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Documentary series following the work of enforcement officers as they battle to protect the public from the crooks and conmen endangering our health, families and homes. The team pursue the people responsible for a horrific crash in which a tipper truck careered out of control, killing four people and scarring an entire community. And they raid the luxury home of an illegal money lender preying on the vulnerable.
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Most recent episodes of Defenders UK
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Series 6: 10. Holiday Hell
The holiday scam raking in millions of pounds. But the net is closing on the shameless travel agent who is leaving families out of pocket and stranded in the sun. Also, danger o ...
24-05-2024
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Defenders Uk
Series 6: 9. River Of Sewage
Shocking river pollution – but is Britain’s biggest water company to blame? The Defenders investigate as thousands of dead fish are discovered in contaminated &lsquo ...
23-05-2024
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Defenders Uk
Series 6: 8. Deadly Toy Stories
Buyers beware! The lethal danger of button batteries in toys. In one case, a baby almost dies after swallowing a battery from a dangerous toy. The Defenders raid suspect shops t ...
22-05-2024
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Defenders Uk
Series 6: 7. Child Vaping Crisis
A teen schoolgirl goes undercover to expose shops selling illegal vapes to children, while a head teacher claims pupils can’t get through a lesson without vaping. In anoth ...
21-05-2024
BBC 1
Defenders Uk
Series 6: 6. Death On The Railway
A young boy is electrocuted on a train track. But who is to blame? The Defenders investigate and make a shocking discovery. In another case, they take on a driveway conman with ...
20-05-2024
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Defenders Uk
Series 6: 5. Asbestos Dump
Dangerous asbestos is found illegally dumped in a storage container near a school. But who put it there? The Defenders are determined to hunt them down and bring them to justice ...
17-05-2024
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Defenders Uk
Series 6: 4. Forever Home Heartbreak
A young couple are left in pieces when a cowboy builder charges them nearly £60,000 – then ruins their home. But the Defenders step in, determined to get justice on ...
16-05-2024
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Defenders Uk
Series 6: 3. Driving Test Cheats
The Defenders catch a man helping people cheat their driving test. He’s captured on CCTV at several driving test centres around the country, each time pretending to be a d ...
15-05-2024
BBC 1
Defenders Uk
Series 6: 2. Danger In The Skies
Can the Defenders find the pilot of a rogue drone that nearly caused a catastrophic mid-air collision with a World War II Hurricane? The incident is captured by an amateur photo ...
14-05-2024
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Defenders Uk
Series 6: 1. Falling Off The Back Of A Lorry
A couple are lucky to escape with their lives when a pallet of paving slabs and bricks falls off the back of a lorry and smashes into their car. There are thousands of incidents ...
13-05-2024
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Most popular episodes of Defenders UK
Defenders Uk
Series 5 (shortened Versions): Episode 4
Our defenders catch a fraudster who lied to get a job as a captain with one of the UK’s largest airlines. The Civil Aviation Authority looks into his background and discov ...
18-05-2023
BBC 1
Defenders Uk
Series 6: 1. Falling Off The Back Of A Lorry
A couple are lucky to escape with their lives when a pallet of paving slabs and bricks falls off the back of a lorry and smashes into their car. There are thousands of incidents ...
13-05-2024
BBC 1
Defenders Uk
Series 4 (shortened Versions): Episode 6
Jamie Duffy, the waste crime manager at Maidstone Borough Council, is on the trail of three fly-tippers, caught on camera dumping bags of rubbish in a lay-by. Jamie is out to fi ...
04-04-2022
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Defenders Uk
Series 1: Episode 7
The defenders investigate the death of a car wash worker and are shocked by the conditions he had been living in. They go undercover to catch red-handed two crooks dealing in mi ...
19-09-2019
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Defenders Uk
Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 6
Our defenders swoop on an illegal sweatshop in Birmingham that is suspected of being a major supplier of counterfeit clothing. Inside they discover thousands of garments and ban ...
15-03-2021
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Defenders Uk
Series 3: Episode 8
At Felixstowe docks in Suffolk, enforcement agents are on the hunt for counterfeit and dangerous goods, stopping them entering the country. They also chase down a gang that has ...
29-10-2020
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Defenders Uk
Series 5 (shortened Versions): Episode 9
Our defenders investigate the death of a worker at one of the UK’s largest recycling plants. They seize more than 300 hours’ worth of CCTV footage that shows dangero ...
25-05-2023
BBC 1
Defenders Uk
Series 5: Episode 4
The Civil Aviation Authority catches a fraudster who lied to get a job as a captain with one of the UK’s largest airlines. After looking into his background, they discover ...
05-12-2023
BBC 1
Defenders Uk
Series 4 (shortened Versions): Episode 8
The Environment Agency responds to a major incident after several canisters containing the deadly chemical weapon mustard gas are dumped in a lake. The race is on to find the ca ...
06-04-2022
BBC 1
Defenders Uk
Series 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 8
At the port of Felixstowe in Suffolk, our defenders are on the hunt for shipments of counterfeit and dangerous goods, to stop them from entering the country. \n\nWe hear the st ...
17-03-2021
BBC 1