Defenders: Busting the Bad Guys

  • Premiered: Nov 2018
  • Episodes: 65
  • Followers: 1
  • Running
  • BBC One
  • Monday at 10
  • Crime Documentary

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Season 5
5x1
Episode 1
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Jan 23, 2023
An 80-year-old woman is bombarded with scam mail and tricked into handing over an estimated £50,000. Her daughter is so outraged that she starts a campaign to ensure no-one else gets caught by scams like this.
5x2
Episode 2
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Jan 24, 2023
Trading Standards team up with Ed Sheeran's manager to take on the ticket touts making millions of pounds at the expense of ordinary music fans. Their e-crime team discovers one case in .. show full overview
5x3
Episode 3
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Jan 25, 2023
DVSA inspectors investigate the cause of a horrific crash in which an HGV careered out of control, smashing through a motorway central reservation and killing two people. The HGV is .. show full overview
5x4
Episode 4
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Jan 26, 2023
The Civil Aviation Authority catches a fraudster who lied to get a job as a captain with one of the UK's largest airlines. After looking into his background, they discover his deception when he accidentally plunges an aircraft into darkness.
5x5
Episode 5
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Jan 27, 2023
Hundreds of pensioners are left stranded after booking a five-day holiday in Torquay. They only discover they've been conned when the coaches that are supposed to pick them up don't .. show full overview
5x6
Episode 6
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Jan 30, 2023
A seven-year-old boy suffers a fatal electric shock during a family visit to their local pub. Investigators discover a catalogue of electrical faults, including 12 defects that were an .. show full overview
5x7
Episode 7
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Jan 31, 2023
An investigation into an £800,000 home improvement scam reveals that fraudsters are using a kitchen extension built by someone else as a fake show home and posting fake reviews on their .. show full overview
5x8
Episode 8
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Feb 01, 2023
A secret surveillance operation uncovers a shocking case of human trafficking and modern slavery. Scores of young men and women are being kept as prisoners and forced into unpaid labour, working for nothing at a car wash in Bristol.
5x9
Episode 9
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Feb 02, 2023
Enforcement officers investigate the death of a worker at one of the UK's largest recycling plants. They seize more than 300 hours' worth of CCTV footage that shows dangerous work .. show full overview
5x10
Episode 10
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Feb 03, 2023
Investigators crack down on companies deliberately bombarding the elderly with marketing phone calls and pressuring them into taking out insurance policies and setting up direct debits. .. show full overview

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