Season 8 - Episode Guide

A young woman has been brutally attacked in the undergrowth near a secluded bridge. Police immediately begin a frantic search at the scene of daylight rape to find any forensic evidence that might identify a suspect. DC Denise Brown of the Major Crime Unit says: 'I think this case has affected me more than any other crime I've dealt with. The torture and pain will affect her for the rest of her life.

An experienced officer from the Bedfordshire Police Internet Child Abuse Investigation Team investigates an area of criminal behaviour beyond anything she has tackled before.

Detectives race to the scene of a stabbing in broad daylight. Cameras follow every twist and turn of the investigation, revealing the real-life stories behind the familiar headlines about knife crime.

Cameras follow every twist and turn of a real-life police investigation as detectives attempt to catch a suspected drug trafficker before he can escape on a flight to Spain.

Bedfordshire police receive a 999 call from a country estate, reporting a burglary of antiques worth a quarter of a million pounds. But for veteran CID detective Dave Brecknock something about the case doesn't quite add up.

A coroner has asked police to look into the sudden death of a 48-year-old woman. When DS Graham McMillan, who has dealt with over 200 murders during his career, is sent photos of the dead woman, they immediately raise suspicions. He says 'You do get a hunch just through experience, something isn't right... I've looked at the photos that were taken of the lady in situ and what concerns me, is some of the bruising around the chest and the neck area.' His next step is to 'look at what we've got in front of us and say 'something doesn't seem right here'.

Two episodes take viewers behind the scenes of a police investigation into the pre-mediated and brutal murder of a young man in the middle of woodland

The second half of the double episode. The DCI believes that he knows who was behind the murder. Cameras follow the case as detectives decide to arrest the victim's friends.

The documentary focuses on the importation of huge quantities of Class A drugs, following the work of covert detectives from the Eastern Region Special Operation Unit. A consignment weighing more than 100kg has been intercepted while being imported into the UK from Europe. To reveal who is behind this, an undercover operation is authorised to closely monitor the shipment, using audio and visual equipment, as it travels to its final destination at a farm in rural Hertfordshire.

The covert team tries to find the true identity of Jaguar Palace, as well as the evidence to link the suspect directly to the drug-importing conspiracy. The detectives begin a nerve-shredding wait for the criminal network to set up its lucrative operation again, and stand ready to strike against the ringleaders when it does.

First of a two-part special taking viewers behind the scenes of a Cambridgeshire police investigation into a woman who is plotting to have her ex-husband killed. A man handed police a secretly recorded conversation that appeared to show his girlfriend offering to pay someone to commit murder, and DS Mike Barnshaw has to work out whether the recording is evidence that she really wanted him dead or is pillow talk with a man she has picked up on a dating site.

In the conclusion of this two-part documentary, Victoria Breeden is taken into custody, but claims she is not fit to be interviewed, while police search her home for evidence that proves she has attempted to hire someone to murder her husband. Detectives are determined not to release her, but DC Louisa Abbott fears she is dealing with the cleverest criminal she has ever encountered.

In Bedfordshire, a man accused of a string of offences involving violence embarks on a frightening new crime spree. Armed officers are deployed as the suspect becomes 'Most Wanted'.

In Luton, a man is shot in the chest by a complete stranger. The same suspect threatens a woman. With a gunman on the loose, a frantic manhunt is launched to catch the shooter before he strikes again.

Cambridgeshire Police have a big problem: a murder hunt without a body. A complex search for clues takes them into the woods and across Europe, and features a mysterious post on Facebook.

In Luton, a man who has been attacked at home dies of severe brain trauma. The investigating officer met the victim a week before and is haunted by the idea that maybe she could have saved his life.