Criminals: Caught on Camera
UK is the most surveilled place in the world. It is home to more than 6 million CCTV cameras -- about 1 for every 14 people -- that operate 24/7 and generate more than 1 billion hours of video every week. Crime reporter Nick Wallis tells us how UK police uses this vast surveillance network for active crime prevention as well as tracking down outlaws.
Type: tv
Season: 6
Episode: N/A
Duration: 45 minutes
Release: 2013-10-18
Rating: 6
Season 1 - Criminals: Caught on Camera
2013-10-18
Police use Huntingdon's CCTV to monitor drunken and violent behaviour, including lewd acts and brawls, and launch an initiative against such crimes.
2013-10-25
Host Nick Wallis reveals how police are using CCTV cameras to thwart street theft. the pilfering of personal items such as bikes, bags and phones.
2013-11-01
When the recession drives up the retail crime rate in Britain, the authorities turn to CCTV cameras to spot thieves in shops of all kinds.
2013-12-04
CCTV helps police nab speeders and reckless drivers, while London authorities use cameras to make more than 100 arrests in an illegal car ring.
2013-12-11
Hammersmith authorities use CCTV to keep the streets safe from shop breakers and enforce a drinking ban in a park in West London.
2013-12-19
A crowd of protestors in Guy Fawkes masks descend on the Parliament, captured on CCTV cameras on the ground and in helicopters.
Season 2 - Criminals: Caught on Camera
2014-07-17
Host Nick Wallis reveals some of the street crime captured by London's 400,000 CCTV cameras: fights, robberies, drug crimes and a massive gun rampage.
2014-07-23
The show examines the staggering rise in retail crime -- both shoplifting and violence against employees -- and how CCTV cameras make a difference.
2014-07-30
In one year alone, more than a million crimes were committed on London area roads. Fortunately, CCTV cameras help bring those responsible to justice.
2014-09-25
Host Nick Wallis visits CCTV centers that work to control the rising tide in personal violence by gun-toting or knife-wielding suspects.
2014-10-23
A residents' neighborhood watch group turns up the heat on criminals, while CCTV cameras capture a gang invading a housing estate.
2014-10-28
Nick Wallis reveals how police increasingly turn to CCTV to enforce the law and fight crime, and shares videos of criminals caught in the act.
2014-11-13
CCTV cameras catch alcohol-fueled violence in progress, as an operator tracks a perpetrator through the streets and a man is stomped in a fight.
2014-11-20
Rescue helicopter India99 saves three women from drowning and helps police on the ground track a band of graffiti artists, all of it caught on camera.
Season 3 - Criminals: Caught on Camera
2015-06-03
A smash-and-grab jewelry store robbery, a daring cash machine heist and a frightening attack in a pub are part of a new breed of ram-raid thefts.
2015-06-10
Guns aren't the only violent weapons; several incidents of knife attacks show up on CCTV across Britain, ranging from daring robberies to murder.
2015-06-17
Crimes involving a terrible house fire, the stabbing of a football coach and gangs attacking a group of partygoers are solved using police cameras.
2015-06-24
A dangerous high-speed chase, road rage and an escape on the River Thames are captured on a variety of cameras, from helicopters to police body cams.
2015-07-01
A huge increase in crimes from motorcycles, mopeds and bikes lead to a special police operation to stop increasingly violent and well-organized gangs.
2015-11-11
A high-speed motorway chase, a fleeing terrorist and a man holding what could be a loaded firearm are all viewed from a regional surveillance center.
2015-11-18
Crime doesn't take a holiday, even at Christmas, when offenses from petty thefts of decorations to drunkenness and robbery light up CCTV monitors.
Season 4 - Criminals: Caught on Camera
2017-09-24
A drug smuggler is caught on camera with 12 million pounds' worth of narcotics in his car. Plus, a look inside one of the UK's busiest CCTV centres.
2017-09-24
Journalist Nick Wallis follows a Flying Squad investigation into a ruthless gang who blew up 27 cash machines in and around London.
2017-10-05
Journalist Nick Wallis tells the shocking story of a teenager who murdered his friend, and was caught on camera buying the gloves he wore for the killing.
2017-10-08
A violent abuser murdered his ex-partner and used a suitcase to dispose of her body. CCTV cameras captured him dragging the suitcase through the streets of Exeter.
2017-10-15
Armed robbers are caught terrorising shop staff. The police find themselves in a firefight with a drug dealer. And, a determined gang free an ATM from the wall.
2017-10-22
Exclusive body cam footage shows assaults on police and a shop owner is caught on camera fighting off a thief with a bottle of vodka.
2017-10-28
Journalist Nick Wallis follows an investigation into a terror campaign against the police in Belfast, led by a 31-year old woman.
2017-11-05
Extraordinary footage is shown of two off-duty police officers who don't hestitate to tackle an armed gang raiding a jewellery shop.
2017-11-18
Highlights from the series including how a gang of ATM robbers were nabbed, and footage from a police helicopter showing a driver being pursued by police who ends up in a reservoir.
2017-11-26
Nick considers images of a killer who dragged his ex-partner's body around in a suitcase. Elsewhere, the nail-biting moment a lorry driver halted a car whose driver had collapsed.
Season 5 - Criminals: Caught on Camera
2018-07-25
Two officers tackle a man carrying two knives, a shooting outside a club sparks a huge investigation, and a gang of armed robbers try everything they can to make their escape.
2018-07-26
Detectives explain how CCTV was used to help track a man who brutally murdered his father and then went on the run.
2018-08-02
A fake robbery is caught on camera. One shop worker gives an Oscar-worthy performance but police soon suspect that it's all an act.
2018-08-09
Terrorists were planning a murderous attack, but they were unaware that their preparations were being caught on camera.
2018-08-16
More than twice the limit, a drunk driver recorded her collision on her dash cam. Border Force and Navy vessels surround a suspicious ship.
2018-08-23
Eight bus passengers and a car driver faked an accident, so they could make false insurance claims. It it was foiled thanks to CCTV.
2018-08-30
Nick Wallis reveals why cameras are proving useful when it comes to controlling rowdy football fans on trains.
2018-09-06
Some criminals' acts of lawlessness inadvertently affect innocent bystanders, including a cash machine thief who crashed his getaway car.
2018-09-20
2018-09-27
A gang run a restaurant owner off the road; police turn to CCTV to find down. A heartless criminal is caught on camera robbing a 92-year-old.
Season 6 - Criminals: Caught on Camera
2024-01-04
Witnessing a car crime bonanza captured by drones, CCTV, dashcams, mobile phones and police bodycams - from road raging drivers to ram raids gone wrong and hi-tech car thieves
2024-01-11
Boozed-up Britain at its worst - including a bouncer racially abused by a drunken clubber.
2024-01-18
In Suffolk, a series of farm thefts wreak havoc until CCTV provides the vital clues police need to crack the case. Plus shocking footage of the killing of protected wildlife.
2024-01-25
Drug smugglers, boozed-up brawls on the sea front and beach raves that get out of hand, plus thieving seagulls and ice cream wars - all Caught on Camera.
2024-02-01
Exploring how young people who commit crimes on the street take their first steps into a life of lawlessness, terrorising communities and involvement with criminal gangs
2024-02-08
Police bodycams record burglaries, chases and an armed siege. Plus, a closer look at how drones are used to track criminals
2024-02-15
A Cornish cave rescue for Suka the terrier, and the hunt for the Croydon Cat Killer.
2024-02-29
Neighbours causing chaos across the UK, from noise next door to unwelcome guests.
2024-03-07
Britain on the brink and across the ages, from tearaway teens to out of order OAPs.
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