A look at innovative ways of catching criminals. West Midlands police put out a decoy car and wait for thieves to break into it, and a callous carer is caught on camera.
Source: BBC 2
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 5: Episode 2
A deaf girl is traumatised when she wakes up to find burglars in her house, and an OAP is robbed by his carers, but they get caught out by an ingenious plan.
06-09-2016
BBC 2
Series 2 - Episode 13
This episode features shocking evidence of a great-grandmother's mental and physical bullying by her so-called carers. And a sharp-eyed salesman rounds up some sofa rustlers.
17-09-2014
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 15
A family plants a secret camera to catch a thief in the act, and a local man joins in with a cross-country police pursuit.
18-03-2016
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 19
A callous crook steals from the elderly and, like the plot of a Shakespearean tragedy, a treacherous friend betrays the trust of others.
24-03-2016
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 4
A gang of armed robbers raid a shop, leaving behind a trail of terrified victims, and a man confronts a burglar outside his neighbour's home.
15-10-2015
BBC 2
Series 10: Episode 7
There's heartache for a bereaved mum when her daughter’s laptop containing irreplaceable photographs is stolen. A posse of publicans put paid to a fraudster, and a camera ...
08-03-2022
BBC 2
Series 10: Episode 5
A mother is horrified when her car is stolen with three children inside. A thief steals replica guns, but police have him in their sights, and cameras record people risking thei ...
04-03-2022
BBC 2
Series 4: Episode 20
Dom Littlewood shows how technology is being used to catch crooks. A prisoner on the run breaks into homes and a high-tech police operation targets bike thieves.
25-03-2016
BBC 2
Series 5: Episode 8
Two jewellers in London are victims of an armed robber, but he soon ends up a fugitive in a high-speed car chase. And three fly-tippers are caught in the act because they make r ...
14-09-2016
BBC 2