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Season 2

15 episodes · 2020

  1. 1Episode 1

    28 Sep 2020 · 43 min

    In Essex, police officers are doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight when a moped chase ends in chaos.

  2. 2Episode 2

    29 Sep 2020 · 43 min

    A shocking discovery by two unarmed police officers brings a bomb disposal unity to a leafy suburb of Merseyside.

  3. 3Episode 3

    30 Sep 2020 · 43 min

    In Humberside, firefighters are shocked when they are attacked by the residents of a burning house as they try to put out the flames.

  4. 4Episode 4

    01 Oct 2020 · 43 min

    Firefighters in Newcastle and Humberside are out on shift in the days leading up to Bonfire Night, the most dangerous time of the year.

  5. 5Episode 5

    02 Oct 2020 · 43 min

    In Ashford, a report of a burglary ends with a police officer fighting a man armed with a knife. A dog handler with West Midlands Police is impaled on a spiked fence as he and his four-legged colleague chase down a suspected thief, and Kent Police officers get to grips with taser training.

  6. 6Episode 6

    05 Oct 2020 · 43 min

    A rural village becomes the scene of a violent gun fight when a firearms team confronts an armed man.

  7. 7Episode 7

    06 Oct 2020 · 43 min

    Two life-changing assaults cost a police officer his career and have a huge impact on his health as he is diagnosed with complex PTSD. In Kent, the drugs and gangs team are out on a raid, tackling the growing drug problem in their county.

  8. 8Episode 8

    07 Oct 2020 · 43 min

    A police officer shot at close range is in danger of losing his sight, and a speeding motorcyclist is pursued through London.

  9. 9Episode 9

    08 Oct 2020 · 43 min

    A former policeman from Northern Ireland rebuilds his life after losing both arms in a rocket attack on his vehicle. In Leeds, a patient threatens a paramedic with a 12-inch knife, and a Humberside police officer is determined to get back on the beat after a stay at the Police Treatment Centre.

  10. 10Episode 10

    09 Oct 2020 · 43 min

    A PCSO and his colleague are attacked as they try to arrest a man suspected of a spate of burglaries at Christmas.

  11. 11Episode 11

    12 Oct 2020 · 43 min

    A Critical Incident special exploring what it takes to police Britain’s roads, including a Metropolitan Police operation to tackle moped-enabled crime.

  12. 12Episode 12

    13 Oct 2020 · 43 min

    A Critical Incident special looking at knife crime in the UK, including a dedicated police task force in Essex and a groundbreaking scheme in the West Midlands.

  13. 13Episode 13

    14 Oct 2020 · 43 min

    The Covid-19 pandemic brings fresh dangers for emergency service workers all over the UK, including a surge in coughing attacks on police officers. Also, how groundbreaking research into the psychology of crowds could help prevent attacks on police.

  14. 14Episode 14

    15 Oct 2020 · 43 min

    Kent Police officers risk their lives to rescue an individual trapped on a cliff face. West Midlands police track down a man in possession of a gun, and how man’s best friend came to play an essential role in British policing, tracking down criminals and protecting their handlers.

  15. 15Episode 15finale

    16 Oct 2020 · 43 min

    Firefighters in Newcastle and Humberside are out on shift in the days leading up to Bonfire Night, the most dangerous time of the year.