Special Ops: To Catch a Criminal

Special Ops: To Catch a Criminal (2025- )

RunningDocumentary showCrime

Gritty factual series revealing the work of elite police forces across the UK.

Formerly titled Special Ops: Crime Squad UK, this behind-the-scenes docu-series follows the investigative work of a variety of specialist units within UK police forces created to crack the toughest of cases. From cyber heists, romance fraud and people trafficking to drugs rings and murder.

The series boasts unique access to the highest-level detective techniques used to tackle crimes where ordinary policing has failed to make progress. This gritty but intelligent series reveals the workings of police operative units made up of the most elite detectives in the country.

Filming with numerous task forces across the country, Special Ops: To Catch a Criminal reveals the real, lived experience of the police officers involved, through exclusive interviews, archive, CCTV and body cam footage.

Network
Scheduleevery Sunday

Last Episode

Operation Mantle 2
Season 2Episode 3

Operation Mantle 2

After Wiltshire Police start to investigate the tragic death of a 71 year old woman at a retreat advocating alternative therapy, suspicion immediately falls on the self-proclaimed practitioner in charge. He considers himself a Godlike figure who can cure all ailments and disease - despite having no medical knowledge. He urges his devotees to discard Western Medicine to adopt instead an ancient Chinese therapy known as Paida Lajin, or Slapping Therapy. His victim had suffered from serious Type 1 diabetes stopped taking her meds whilst at his retreat.

Apr. 13, 2025

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S02E03Operation Mantle 2Apr. 13, 2025
S02E02Operation GhoulApr. 13, 2025
S02E01Operation SafeguardApr. 13, 2025
S01E06Operation NapoleonJan. 5, 2025
S01E05Operation CheckroomJan. 5, 2025
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