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Criminals: Caught on Camera
Overview
UK is the most surveilled place in the world. It is home to more than 6 million CCTV cameras -- about 1 for every 14 people -- that operate 24/7 and generate more than 1 billion hours of video every week. Crime reporter Nick Wallis tells us how UK police uses this vast surveillance network for active crime prevention as well as tracking down outlaws.
Status
Returning Series
Network
5 (Online)
Seasons & Episodes
Season 2
Host Nick Wallis returns to reveal how surveillance cameras help London law enforcement and show more of the shocking crime video they’ve captured.
Episodes
Gangs & Guns
Host Nick Wallis reveals some of the street crime captured by London's 400,000 CCTV cameras: fights, robberies, drug crimes and a massive gun rampage.
Shops & Robbers
The show examines the staggering rise in retail crime -- both shoplifting and violence against employees -- and how CCTV cameras make a difference.
Car Thieves & Thugs
In one year alone, more than a million crimes were committed on London area roads. Fortunately, CCTV cameras help bring those responsible to justice.
Armed & Dangerous
Host Nick Wallis visits CCTV centers that work to control the rising tide in personal violence by gun-toting or knife-wielding suspects.
Streets of Rage
A residents' neighborhood watch group turns up the heat on criminals, while CCTV cameras capture a gang invading a housing estate.
Burglars & Break-ins
Nick Wallis reveals how police increasingly turn to CCTV to enforce the law and fight crime, and shares videos of criminals caught in the act.
Assault and Robbery
CCTV cameras catch alcohol-fueled violence in progress, as an operator tracks a perpetrator through the streets and a man is stomped in a fight.
Muggings & Mayhem
Rescue helicopter India99 saves three women from drowning and helps police on the ground track a band of graffiti artists, all of it caught on camera.
Top Cast
Nick Wallis
Himself
