Caught Red Handed

An ex-wrestler dusts off his grappling skills to intercept a robber fleeing a jewellery store, a family home is burgled in the dead of night, and a thief tries to trouser a snake from a pet shop.

A carer steals from a former member of the royal household, a deli specialising in cheese attracts a local rat, and an armed robber who attacks a petrol station gets more than he bargained for.

The owner of a hairdressing salon races to his shop hoping to catch thieves in the act, a burglar is spotted climbing into a bathroom window by an eagle-eyed neighbour, and a man makes a schoolboy error trying to steal from a radio station.

An intruder raids a social club's safe while the manager is on the phone, a burglar tries to rob a house but meets his match at the foot of the stairs, and a man breaks into a garage and ends up having an early bath... in engine oil.

There is a Halloween raid on a clothes shop by ghostly men in grotesque masks, a World War II veteran's new home becomes a crime scene, and a thief stealing a cash drawer from a hardware store bites off more than he can chew.

Thieves feed gas into cash machines and explode them, a couple on holiday are horrified when their phone shows a burglar on the prowl back home, and a gang of men stealing cheese from a factory soon find they have been caught in a trap.

A shopkeeper is stunned when one of his regular customers suddenly turns into an armed robber, a 100-year-old man falls victim to a light-fingered carer, and a pub landlord is furious when someone steals the money he has been raising for a local hospice.

A jeweller must act fast when armed men attack his shop, a city unites to take on thieves who are targeting small businesses, and a couple use a baby buggy to steal a beer barrel but soon discover the local CCTV operator wasn't born yesterday.

A thief raids a social club by sneaking in and waiting for all the staff to go home, a computer shop owner turns detective to track down a burglar, and a couple are shocked when someone steals from their farm for rescued animals.

A post office comes under attack, and the owner risks everything to defend it. A thief steals a couple's car while they are at the bedside of their desperately ill daughter, and a man tries to pinch a mobile phone from a pawnbrokers.

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.

A couple who own a sports club are shocked when they find out why a family friend has been stealing from them, and an antiques thief takes some expensive lamps - but doesn't realise the spotlight is on her.

Featuring a ram raid by a pair of bickering burglars, and a cheeky thief who helps himself to two hanging baskets - but the flowers aren't the only things coming down, so are his trousers!

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.

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.

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.

At a jeweller's, a man wearing a comical wig turns deadly serious. And a hard-hearted thief is trapped after ransacking children's bedrooms.

Two men found around the back of a pub try to bluff their way out of trouble, and a cycle thief spots an unattended bike - but doesn't get an easy ride.

A burglar uses his backside to break into a hair salon, and two heartless thieves steal charity money meant for a seriously ill teenager.

A blind man uses an electronic eye to see what his own eyes cannot, and a clumsy crook trying to cut it as a burglar ends up cutting his hand badly.