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Thief Trackers

Season 2 2016

  • 2016-10-03T10:45:00Z on BBC One
  • 30m
  • 5h (10 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Thief Trackers tells the story of what becomes of everyday possessions when they are stolen, and how police and members of the public use cutting-edge technology to fight back.

10 episodes

Season Premiere

2016-10-03T10:45:00Z

2x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

2x01 Episode 1

  • 2016-10-03T10:45:00Z30m

Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team use GPS technology to trace a criminal who steals a tablet computer. A pub landlord in Bristol tracks the criminals who try to steal his caravan and a young woman turns detective to find her stolen phone.

2016-10-04T10:45:00Z

2x02 Episode 2

2x02 Episode 2

  • 2016-10-04T10:45:00Z30m

Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team uses GPS technology to follow a criminal who steals a camera and passes it to an accomplice. Casualty actor Tom Chambers's much-loved motorbike is stolen, but will tracking technology help find it? And in the market town of Ludlow, a thief leaves a very distinctive footprint.

2016-10-05T10:45:00Z

2x03 Episode 3

2x03 Episode 3

  • 2016-10-05T10:45:00Z30m

Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team uses GPS technology to track a gang who have stolen a bike and confront one of them to see if he will own up. The Metropolitan Police's Super Recogniser squad use their special skills to track down a prolific shoplifter. In Coventry, one woman and her son are left traumatised when their car is stolen in a violent carjacking, but the criminals are traced by the police through footage from a camera hidden in the car.

2016-10-06T10:45:00Z

2x04 Episode 4

2x04 Episode 4

  • 2016-10-06T10:45:00Z30m

Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team uses GPS technology to follow a criminal who breaks into a car in broad daylight to steal a laptop computer. The National Police Air Service get help tracking down some crooks from school children, and one man is shocked to find out that his motorbike has been built by criminals using stolen parts.

2016-10-07T10:45:00Z

2x05 Episode 5

2x05 Episode 5

  • 2016-10-07T10:45:00Z30m

Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team uses GPS technology to follow people stealing from outside charity shops. There's a race across Europe to track down a stolen telehandler, and in Reading the police are surprised to find that the man who has broken into a stranger's home could be placed at the crime scene by his own electronic tag.

2016-10-10T10:45:00Z

2x06 Episode 6

2x06 Episode 6

  • 2016-10-10T10:45:00Z30m

Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team use GPS technology to follow a criminal who steals a computer from a table outside a cafe, but are they in danger as they are drawn into the back alleys of London's Soho? In Newcastle, two colleagues track down their stolen bags and confront the thief thanks to a phone app. While in London, a man gets his high-powered motorbike back thanks to tracking technology.

2016-10-11T10:45:00Z

2x07 Episode 7

2x07 Episode 7

  • 2016-10-11T10:45:00Z30m

Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team use GPS technology to follow criminals as they snatch a purse from a young woman outside a cafe and track them to east London. In Harlow in Essex, a little girl is left devastated when her puppy is stolen, but through enlisting the help of strangers on social media, she manages to track her down.

2016-10-12T10:45:00Z

2x08 Episode 8

2x08 Episode 8

  • 2016-10-12T10:45:00Z30m

Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team use GPS technology to follow a man who steals a tablet computer, and they track him over a thousand miles to Warsaw and back, eventually catching up with him at a London airport. In Bath, a man gets his much-loved Land Rover returned after a police chase that took them to the Welsh border. And a traffic management company are glad that they fitted trackers to their vans when one of them gets stolen.

2016-10-13T10:45:00Z

2x09 Episode 9

2x09 Episode 9

  • 2016-10-13T10:45:00Z30m

Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team use GPS technology to follow two crooks who steal a woman's bag, tracking them through busy London streets. Technology is used to help the police catch and convict criminals who steal from shops in Malvern, and in Swindon, a police dog tracks a crook who was responsible for a series of break-ins.

2016-10-14T10:45:00Z

2x10 Episode 10

2x10 Episode 10

  • 2016-10-14T10:45:00Z30m

Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team spent months following criminals as they stole bikes, laptops, purses and cameras, tracing them through the use of GPS technology. This programme, the last of the series, goes back and shows just how brazen the thieves can be, and how they make their escape.

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