Frontline Fightback — Season 2
How smart tech is being used to identify and apprehend criminals.
About this season
How smart tech is being used to identify and apprehend criminals.
Episodes (10)
1. Episode 1
Aired 27 June 2022 • 43 min
Young mum Courtney Slater is dragged screaming from her car at knifepoint in a terrifying early evening robbery. Courtney uses a mobile phone app to help police trace the robbers.
2. Episode 2
Aired 28 June 2022 • 43 min
An experienced burglar thinks he’s outwitted the police by putting on a pair of washing-up gloves to avoid leaving fingerprints. But he’s quickly identified and sent to jail.
3. Episode 3
Aired 29 June 2022 • 43 min
Detectives in Hull go to great lengths to build up a digital trail of evidence that leads to two moped muggers who robbed an 85-year-old woman on her way home from church.
4. Episode 4
Aired 30 June 2022 • 43 min
A Neighbourhood Watch group gathers evidence to help police identify burglars. Criminologist Dr Emmeline Taylor says groups like this can be a vital tool to help fight crime.
5. Episode 5
Aired 1 July 2022 • 43 min
Bystander Nadine Wood suffered life-changing injuries after a two-car collision. Thanks to dashcam footage captured at the scene, the dangerous driver is soon brought to justice.
6. Episode 6
Aired 4 July 2022 • 43 min
Shopkeepers in Clacton-on-Sea take a stand against a would-be robber hiding behind a Covid face mask. Police in Telford hunt down a serial arsonist who set fire to five cars.
7. Episode 7
Aired 5 July 2022 • 43 min
Thousands of criminals – including burglars, robbers and thieves – are being fitted with electronic GPS tags in a bid to stop them reoffending.
8. Episode 8
Aired 6 July 2022 • 43 min
Police close in on a robbery gang targeting people who buy and sell goods on Facebook Marketplace. The gang is caught thanks to data captured by their electronic curfew tags.
9. Episode 9
Aired 7 July 2022 • 43 min
Investigators use forensic and digital search techniques to uncover the truth about a massive gas explosion, and a mum turns to social media after her son’s motorbike is stolen.
10. Episode 10
Aired 8 July 2022 • 44 min
An ex-boyfriend throws acid into a young woman’s face and uses a series of disguises to avoid being caught, but number plate recognition cameras help prove he is her attacker.