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  • 2011-04-18T00:00:00Z
  • 45m
  • 7h 30m (10 episodes)
  • Documentary
Specially trained to deal with difficult and dangerous situations, the Operational Support Unit are on call 24 hours a day. We follow the OSU as they raid cannabis farms, look for victims of a serial killer, hunt down the men who kill wild animals for sport and capture an armed and dangerous man on a four day crime spree.

10 episodes

Series Premiere

2011-04-18T00:00:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2011-04-18T00:00:00Z45m

Cameras follow members of the police's Operational Support Units - officers specially trained to deal with difficult and dangerous situations. In the first edition, the Lincolnshire firearms unit faces a man on the rampage with a meat cleaver, while a Sussex team digs for the murder victims of serial killer Peter Tobin.

2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z45m

West Yorkshire's helicopter unit joins the hunt for an armed man, Kent's search team trawls through a bloody crime scene for potential evidence, and drug dealers receive an early wake up call.

2011-05-02T00:00:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 2011-05-02T00:00:00Z45m

Lincolnshire's Operational Support Unit raids a suspected heroin dealer's home, Cumbrian police try to control warring soccer fans, and officers chase car thieves in West Yorkshire.

2011-05-09T00:00:00Z

1x04 Episode 4

1x04 Episode 4

  • 2011-05-09T00:00:00Z45m

A search team in Lincolnshire hunts for a missing doctor, and suspected armed robbers are taken in for questioning in West Yorkshire.

2011-05-16T00:00:00Z

1x05 Episode 5

1x05 Episode 5

  • 2011-05-16T00:00:00Z45m

A rave organiser becomes the target of the Operational Support Unit, and gangs of rival football supporters threaten to breach the peace.

2011-05-23T00:00:00Z

1x06 Episode 6

1x06 Episode 6

  • 2011-05-23T00:00:00Z45m

The North Yorkshire team find more than they bargained for while searching for a stolen tractor, and the specialist search team in Sussex discover a car that may have a body in it.

2011-05-30T00:00:00Z

1x07 Episode 7

1x07 Episode 7

  • 2011-05-30T00:00:00Z45m

A dive team in Sussex tries to find a missing man's body, and West Yorkshire's automated number plate recognition system catches a taxi driver dealing drugs from his car.

2011-06-06T00:00:00Z

1x08 Episode 8

1x08 Episode 8

  • 2011-06-06T00:00:00Z45m

A firearms team hunts down a dangerous man who attacked two elderly women in Leeds, and officers discover a cannabis farm worth £150,000.

2011-06-13T00:00:00Z

1x09 Episode 9

1x09 Episode 9

  • 2011-06-13T00:00:00Z45m

Lincolnshire's dog team finds a huge haul of drugs in a domestic garden, and in North Yorkshire a search for stolen bikes uncovers an arsenal of weapons instead.

2011-06-20T00:00:00Z

1x10 Episode 10

1x10 Episode 10

  • 2011-06-20T00:00:00Z45m

West Yorkshire police must keep the peace when a demonstration by the far right English Defence League becomes violent.

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