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Special Ops: To Catch A Criminal

  • 3 Series
  • 13 Episodes
  • Category: Emergency Services
  • High Definition available
  • Subtitles available

A gritty factual series following the investigations of elite UK police units created to crack the toughest of cases.

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All episodes for series 3 of Special Ops: To Catch A Criminal

  • S3 E1 · Operation Renaissance

    Merseyside Police respond to two terrifying attacks on the Wirral.

  • S3 E2 · Operation Chatham

    Surrey Police race to stop an Albanian crime group behind a string of burglaries.

  • S3 E3 · Operation Jet Stream

    Police are shocked by the identity of the main suspect in a modern-day slavery case.

  • S3 E4 · Operation Swipe

    City of London Police begin a dangerous high-speed chase after a notorious phone snatcher.

  • Missing Persons Investigation

    Description: A look at the work investigators and specialists in Australia do to find missing people.; Category: True Crime; 8 episodes available.

  • Taken: Hunting the Sex Traffickers

    Description: Documentary following a three-year police investigation into a human trafficking gang.; Category: True Crime; 3 episodes available.

  • Special Ops: Crime Squad UK

    Description: A look into the real-life criminal investigations of the UK's most talented sleuths.; Category: Emergency Services; 18 episodes available.

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  • The Disapperance of Shannon Matthews

    Description: In February 2008, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews vanished on her way home from school.; Category: True Crime; 3 episodes available.

  • Body on the Beach: What Happened to Annie?

    Description: Journalist Hazel Martin investigates the death of Annie Borjesson.; Category: True Crime; 2 episodes available.

  • The Idaho Murders: Trial By Tik Tok

    Description: We look at the social media frenzy that followed the murder of four Idaho students.; Category: True Crime; 1 episode available.

  • Butchers of the Bayou

    Description: Two serial killers operating separately from each other terrorise Baton Rouge.; Category: True Crime; 4 episodes available.

  • Gaia: A Death on Dancing Ledge

    Description: Documentary about the case of 19-year-old Gaia Pope-Sutherland.; Category: True Crime; 3 episodes available.

  • Deadly Waters with Captain Lee

    Description: True-crime series hosted by Below Deck fan favourite Captain Lee Rosbach.; Category: True Crime; 8 episodes available.

  • Surviving Jeffrey Epstein

    Description: Survivors and members of Epstein's inner circle on the horrors of his trafficking network.; Category: True Crime; 4 episodes available.

  • Brit Cops Down Under

    Description: Seven UK police officers uproot their lives to become Western Australian cops.; Category: Emergency Services; 8 episodes available.