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The landmark documentary series that captures real life drama at its most intense, following police detectives around the clock as they investigate major crimes.
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Checked Sep 3, 2026
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The landmark documentary series that captures real life drama at its most intense, following police detectives around the clock as they investigate major crimes.
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Episode 1
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.
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Episode 2
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.
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Episode 3
A man lies dead in a Peterborough park. The position of his body raises intense suspicions but rigor mortis has set in and the trail of evidence is going cold. Detectives are called in to investigate.
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Episode 4
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.
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Episode 5
The police search for a couple who they believe have exploited a young, vulnerable woman by taking over her flat to use it as a drugs base.
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Episode 6
A woman has reported to Bedfordshire police that she is living in fear because she believes a man who she once regarded as a friend has begun to stalk her, and officers are sent to arrest him. Cameras follow the complainant and the prime suspect as they argue over whether he has crossed a line and what was once friendship has now turned into an unhealthy obsession.
Where to watch 24 Hours in Police CustodyEpisode information updated Sep 3, 2026
Royce PierresonSelf - Narrator (voice)
Zawe AshtonSelf - Narrator (voice)
Channel 4United Kingdom
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