Crimewatch Caught
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Crimewatch Caught is set to reveal the inner workings of how detectives investigated and solved a range of complex crimes. Each episode will feature exclusive interviews with leading officers, alongside the crucial CCTV, forensic evidence and witness testimony that allowed them to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
15 episodes
E01
The Blackmailer and the Dark Web
Mon, Sep 30 2024 10:00 AM GMT+0000
28 min
How a blackmailer using the dark web to buy personal details so he can blackmail people is finally caught in his home in Mold. Plus the detailed police investigation that smashed a gang of thieves based in Swansea, Neath and Port Talbot.
E02
The Drugs, the Cash, the Cryptocurrency
Mon, Sep 30 2024 10:00 AM GMT+0000
28 min
How a determined police force took down the gang selling industrial amounts of cocaine and laundering their profits through multiple cryptocurrency accounts. Plus the solicitor stealing his clients money.
E03
The Huge Drugs Conspiracy
Mon, Sep 30 2024 10:00 AM GMT+0000
29 min
After a phone is left behind at the scene of a minor car crash in Cardiff, police go on to unravel a huge drugs conspiracy. Plus we go into the Crimewatch archives to see how the cold-hearted killer of Tati Rogers was eventually caught thanks to an elaborate double bluff set by the police in Wrexham.
E04
Students of Crime
Mon, Sep 30 2024 10:00 AM GMT+0000
29 min
The cat-and-mouse chase to bust a gang who enrolled at Swansea university in order to sell drugs to students. Plus a twisted case of revenge. Why did a man who was attacked with a machete in Cardiff refuse to cooperate with the police? When a shooting happens on the streets, detectives finally find a link, but, bizarrely, it takes a visit to the x-ray department of the local hospital to finally find the unusual hiding place for the gun.
E05
I Thought Mum Was Safe
Mon, Sep 30 2024 10:00 AM GMT+0000
29 min
When a man confesses that a woman is lying dead in his house, police must establish whether she died as a result of an accident or if she was murdered. And a look into the Crimewatch archives. Detectives and forensic experts describe how Pembrokeshire killer John Cooper was finally found guilty of murder, decades after he committed his crimes. Advances in forensic technology finally helped police crack these two infamous double murder cases.
E06
Cat and Mouse Chase
Tue, Oct 8 2024 11:00 AM GMT+0000
29 min
When a violent burglar ties up a homeowner in Dunfermline, it would take a team of dedicated officers two and half years before they could finally catch him. Plus how a body builder in Falkirk was selling lethal diet pills despite knowing they could be fatal.
E07
Victims of Slavery
Tue, Oct 8 2024 11:00 AM GMT+0000
29 min
Police dismantle an organised crime group using trafficked women in a network of brothels across Glasgow. And we delve into the Crimewatch archives to see how police caught the murderer of Suzanne Pilley.
E08
Thirty Years for Justice
Mon, Oct 21 2024 11:00 AM GMT+0000
E09
It Was a House of Horrors
Tue, Oct 22 2024 11:00 AM GMT+0000
E10
It's Too Late...
Wed, Oct 23 2024 11:00 AM GMT+0000
E11
Kilos of Gold
Fri, Oct 25 2024 11:00 AM GMT+0000
E12
The People Traffickers
Tue, Oct 29 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000
E13
They Call Me Tinderella
Thu, Oct 31 2024 12:00 PM GMT+0000
E14
Smuggled For Love
Mon, Nov 4 2024 9:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
E15
I've Just Sedated Him LOL
Tue, Nov 5 2024 9:30 AM GMT+0000
30 min
Season 2
10 episodes
E01
The Confession
Mon, Sep 29 2025 11:00 AM GMT+0000
E02
Catching a Monster
Mon, Sep 29 2025 11:00 AM GMT+0000
E03
Smoke and Mirrors
Mon, Sep 29 2025 11:00 AM GMT+0000
E04
Sparks Will Fly
Mon, Sep 29 2025 11:00 AM GMT+0000
E05
The Grey Tracksuit
Mon, Sep 29 2025 11:00 AM GMT+0000
E06
Never Forgotten
Mon, Oct 27 2025 12:00 PM GMT+0000
E07
The Heist
Tue, Oct 28 2025 12:00 PM GMT+0000
E08
Murdered in the Family
Thu, Oct 30 2025 12:00 PM GMT+0000
E09
Fatal Collision
Mon, Nov 3 2025 12:00 PM GMT+0000
E10
Extreme Measures
Wed, Nov 5 2025 12:00 PM GMT+0000