Next Episode of Special Ops: To Catch a Criminal is
Season 1 / Episode 3 and airs on 19 January 2025 19:00
Gritty factual series revealing the work of elite police forces across the UK.Formerly titled Special Ops: Crime Squad UK, this behind-the-scenes docu-series follows the investigative work of a variety of specialist units within UK police forces created to crack the toughest of cases. From cyber heists, romance fraud and people trafficking to drugs rings and murder.The series boasts unique access to the highest-level detective techniques used to tackle crimes where ordinary policing has failed to make progress. This gritty but intelligent series reveals the workings of police operative units made up of the most elite detectives in the country.Filming with numerous task forces across the country, Special Ops: To Catch a Criminal reveals the real, lived experience of the police officers involved, through exclusive interviews, archive, CCTV and body cam footage.
Thames Valley Major Crime Unit investigate a tragic murder fuelled by jealousy, anger and pride. A tale of love gone wrong.
Street shootouts can be deadly. A gunfight in suburban Kent leaving a seriously wounded victim sparks a frenetic, highly-pressured race to hunt down the perpetrators.
An RSPCA Special Ops team investigate an international criminal puppy farming operation, while Lancashire officers prosecute an owner for animal cruelty and cropping dogs' ears.
The SFO go undercover to investigate a holiday home company offering exclusive residences in the sun-drenched Caribbean. They discover fraud worth a quarter of a billion pounds.
Counter Terrorism Policing foil an extremist Islamist terror plot, and the CPS Special Crime Unit bring those responsible for a fatal crash on the M62 to justice.
Manchester police take down a gang of teen car thieves while the Serious Fraud Office unravels a 400-million-pound global fraud in the steel industry.
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