Neighbourhood Blues - Episode Guide

The team in Weston-super-Mare get more than they bargained for when they stop a familiar face and a bag full of drugs falls out of his trouser leg. An officer arrests a drug addict whose behaviour has torn his family apart.

In Bridgewater a brazen shoplifter is taught a lesson he won't forget after CCTV captures him strutting out of a store with a case of stolen lager under his arm. And in Bath the hunt is on for a prolific graffiti tagger who's vandalised the city for almost a decade.

The neighbourhood team dress an undercover officer as a postie to raid a property after repeated complaints of antisocial behaviour. Officers in Weston-super-Mare blitz the town centre, cracking down ondrug-taking and disorder during the busy bank holiday weekend. PCSOs in Bridgwater are called in to deal with a male who's found face-down in the street. And in Bath an officer uses sign language and detective skills to track a man after an unprovoked assault on a deaf man.

The race is on to catch a handbag thief who's spotted darting through the streets of Weston-super-Mare. Officers prepare themselves for the worst as 7,000 partygoers come to town for a dance music festival. And wildlife crime officers pair up with the neighbourhood team to investigate a report involving endangered peregrine falcons.

There's growing concern for a legal high user in custody. Police need to get him to hospital, but he's so violent and unpredictable that it takes riot-trained officers to get him there.

The Bridgwater team patrol the town centre on a busy Saturday night, targeting drunk and disorderly behaviour and cracking down on casual drug users as the police dog sniffs out trouble. An officer receives a tip-off about a suspected cannabis farm in a terraced house.

In Bath a shoplifter is caught red-handed on CCTV, but his rowdy companion causes officers grief.

There's a foot chase in Weston-super-Mare as officers try to collar a runaway suspect. The team have their work cut out searching a sprawling estate and all its outbuildings. In Bridgwater it threatens to kick off when the officers help evict a particularly disruptive household. And the neighbourhood team in Bath track down a prolific shoplifter who's struck again.

The neighbourhood team find a drugs farm hidden on a real farm. Officers coordinate a massive operation to navigate 100-tonne dumper trucks through the narrow streets of Bridgwater. And in Weston-super-Mare officers receive an ear-bashing from a wanted woman, before following their noses to a suspect property that whiffs of cannabis.

Officers respond to reports of squatters desecrating a graveyard. A trail of text messages leads an officer to a sophisticated and incriminating set-up in a suspect's garage. In Weston the team are immediatelysuspicious when they spot two men carrying a TV through a park, but have to wait for it to be reported stolen before they can act. And in Bridgwater officers act quickly to clear up a road collision which threatens to cause traffic chaos.

An officer's hunch helps them catch a wanted man. In Weston the team respond to a report of mini motos causing a nuisance, but it's not entirely clear who actually owns the bikes. The police team up withTrading Standards in a bid to take legal highs out of the shops and off the streets of Somerset. And an officer chases a bus hoping to catch a criminal who smashed up an arcade.

Officers in Weston-super-Mare are out in force to raid an address associated with drug use. In Bridgwater it's a game of cat-and-mouse when underage drinkers give PCSOs the runaround. In Bath, the neighbourhood team hunt a prolific shoplifter who has been caught red-handed on CCTV. And an officer revisits a mother who has been left heartbroken by her son's drug addiction and criminal behaviour, only to get a nasty surprise.

In Weston-super-Mare, neighbourhood police are organising a series of raids as part of a huge crackdown on serious crime in the area. Teams are hitting six different properties, hunting for drug dealers who have recently been flooding into the town from across the country. It is not long before thousands of pounds' worth of cocaine and heroin is discovered. In Bridgwater, an early morning intruder gives a young family the shock of their lives as he invites himself in and interrupts their breakfast. When Tex from the neighbourhood team arrives, he finds the young man had even run himself a bath but, extraordinarily, has no recollection of what he has done.

A young man is stabbed in broad daylight in Weston-super-Mare. Police race to find the two suspects, but despite the help of the force helicopter, they have bafflingly disappeared. In Bath city centre, a brutal assault on a woman pushing a pram is caught on a bystander's camera phone. As well as capturing the shocking footage, the have-a-go-hero goes a step further and, before the neighbourhood team can reach the scene, takes on the attacker. Nestled beside a busy main road, Tex and Dan from the neighbourhood team make a startling discovery - a huge crop of thriving marijuana plants with a street value of nearly £80,000.

After a couple of overnight house burglaries, the police are hot on the trail of a suspect. CCTV cameras in Weston-super-Mare are tracking the lad while the cops rush to intercept him. But suddenly he disappears, only to reappear moments later high up on a shop roof. It is a tense situation as officers try to talk the young man down. When complaints come in from neighbours about noisy parties and cars coming and going all night long, the neighbourhood police are keen to show that they take them seriously, so they raid an address in Bridgwater, where illegal drugs are believed to be at the heart of the problem. Something is amiss in Somerset's famous Cheddar Gorge. What is normally a beautiful tourist attraction has been turned into a race track by inconsiderate racers. Jen Atkinson from the neighbourhood team is on hand to try to keep the peace there.

Cracking down on heroin users and dealers is a priority for the neighbourhood police. In this episode, an operation to reel in a suspected heroin dealer uncovers a house of squalor. In a computer gaming store, surrounded by expensive consoles and the latest games, temptation seems to have proved too much for one young shopworker. He is suspected of stealing thousands of pounds' worth of items before being rumbled by his employer. Now it is down to the police to investigate. In Bath, a neighbour from hell has the tenants in her block of flats living in fear. It is a tough case for neighbour dispute specialist Adge Secker.

In Bath, Rob McIvor gets called in to investigate an extraordinary case. Art galleries have been inundated with Nazi themed hate mail posted through their letterboxes. Rob quickly determines they're the work of a disgruntled local artist, who's got some kind of axe to grind with the art establishment. When neighbourhood officer Dom Bryant arrests a supermarket shoplifter he can't help himself feeling sorry for the down and out offender. Against all the police rules, he helps the man out with a 'meal deal', paid for out of his own pocket. And, in Bridgwater, the police make a surprise early morning raid on a house in a quiet residential street. With the help of sniffer dog, Buddy, they uncover what they're looking for, drugs and a dealer, who is only 17.

Neighbourhood officer Dom Bryant gets an anonymous tip off that some cannabis is being grown at a house in the small village of Burnham-on-Sea. Dom goes to investigate but soon finds out that all is not what it seems. Police switchboard operators are used to taking the odd 999 call but in Somerset they've been inundated with hundreds of nuisance calls, all from one man. After numerous warnings, the police have finally had enough and neighbourhood officers are going to arrest him. And, in Bath, a call comes in for neighbourhood officer, Roger Parker over the city's special communications network that connects the high street shops' security departments with the police. CCTV cameras in a large department store have picked up an Italian student in the act of stealing some clothes.

The number of Illegal immigrants working in the UK is very difficult to put a figure on. In Bath, the neighbourhood team are clamping down on people abusing immigration laws and have called in Immigration Enforcement to investigate two restaurants under suspicion of using illegal workers. After a recent spate of stabbings in Weston-super-Mare, the neighbourhood police are determined to come down hard on the offenders. After a report of an altercation between a number of youths, where one has been slashed across his face, officers race to catch those involved. And, after a room in a seaside hotel is trashed, Russ Millier gives chase to one of the suspected offenders along Weston's sandy beach.

A young man is viciously assaulted in broad daylight in Weston-super-Mare. Luckily for the neighbourhood police the motiveless attack is caught on CCTV, showing an unusual getaway car, which helps them track down the suspected offender. Russ Millier gets called to help his PCSO colleagues arrest two young men suspected of robbing a lad of his designer man bag, the latest 'must have' accessory for teenagers in Weston Super Mare. When he gets there, he makes an unexpected discovery inside the man bag. And, when a woman's handbag is stolen from her house in a distraction burglary, the neighbourhood team sends for four-legged help in the shape of Argo, a three-year-old German Shepherd dog.

A strange, late night break in turns from being a manhunt into a search-and-rescue for the neighbourhood team, after it quickly becomes apparent the young suspect is lost and confused in freezing mid-winter conditions. In Bath, the hunt is on for a street beggar, who has skipped his court appointment. When neighbourhood officers arrive at his home they're shocked by what they find. And in Bridgwater, a drunk pensioner causes trouble at a local pub. After being thrown out and damaging a window, the police get called in to try and calm him down.

Racial tensions run high in Sunderland following a race-hate attack. When officers discover a chilling note attached to the brick thrown during the attack, the neighbourhood team race to get the occupants of the house to safety. In Southwick, north of Newcastle, the neighbourhood team uncover a cannabis farm worth over a quarter of a million pounds. And PCSOs Craig and Gill help an elderly man who has been left shaken by a recent burglary.

In the coastal town of Blyth on the north east coast, PC Stuart Thomson must take a sensitive approach and use all his skills as a neighbourhood officer when he deals with the bullying of a disabled boy by a group of young people. The neighbourhood team raid the house of a nuisance neighbour and possible drug user, and PCSOs Mick and Deborah are called to a van on fire.

In Southwick, Tyne and Wear, the neighbourhood team are called to a man who is being tormented by a pair of antisocial youths. One of the lads is arrested, while the mother of the other admits she is finding it hard to control her wayward son. Together they work with the distressed mother to keep the boy out of trouble. A man living in a caravan causes distress to residents, and an evening shift of calls to antisocial youths keep the Blyth team busy.

The neighbourhood teams crack down on illegal drugs. The Washington team raid the house of a man who has reportedly been growing cannabis in his loft. In Southwick, officers raid the house of a possible dealer. Plus a woman behaving badly outside a nightclub takes things too far, and the team give two German tourists a welcome surprise.

In Tyne and Wear, the Sunderland neighbourhood team are called to an act of racist graffiti outside a mosque. When more graffiti appears on the house of a resident close by, the team notice similarities between the two acts of vandalism and attempt to hunt down those responsible. In Washington, PC Glen assists a woman who has been harassed by youths on mopeds in the local park. And PC Louise puts her local knowledge to the test to find a runaway who may be hiding on a busy railway line.

The neighbourhood team in Gateshead are put on high alert when a resident discovers a hand grenade placed on a wall in her front garden. As the army are called in to deal with the World War II grenade, PCs Steve and Brian help those who have been evacuated from their homes. There is concern for 84-year-old Jimmy who suffers with a lung condition and needs regular medication, and there are reports of a heated argument before the grenade was spotted.

The neighbourhood team also deal with an antisocial youth crime wave in the coastal town of Blyth, and PCSO Deborah sees the dark side of living rough in Sunderland city centre.

Northumbria Police launch Operation Flynn to target wanted and active criminals across their area. Run from police HQ, the neighbourhood teams with their links to the community are integral to making sure the operation is a success. First up, the team attempt to track down a man who is wanted on a weapons offence and hasn't turned up for court. They find him at home in bed but have to make an unscheduled stop before they take him into custody. The team also go on the hunt for a man who is known to become aggressive when he has had a few too many.

The Sunderland team are called to the city centre when one of their regulars has been found hiding in a bush after being accused of stealing money from a student.

The neighbourhood team are called to reports of a woman vandalising a window. When confronted, she becomes aggressive and her bad behaviour culminates in a shocking assault when she is taken into custody. This is the side of neighbourhood policing the public don't get to see, providing an insight into custody and the abuse staff often have to deal with.

The team also help a couple of young lads who have been left stranded, and make an unexpected discovery when on the hunt for a man who hasn't turned up for court.

The neighbourhood team race to the scene of a car crash in Sunderland, and PCSOs Mick and Deborah speak to witnesses to get to the bottom of what has happened. It soon becomes clear that the driver was uninsured, and worse still, he ran away rather than stick around to swap details with the victim.

Officers visit a man who may have been the victim of racist abuse by an antisocial teenager. When he shows officers shocking footage of the youth attacking his ground-floor flat recorded on his phone, the team act fast.

In the coastal town of Blyth on the North Sea coast, the neighbourhood team arrest one of their most active offenders. After he is released on bail, the man steals a TV and goes on the run. The team pull out all the stops to get him behind bars once more, and after he manages to evade them for more than a month they decide to organise a sting operation to finally catch their man.

PCSOs Mick and Andy catch a man smoking cannabis outside a children's dance school who claims his law breaking is for medicinal purposes.

And in Sunderland city centre, PCs Steve and Gill work closely with business owners and security teams to crack down on shoplifters.

The neighbourhood team in Gateshead is put on high alert when a man threatens a woman with a crossbow. As a siege unfolds outside a house on a busy residential street, the team works with the Armed Response Unit to bring the situation to a peaceful conclusion. After discovering countless cannabis farms being manned by human slaves against their will, Northumbria Police launch Operation Kestrel, a force-wide crackdown to find those profiting from misery and illegal drug production. PCSOs Craig and Jill know something isn't right when they notice a vandalised car on their usual patrol. After doing some digging, the pair find a family who are being attacked regularly and do everything they can to help them.

When a woman in Newcastle threatens self-harm, Northumbria Police do everything they can to find her. Neighbourhood officer Neil manages to make contact, but things go from bad to worse when he realises she is talking to him from a bridge. Neil must use all his skills to talk to the woman and is forced to make a snap decision, which could save her life. When a prisoner who has broken the terms of his release goes on the run, Sunderland officers Mick and Dave must find him. After arresting him, it quickly becomes clear he won't go quietly, and the cops are forced to take a firm approach. In Sunderland, a youngster is injured after falling through the roof of a derelict school. After giving the trespassing youth some basic first aid, PCs Cooky and Sarah take him back to his dad, who is far from pleased.

In Sunderland, Cooky and Sarah attempt to bring peace to an area being tormented by two sets of nightmare neighbours, living in separate flats in the same property. After on-going arguments and accusations of assault, the situation comes to a head when the fire brigade is called to put out a blaze in the back garden. Having had enough, the neighbourhood cops issue both properties with antisocial behaviour notices. Can the warring couples learn to work it out or will council and police be forced to evict them? In rural market town of Hexham, neighbourhood officers Barry and Auriol must find a homeless man suffering with a mental health illness who has missed a court appearance and has a warrant out for his arrest.

Northumbria Police launch Operation Flynn, a targeted exercise aimed at getting wanted people who have fled justice behind bars. The operation is going well, with one suspect in custody not long into the shift, but PC Steve is forced to think on his feet when one slippery suspect gives him the run-around. In Gateshead, a vicious attack on a bus, sparks a hunt for a wayward teenager, who cops suspect has fallen in with the wrong crowd. After CCTV of the incident reveals an alarming detail, the neighbourhood team pulls out all the stops to get him into custody.

After a burglary in Sunderland, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) asks the neighbourhood team to help track down the suspects. A man and woman have been caught on camera using a debit card stolen during the burglary and, armed with this evidence, CID and the neighbourhood team must slowly gather the evidence and build a case against them. Marine officers Paul and Dave, together with the Port of Tyne harbour master, bring to book those breaking the rules of the water. Neighbourhood officers Mick and Dave are on the hunt for a suspect who has assaulted a man with a knuckle duster. A chance encounter during another job leads to a foot chase. After he gets away, does this mean the suspect will get off scot-free? It is Ladies Day at Newcastle Racecourse and PCs Neil and Gary are expecting a busy shift. When an argument breaks out between two men over the best Rolex, the neighbourhood officers are forced to call time.

In Sunderland, PCs Louise and Dan become involved in a heartbreaking case. An elderly woman has been assaulted by her son after he demanded money for drugs. The man had been released from prison days earlier and has a restraining order stopping him from going anywhere near his mother's house. When he ignores the court order, Dan and Louise take action. The Sunderland team also raid a property they believe to be connected to drug use. When no-one is home, the team must force their way in, but their entry doesn't quite go to plan. After making a discovery in the kitchen, the team is paid a visit by the suspect's mum, and she's not happy. PCSOs Jill and Craig are called to a park opposite a mosque, where someone has written racist graffiti in the grass with a lawnmower. The pair quickly get to work investigating the hate crime and spread the message that this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated.

In Gateshead, a man is violently attacked in broad daylight outside a busy row of shops. The victim doesn't want to report the crime or even be treated by paramedics, but nonetheless the neighbourhood team quickly get to work to find his attackers. When the investigation runs into trouble, neighbourhood officers Mark and Steve do everything they can to bring those responsible to justice, but the odds are stacked against them. PC Louise is called to a DIY superstore where security is struggling with a man caught stealing on CCTV. Ironically, the item the shoplifter was spotted stealing was a home CCTV system. The neighbourhood team are on shift at the annual Sunderland International Airshow. As well as reuniting lost children with their relieved parents, the team cracks down on underage drinkers.

To combat shoplifting on the high street, the Sunderland neighbourhood team joins forces with shopkeepers and security staff to share intelligence. Armed with intel on the worst offenders, neighbourhood officers Steve and Gill hit the shops, taking their cues from security staff watching over them on CCTV. When a woman is spotted stealing from a department store, the neighbourhood cops swoop in and make an arrest. In Newcastle, neighbourhood cops Neil and Hayley are called to an alarming road collision at rush hour. One driver accuses another of a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre and abusive behaviour. Will the team be able to get to the bottom of what has happened? And neighbourhood officers in Gateshead arrest a man caught on CCTV stealing from a pharmacy.

The Gateshead neighbourhood team join forces with the Home Office to investigate reports of illegal immigrants in the area. A raid on a takeaway reveals a surprise, and in a flat nearby, the team finds a man who may be hiding something. In Sunderland, PC Ross investigates a cannabis farm which was discovered the night before. At first it looks as if the gang who were running the farm had left before any of the drugs could be confiscated, but a discovery in the loft reveals otherwise. The Gateshead team are on shift for Remembrance Sunday. As well as being on duty, PC Andy has been chosen to lay a wreath at the cenotaph. Neighbourhood officer Mark has some good news for a construction worker who had his tools stolen. In Sunderland, PCSOs Mick and Andy clamp down on abandoned vehicles creating an eyesore on residential streets, and PC Neil is called to a car parked in a thoughtless and antisocial manner.

In Washington, in the north east of England, a man has been reported for acting violently in a suburban neighbourhood. After the neighbourhood cops manage to talk him into coming quietly, a change in his demeanour gives cause for concern, and a discovery in custody explains why. Neighbourhood officers in Blyth are on shift at seafront festival Northumberland Live. When a child goes missing, the team are put on high alert. In Newcastle, the arrest of a man who failed to appear in court takes an unexpected turn, which forces officer Hayley to spring into action. Neighbourhood officers Chris and Gill receive a shock in Sunderland when they receive calls about a man spotted on the high street wearing cowboy boots and little else. Having refrained from jumping to conclusions, the pair reveal the information to be false, although Chris and Gill get an eyeful when the truth of the reports is revealed.