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The Best Episodes of 24 Hours in Police Custody

Every episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of 24 Hours in Police Custody!

The landmark documentary series that captures real life drama at its most intense, following police detectives around the clock as they investigate major crimes.
Genres:DocumentaryCrimeReality
Network:Channel 4

Best Episodes Summary

"The Conspiracy To Murder" is the best rated episode of "24 Hours in Police Custody". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/29/2014. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Love Hurts".

  • The Conspiracy To Murder
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    #1 - The Conspiracy To Murder

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2014

    This extraordinary episode opens with the dawn arrest of a man on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. The film documents the work of the lead detectives as they investigate and interview the suspect about his involvement in a plot to shoot a man. While driving to work, the victim was hit from behind by another vehicle. When he stepped out to inspect the damage he was shot in his leg by a close range sawn-off shotgun, sustaining life-threatening injuries. The police believe the case arises from a potential love triangle that has spiralled out of control. Detectives have 24 hours to gather enough evidence to charge or release him.

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  • Love Hurts
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    #2 - Love Hurts

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2014

    Police Constable Cheryldeen Liversidge and Police Constable Kat Alison investigate two strongly contrasting stories about harassment and domestic abuse. Domestic abuse takes up to 40% of police time nationally and is now a priority for Bedfordshire Police, having had a poor record in the past. A scorned wife has dumped an ex-partner's clothes in a charity shop, while another woman complains of a series of highly threatening messages from a man with a violent past. On the surface, two very different cases, but both officers turn the cases they are investigating into something of a crusade and are determined to get to the bottom of what really went on in the private relations between their suspects and the victims.

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  • The Confession Of A Paedophile
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    #3 - The Confession Of A Paedophile

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2014

    News spreads across the county about a suspected paedophile trying to abduct young children on their way home from school. Local press coverage has led to hundreds of calls from panicked parents to the police. With the culprit at large, cameras follow the Major Crime Unit as they lead the operation to arrest a third suspect following a nine-year-old girl's statement and an e-fit description. After two previous suspects have been released without charge, have they now got the right man? In the public protection unit, DC Annie Fowler and DC Selena Humphreys believe they have finally gathered enough evidence, including thousands of images and hundreds of videos of extreme child abuse, to ensure the suspect is remanded in prison pending a trial. Following his second arrest, he makes a frank and shocking confession. The detectives take this new information to the Crown Prosecution Service in the hope of preventing him from committing any more offences.

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  • The Drug Drop
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    #4 - The Drug Drop

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2014

    This episode opens with a young man accidentally dropping a large quantity of cocaine from his jacket pocket outside a petrol station - all caught on CCTV. On the case are hard-bitten Detective Constable Colin Knight and fresh-faced Police Constable Oly Tomlinson, who joined the team three months earlier. They get off to a promising start, tracking down the owner of the vehicle the passenger was travelling in. DC Knight brings in his chief suspect for questioning and discovers that, just like the man in the CCTV footage, he has a striking tattoo on the right side of his neck, but could it be a case of mistaken identity? Also brought in to the custody suite is Darren, a man arrested on suspicion of theft of meat from Marks & Spencer. As he is booked into custody it soon becomes apparent he is a heroin addict. Sympathetic Custody Sergeant Pete Fitz-Gibbon tries his best to persuade him to stay strong and get clean. Both cases provide a stark picture about the dark world of young people caught up in a cycle of drug addiction and crime in Luton and the challenges facing the police as they tackle it.

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  • The Morning After
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    #5 - The Morning After

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2014

    It's Saturday night in Luton, and Bedfordshire Police are dealing with drunken domestic disputes and a booze-fuelled fight. Police Constables Leanne Turner and Andy Parsons are sent out to investigate an alleged assault against a vulnerable and fragile 75-year-old man in a domestic dispute. The suspect is the man's private carer and has been living with him for the past seven years. When he made the 999 call, the elderly man alleged that he had been slapped in the head with an open palm. But when they arrive, PCs Leanne and Andy are confronted with a distressed victim who insists he does not want them to pursue the matter and who begs them to leave. At the police station, a Polish man arrested for a drunken row with his partner is admitted into custody. He's initially brought in for a 'breach of the peace' - to remove him from the situation and allow him to sober up and cool off - but things take an unexpectedly sinister turn when he whispers to the custody sergeant that he will kill his wife the following day.

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    #6 - Honour Thy Father

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2014

    A devout Muslim has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting his daughter with an iron, after she married a man he does not approve of. Bedfordshire Police have set up a dedicated `honour-based violence' unit at Luton, but the investigation falls to DC Rachel Chandler in CID. Will she succeed in finding the evidence before time runs out?

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  • The Crime Of The Century
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    #7 - The Crime Of The Century

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2014

    Drunken abuse, the theft of 98p's worth of fizzy drinks and the joyriding of a 45-seater bus are all in a day's work for acting sergeant Wil Taylor. Some can seem like a waste of police time, while others quickly become serious - such as the case of three sex workers who have been arrested during a raid on a local brothel. Are the women victims, possibly trafficked to the UK from Eastern Europe, or are they running the business and exploiting others? Last in the series

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    #8 - A Crime Of Passion

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2015

    Hardened detectives DS Hutton and DC Brecknock are shocked by an extraordinarily disturbing case of attempted murder in an ordinary terraced home

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  • A Short Sharp Shock
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    #9 - A Short Sharp Shock

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2015

    Two teenage girls are arrested after a fight broke out in a nightclub. And the police also arrest a 61-year-old man who's never spent a night in the cells before.

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  • Human Traffic
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    #10 - Human Traffic

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/2015

    This episode follows an investigation into suspected human trafficking. DC Tom Stean says 'Human trafficking is getting worse and worse. I think Luton is a magnet.'

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  • Punchdrunk Love
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    #11 - Punchdrunk Love

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2015

    This episode follows cases where alcohol and relationship tensions mix in a dangerous cocktail. Investigating Officer Lisa Hutchinson says nine out of ten cases can be of domestic violence.

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    #12 - Age Concern

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2015

    Several elderly people have been sexually assaulted in a graveyard. The police have a sample of an attacker's DNA from a previous crime scene, and arrest a young man. Will his DNA match?

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  • Frequent Flyers
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    #13 - Frequent Flyers

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/2015

    Cathie Layton and Brett Jones used to work together in the police, but now Brett's a legal rep, representing one of Luton's prolific burglars, with DC Layton on the other side of the table.

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  • Bad Blood
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    #14 - Bad Blood

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/27/2015

    The return of the documentary in which more than 60 cameras are used to follow the work of Bedfordshire Police, from the cells at stations to the operational heart of major investigations. A small town near Luton has been plagued with an outbreak of teen criminality, and DS Emma James and DC Cathie Layton pull a 22-hour shift to find the evidence against a young man accused of robbery and assault. He denies everything and paints himself as the victim. Will they uncover enough to charge, or will he be released?

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  • Guilty Little Secrets
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    #15 - Guilty Little Secrets

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 8/3/2015

    Bedfordshire Police must decide whether to charge two men arrested as part of a nationwide operation against people possessing and, in some cases, distributing indecent images of children online.

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  • Partners In Crime
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    #16 - Partners In Crime

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 8/10/2015

    DS Simon Hancock and DC Cathie Layton have 24 hours to interview two men who they suspect are behind a string of knife-point robberies. And neither man knows what the other's saying...

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    #17 - Mother's Day

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 8/17/2015

    The police release a young man who's been accused of a vicious assault when he gives his mother as an alibi. But when she fails to support his story they have to try to find him again...

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  • A Sixth Sense
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    #18 - A Sixth Sense

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 8/24/2015

    DC Cathie Layton investigates the case of a man who is alleged to have assaulted a taxi driver and stolen his keys. But her instinct tells her that all is not what it seems...

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    #19 - Human Cargo

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 4/20/2016

    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.

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  • To Catch A Paedophile
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    #20 - To Catch A Paedophile

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 4/27/2016

    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.

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  • Love Thy Neighbour
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    #21 - Love Thy Neighbour

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 5/5/2016

    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.

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  • One Punch
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    #22 - One Punch

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 5/12/2016

    Two lives change in a heartbeat after a single punch fells a man outside a nightclub. The blow kills the victim and the police arrest the attacker. Cameras follow every twist and turn as the police try to disentangle what really happened.

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  • The Black Balaclava
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    #23 - The Black Balaclava

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 5/19/2016

    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.

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  • Home Truths
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    #24 - Home Truths

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 5/26/2016

    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.

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  • The Lethal Weapon
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    #25 - The Lethal Weapon

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 6/2/2016

    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.

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