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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!

Best episode
S10E1 Two Wrongs
8.449 votes
Worst episode
S7E7 Lost In Translation
6.320 votes
Top season
Season 10
8.3avg
Binge time
1d 21h
60 episodes
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    24 Hours in Police Custody Season 10 Episode 1 - Two Wrongs
    8.4/10(49 votes)

    S10:E1

    Bedfordshire Police investigate a possible break-in and a devastating high-speed car chase, navigating the rights and wrongs of people taking the law into their own hands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 8 Episode 5 - The Detective & The Surgeon
    8.2/10(67 votes)

    S8:E5

    The cameras follow an engrossing and surprising real-life investigation into a reported burglary of antiques worth a quarter of a million pounds from a country estate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 6 Episode 1 - Sex & Corruption
    8.1/10(71 votes)

    S6:E1

    Cameras follow all the twists and turns of the major investigation into an allegation of police corruption, as detectives track down, arrest and then charge a fellow officer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 10 Episode 2 - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
    8.1/10(41 votes)

    S10:E2

    Bedfordshire Police race to rescue a missing 15-year-old girl after receiving intelligence that a 20-year old man is holding her captive at his flat in Luton. She isn't his only victim, the suspect has targeted a large number of other underage girls.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 9 Episode 4 - The Horror House (Part Two)
    8.0/10(51 votes)

    S9:E4

    In the gripping conclusion to this two-part special, the victims of historic child sex abuse come forward to try and finally get justice, and prevent the suspect from walking free for the ninth time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 9 Episode 3 - The Horror House (Part One)
    8.0/10(49 votes)

    S9:E3

    A lone detective is on the trail of a Luton man who sexually abused scores of young people, in what becomes a very complex and disturbing pursuit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 9 Episode 2 - Chicken Shop Wars
    8.0/10(47 votes)

    S9:E2

    A violent daytime brawl with knives erupts on the streets of Luton as chicken hop war heats up. The case then takes a disturbing twist when a police raid lands a huge cache of drugs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 8 Episode 3 - Knifed
    8.0/10(37 votes)

    S8:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 9 Episode 1 - Wanted
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    S9:E1

    Police officers search for a man in Luton who disguises himself as a delivery driver to force his way into people's homes and commit brutal assaults. However, when the police investigation fails to make headway, the family of one of the victims launch a campaign for information on social media - which increases the likelihood of the criminal seeing he is at risk of discovery and going to ground.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 7 Episode 1 - Body In The Grass
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    S7:E1

    A woman's body is found in overgrown grassland. When detectives inform her partner of her death, his behaviour marks him out as a chief suspect.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 4 Episode 8 - In Plain Sight
    7.9/10(24 votes)

    S4:E8

    During Luton's annual carnival a man seizes the opportunity to enter a house and sexually assault two young children. Bedfordshire Police scan thousands of hours of CCTV footage in the hunt for him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 6 Episode 4 - Shallow Grave
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    S6:E4

    Police search in a Luton garden for the body of a woman who disappeared in 2003, as they turn up the heat on suspects in a case that's puzzled them for years.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 4 Episode 4 - One Punch
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    S4:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 7 Episode 2 - The Kane Line
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    S7:E2

    The real-life crime series has unprecedented access to a covert surveillance operation, which culminates in 10 simultaneous armed dawn raids against organised crime gangs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 7 Episode 8 - Living Amongst Us
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    S7:E8

    Bedfordshire Police have to confront the issues thrown up by a surge in the number of crimes related to the sexual exploitation and grooming of children by paedophiles. A man is lured to what he believes is a meeting with a 13-year-old girl, but is caught in a sting operation by so-called 'paedophile hunters'. A few days later, the case takes a surprising twist when police are called to a roadside where a pensioner is found badly beaten and suffering a bleed on the brain.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 6 Episode 2 - Car Attack
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    S6:E2

    Bedfordshire Police are called to Dunstable Town Centre, where a man has driven a car into a group of revellers outside a kebab shop before fleeing on foot. With a suspect on the loose, cameras follow every twist and turn of the investigation.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 8 Episode 2 - Family Secrets
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    S8:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
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  18. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 1 Episode 1 - The Conspiracy to Murder
    7.6/10(74 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 7 Episode 3 - A Knife through The Heart
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    S7:E3

    A man lies dying in the street from a stab wound to his heart. A friend at the scene is desperate to find out if he will survive but it is now a crime scene and he is not allowed to see the victim.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 2 Episode 1 - A Crime Of Passion
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
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  21. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 1 Episode 3 - The Confession Of A Paedophile
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 8 Episode 6 - Sudden Death: Think Murder
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    S8:E6

    Detectives investigate the sudden death of a 48-year-old woman in Cambridgeshire, and the hunt for clues takes the investigation right across Europe as cameras follow every twist and turn in the investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 8 Episode 1 - Predators
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    S8:E1

    Detectives hunt for two rapists. They race to stop a recent offender from striking again. And can new cutting-edge forensic techniques help them catch a rapist who has evaded justice for 10 years?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 5 Episode 5 - The Golden Bracelet
    7.4/10(25 votes)

    S5:E5

    Bedfordshire Police are particularly busy. A care worker denies stealing a gold bracelet, a man denies being involved in a stabbing, and a suspect is questioned about an assault.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. 24 Hours in Police Custody Season 2 Episode 4 - Punchdrunk Love
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Two Wrongs" is the best rated episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody. It scored 8.4/10 from 49 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on November 28, 2022. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Detective & The Surgeon".

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