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Series 3 (Shortened Versions): Episode 9
Our defenders bust a tenant making over £100,000 by unlawfully sub-letting his council flat in London. And they help rescue over 150 dogs being kept in squalid conditions at an animal centre in Lincolnshire.
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Series 5 (shortened Versions): Episode 8
Our defenders set up a secret surveillance operation and uncover a shocking case of human trafficking and modern slavery. Scores of young men and women are kept as prisoners and ...
31-01-2025
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Defenders Uk
Series 5 (shortened Versions): Episode 5
Hundreds of pensioners are left stranded after booking a five-day holiday in Torquay. They only discover they’ve been conned when the coaches that are supposed to pick the ...
30-01-2025
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Defenders Uk
Series 5 (shortened Versions): Episode 3
DVSA inspectors investigate the cause of a horrific crash in which an HGV careers out of control, smashes through a motorway central reservation and kills two people. The HGV is ...
29-01-2025
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Defenders Uk
Series 5 (shortened Versions): Episode 2
Our Defenders team up with Ed Sheeran’s manager to take on the ticket touts making millions of pounds at the expense of ordinary music fans. The National Trading Standards ...
28-01-2025
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Defenders Uk
Series 5 (shortened Versions): Episode 1
This factual series sees the return of our defenders – enforcement officers who protect us from the crooks and the cheats who exploit our trust, take our money and threate ...
27-01-2025
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Defenders Uk
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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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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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
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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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Most popular episodes of Defenders UK
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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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Defenders Uk
Series 5: Episode 3
DVSA inspectors investigate the cause of a horrific crash in which an HGV careered out of control, smashing through a motorway central reservation and killing two people. The HG ...
04-12-2023
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Defenders Uk
Series 4: Episode 9
The Office of Rail and Road examines the causes behind a fatal road traffic collision in which two men died. Investigators discover that the man driving had been asked by his bo ...
17-08-2023
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Defenders Uk
Series 1: Episode 1
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 tea ...
26-11-2018
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Defenders Uk
Series 1: Episode 10
The defenders investigate the tragic death of a seven-year-old girl when the bouncy castle she was playing on was swept away by a gust of wind. And they enlist the help of footb ...
24-09-2019
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Series 5 (shortened Versions): Episode 10
Our defenders crack down on companies deliberately bombarding the elderly with marketing phone calls and pressuring them into taking out insurance policies and setting up direct ...
26-05-2023
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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 3 (shortened Versions): Episode 5
Officers crack down on illegal and dangerous vehicles putting our lives at risk. Marathon runner Allan Wood almost lost his life after a horrific accident. Caught on CCTV is the ...
12-03-2021
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Defenders Uk
Series 4 (shortened Versions): Episode 2
Investigators crack down on a company fitting vehicles with special devices that are supposed to reduce toxic fumes and improve air quality. The devices cost thousands of pounds ...
29-03-2022
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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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