Caught Red Handed - Season 8

Dominic Littlewood returns to reveal more of the innovative methods that police officers and members of the public are using to catch criminals in the act. A neighbourly dispute gets out of hand, a shop worker fears for his life when two violent men burst in, and a thief goes into a pet shop and steals a puppy.

Two burglars break into a house but get more than they bargain for. A man steals a computer tablet but gets rumbled by a pawnbroker, and a robber suffers a wardrobe malfunction.

A series of robberies in Bradford spread fear through the city. Meanwhile, a shopkeeper fights back when an armed gunman enters his store.

How a pair of fake registration plates on a getaway car helped a detective to solve a series of robberies. Plus, footage of a supermarket cashier standing up to armed robbers.

Dominic Littlewood reveals how the police and the public are using CCTV evidence and technology to catch criminals in the act. Here, a shop owner, recently burgled, is convinced she knows the thief's identity - but now she has to prove it. Plus, RSPCA investigators are called upon to assist when pet rabbits are seen being thrown into a hedge.

Two shop owners are subjected to a torrent of racist abuse by drunken men, and a pub landlord's son rushes into the premises when the burglar alarm goes off.

Dominic Littlewood presents the stories of a student who intervened to stop a thief getting away and a crook who stole a large TV, but only brought a small getaway car.

A TV journalist investigates a crime story very close to home, when he suspects a carer is stealing from his own mother. Presented by Dominic Littlewood.

The stories of a couple of mechanics who saved the day when a thief followed an elderly man into his home and an intruder caught CCTV sneaking over a blind man's garden wall.

The burglar who found he had taken on a whole posse of local crime-busting shopkeepers. Plus, the thief whose distinctive pair of trousers proved to be his undoing.

A blind busker is robbed of his day's takings, a hotel receptionist puts an armed robber in his place, and a helpful neighbour gives police a live commentary on a break-in.

A medical student turns detective to track down the driver who has left him for dead in a hit and run. Also a sweet-toothed burglar is tempted by a slab of fudge. And a wildlife camera catches some unusual nocturnal activity – burglars!

A window cleaner is in the frame when money goes missing from an elderly woman with dementia. Also, a bleary eyed burglar falls asleep at the scene of his crime, and a pub landlord catches a rogue traffic warden pocketing his valid parking ticket.

A retiree is duped on his own doorstep by a master scammer. Also, a shopkeeper grapples a gun from the hands of an armed robber. And a fraudster slips up when he tries to claim compensation after a fall.

A taxi driver is held at knifepoint and an elderly woman is carjacked by the same man, but a tenacious detective is on his trail. And a young man supporting the hospice where his mum spent her last days is horrified when a thief steals one of their charity tins.

A jeweller refuses to budge even though he's looking down the barrel of a gun, a break-in at a theatre means the opening night is in jeopardy, and a pair of pet pilferers steal a tortoise from a zoo.

Detectives follow a trail of blood that leads to an elusive thief, and fraudsters con their victims out of thousands in a home improvement scam.

A PCSO takes down a prolific thief after a dramatic bicycle pursuit, and a detective in Wales ends the 15-year crime campaign of two old school burglars.

A mum fears for her life as two men armed with an axe make their way towards her room, and a burglar suffers a sartorial slip-up when his clothes are recognised by police.

Determined sisters set up a camera to uncover who is stealing from their Gran, burglars leave clues amidst the chaos caused when they ransack a jewellers, and a trio of fly-tippers dump themselves right in it.