Special Ops: To Catch A Criminal (2025)

Season 1

A gritty factual series following the investigations of elite UK police units created to crack the toughest of cases.

Released Jan. 5, 2025 Episode 48 min None+

Keywords: imdb.criminal-gang, imdb.police-investigation, imdb.british-police, imdb.true-crime, imdb.police-detective

Production Companies: Red Sauce Productions

Network: U&Dave

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

IMDb

7.5

/17/

Trakt

/4/

TMDb

Sara Hardy
Director

Linda Adey
Narrator

S1E1 - Operation Inuit

The Thames Valley Major Crime Unit investigate a tragic murder on the eve of Valentine's Day - fuelled by jealousy, anger and pride, it's a tale of love gone wrong.

Jan. 5, 2025, midnight

S1E2 - Operation Zori

A gunfight in suburban Kent leaves a victim seriously wounded and sparks a frenetic high-pressure race to hunt down the perpetrators.

Jan. 12, 2025, midnight

S1E3 - Operation Earth

An RSPCA Special Ops team investigate an international criminal puppy farming operation, and Lancashire officers prosecute an owner for animal cruelty.

Jan. 19, 2025, midnight

S1E4 - Operation Harlequin

The Serious Fraud Office go undercover to investigate a suspect holiday home company offering exclusive residences in the sun-drenched Caribbean.

Jan. 26, 2025, midnight

S1E5 - Operation Checkroom

Counter Terrorism Policing foil an extremist Islamist terror plot, and the CPS Special Crime Unit bring those responsible for a fatal crash on the M62 to justice.

Feb. 2, 2025, midnight

S1E6 - Operation Napoleon

Manchester police take down a gang of teen car thieves while the Serious Fraud Office unravels a 400-million-pound global fraud in the steel industry.

Feb. 9, 2025, midnight

U&Dave

48 min/ep

636 min

Jan. 5, 2025

Nov. 2, 2025, midnight

Returning Series