Criminals: Caught on Camera
Criminals: Caught on Camera

Criminals: Caught on Camera (2013)

6.06 seasonsCrime, Documentary

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.

📺 Seasons & Episodes

Season 16 episodes
Season 28 episodes
Season 37 episodes
Season 410 episodes
Drugs, Thugs and Smugglers

1. Drugs, Thugs and Smugglers

45 min

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.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

44 min

Journalist Nick Wallis follows a Flying Squad investigation into a ruthless gang who blew up 27 cash machines in and around London.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

45 min

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.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

44 min

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.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

45 min

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.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

44 min

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.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

44 min

Journalist Nick Wallis follows an investigation into a terror campaign against the police in Belfast, led by a 31-year old woman.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

44 min

Extraordinary footage is shown of two off-duty police officers who don't hestitate to tackle an armed gang raiding a jewellery shop.

Episode 9

9. Episode 9

44 min

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.

Episode 10

10. Episode 10

45 min

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 510 episodes
Violent Britain

1. Violent Britain

43 min

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.

Criminals on the Run

2. Criminals on the Run

45 min

Detectives explain how CCTV was used to help track a man who brutally murdered his father and then went on the run.

Cops and Robbers

3. Cops and Robbers

44 min

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.

Terror on the Streets

4. Terror on the Streets

44 min

Terrorists were planning a murderous attack, but they were unaware that their preparations were being caught on camera.

Drink and Drug Crimes

5. Drink and Drug Crimes

45 min

More than twice the limit, a drunk driver recorded her collision on her dash cam. Border Force and Navy vessels surround a suspicious ship.

Brazen Criminals

6. Brazen Criminals

43 min

Eight bus passengers and a car driver faked an accident, so they could make false insurance claims. It it was foiled thanks to CCTV.

Criminals on the Move

7. Criminals on the Move

44 min

Nick Wallis reveals why cameras are proving useful when it comes to controlling rowdy football fans on trains.

Reckless Criminals

8. Reckless Criminals

43 min

Some criminals' acts of lawlessness inadvertently affect innocent bystanders, including a cash machine thief who crashed his getaway car.

Crime and Punishment

9. Crime and Punishment

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Crimes of Greed

10. Crimes of Greed

45 min

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 610 episodes
Car Crime

1. Car Crime

45 min

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

Under the Influence

2. Under the Influence

45 min

Boozed-up Britain at its worst - including a bouncer racially abused by a drunken clubber.

Countryside Crime

3. Countryside Crime

45 min

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.

Coastal Crime

4. Coastal Crime

45 min

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.

Street Crime

5. Street Crime

45 min

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

Cops 'n' Robbers

6. Cops 'n' Robbers

45 min

Police bodycams record burglaries, chases and an armed siege. Plus, a closer look at how drones are used to track criminals

Animals in Danger

7. Animals in Danger

45 min

A Cornish cave rescue for Suka the terrier, and the hunt for the Croydon Cat Killer.

Trouble on the Terraces

8. Trouble on the Terraces

45 min

Incredible stories of disorder at football matches.

Neighbours at War

9. Neighbours at War

45 min

Neighbours causing chaos across the UK, from noise next door to unwelcome guests.

Lawless Britain

10. Lawless Britain

45 min

Britain on the brink and across the ages, from tearaway teens to out of order OAPs.

Cast

Nick Wallis

Nick Wallis

Himself

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