mistake when he returns to the scene of his crime, and two wedding venue sculptures seem destined for a permanent honeymoon.
10-06-2019
BBC 2