About this season
The Force is an honest and revealing look at the pressures of modern policing and the complex issues front line emergency response officers face. With unparalleled access to the 999 response team, police control room and to specialist units like road traffic, dogs, and firearms each episode paints a picture of crime in the force area, including the North East, Essex and Manchester.
Episodes (10)
1. North East: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Aired 9 July 2017 • 45 min
The documentary returns to focus on policing in the north-east of England. Officers race to a stabbing outside a pub in Newcastle and there is a raid on a cannabis farm.
2. North East: Snakes, Lives And Videotape
Aired 16 July 2017 • 45 min
An emergency dash results in a serious collision between the police van and a taxi. Plus, officers race to save a man threatening to kill himself.
3. North East: Road To Oblivion
Aired 23 July 2017 • 45 min
A high-speed car chase takes a dark turn when officers search the fugitive's abandoned vehicle. Plus, a fight in a bar gets out of hand.
4. North East: The Same Old Faces
Aired 30 July 2017 • 45 min
A burglar is arrested twice within days, a helicopter is used to find a woman heard screaming in a park, and an argument over cigarettes turns nasty.
5. North East: Toon Raiders
Aired 6 August 2017 • 45 min
Police hunt a man wanted for domestic violence. Plus, a tip-off leads to a drugs raid and an uninsured driver gives officers the runaround.
6. North East: Hidden Truths
Aired 13 August 2017 • 45 min
A call-out to a stabbing proves far from what it seems, while officers are left baffled when a suspected drink driver passes a breathalyser test.
7. North East: Dog Days
Aired 20 August 2017 • 45 min
The dog unit deals with a man who has barricaded himself in his house with his Rottweiler, while a woman thought to have overdosed disappears.
8. North East: Substance And Abuse
Aired 27 August 2017 • 45 min
A trail of blood leaves officers puzzled, a man high on drink and drugs launches a tirade of abuse and a domestic fight leads to an arrest.
9. North East: Behind Closed Doors
Aired 3 September 2017 • 45 min
Northumbria Police answer a flood of 999 calls, while officers raid a property they suspect is being used by men to exploit young girls.
10. North East: Mortal
Aired 10 September 2017 • 45 min
There's a tense stand-off as officers try to talk down a man brandishing a samurai sword. The cells fill up during a busy Saturday night in Newcastle. English