24 Hours in Police Custody

24 Hours in Police Custody

Cameras follow Bedfordshire Police over a 24 hour period as they respond to emergencies, investigate crimes, arrest suspects and battle against the clock.

Genre: DocumentaryCrime

Cast:Zawe AshtonRoyce PierresonAttiq MalikBrett JonesChris HuttonMartin HartTam WhinnetCathie LaytonGill Cook-SmithGary HalesDarren TurneyColin KnightSimon HancockLisa HutchinsonOly TomlinsonAndy FielderKim Cresswell-YoungClaire Long


1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Human Cargo

Wed, Apr 20, 2016

Banging from within a refrigerated lorry alerts Bedfordshire Police to a group of 15 illegal immigrants within. What starts out as a routine case takes a dramatic turn when the men start falling seriously ill.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ To Catch a Paedophile

Wed, Apr 27, 2016

The police have a complex case to deal with when a man comes to them admitting that he tried to set up a meeting for sex with a 12-year-old girl that turned out to be a sting operation carried out by online vigilantes.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Love Thy Neighbour

Thu, May 5, 2016

Bedfordshire Police have a high profile case to handle when, English Defence League founder, Tommy Robinson assaults a Muslim man in Luton. They also try to help a Muslim woman seeking protection.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ One Punch

Thu, May 12, 2016

A single punch from a man outside a nightclub leads to the victim's death. The police try to determine if the punch was an unjustified and aggressive assault or an act of self-defence.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ The Black Balaclava

Thu, May 19, 2016

Bedfordshire Police investigate a series of armed robberies that all involve two men wearing crude balaclava's fashioned from items of clothing threatening their victims at knife-point.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Home Truths

Thu, May 26, 2016

The number of domestic abuse incidents reported to Bedfordshire Police has soared to over 200 a week in recent years. Two such incidents show the difficulties officers have investigating these cases.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ The Lethal Weapon

Thu, Jun 2, 2016

Officers search for an armed and dangerous man who is on the run from Bedfordshire Police's "Operation Bosun" - a specialist unit that tackles gun crime.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ In Plain Sight

Wed, Jun 8, 2016

During Luton's annual carnival a man seizes the opportunity to enter a house and sexually assault two young children. Bedfordshire Police scan thousands of hours of CCTV footage in the hunt for him.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ A Complaint of Rape

Wed, Jun 15, 2016

When a young woman reports that she has been raped by a man she met in a bar, Bedfordshire Police bring the man in for questioning and try to unpick the two very different accounts of events.