Special Ops: Crime Squad UK
Special Ops: Crime Squad UK is a documentary on Dave. A never-before-seen look into the real-life criminal investigations of the UK's most talented sleuths. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 18 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in April 2025.
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Special police task forces tackle a brutal stabbing of a 16-year-old boy in Preston two days before Christmas, and Northamptonshire police target a drug-dealing gang on an estate.
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1:00:00Britain's most talented detectives tackle a dangerous arsonist in Bristol, a drug smuggling operation in Manchester, and a family committing shocking animal cruelty in Cheshire.
1:00:00Special police task forces tackle a hit-and-run in Lancashire which turns out to be a deliberate attack on a single mum, and they also tackle a drug-dealing family dynasty in Bury.
Series 1
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1:00:00Surrey police investigate a drug-dealing gang, farmers in Northamptonshire are targeted by a gang in the countryside, and a crime squad in Kent investigate residential burglaries.
1:00:00Special police task forces tackle violent drug dealers in Gloucestershire, a fraudster in London, and a cruel gang making money illegally trading over two hundred wild birds from a pub.
1:00:00Britain's most talented detectives uncover human trafficking in Bristol, hunt the leader of a county lines gang in Surrey, and trawl through hours of CCTV to stop a vaccine fraudster in London.
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Britain's most talented detectives pursue a violent drug gang in Gloucester, an aggressive mugger in sleepy Kent, and a gang of men stealing Britain's history in Cheshire.
1:00:00Britain's most talented detectives pursue two gunmen killers in Northamptonshire, distraction burglars in sleepy Kent, and a multi-million-pound footwear scam in Manchester.
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1:00:00A mysterious series of vehicle fires break out across Bristol as fire crews battle 40 blazes - elsewhere, police in Durham examine a dangerous flat fire.
1:00:00Gwent Police stumble upon a multi-million-pound drug operation which takes an unexpected turn when detectives unravel a cryptocurrency money laundering scheme.
1:00:00Gwent Police tackle the deadly impact of drugs on their community by taking down a violent gang in Newport and hunting down an addicted armed robber.
1:00:00When Lancashire cops get a call about a crypto heist worth a staggering 100 million pounds, detectives unravel a bizarre bitcoin conspiracy by a bunch of bungling amateurs.
1:00:00Raw footage and powerful police testimony reveals the tragic reality of policing our roads and a ground-breaking investigation into the Body in the River murder.
1:00:00Follow Lancashire Police's Major Investigation Team as they run a murder case where forensics, digital data, and good old-fashioned police work help solve a brutal killing.
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The National Crime Agency take on a people-trafficking group while Surrey and City of London Police hunt down exploitative romance fraudsters.
1:00:00A Surrey police response unit is called to a stabbing incident at a teen house party in a captivating insight into teamwork, tactics and compassion.
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1:00:00The National Crime Agency - Britain's answer to the FBI - tackle a people-smuggling ring, a Ghanaian cocaine smuggling operation, and organised online romance fraud.
1:00:00Police in Surrey are on the case of a violent gang who steal millions of pounds worth of jewellery, and Avon and Somerset police tackle guns being sent through the post from Miami.