Police Interceptors — Season 25

Aired 12 January 2026 • 45 min

This high-octane episode begins with an epic battle to put the brakes on a dangerous disqualified driver who leads Northamptonshire's Interceptors on a gruelling 20-minute pursuit.

Aired 19 January 2026 • 45 min

Rob and Charlie track down a Mitsubishi reportedly being driven dangerously, but within seconds the driver hits the accelerator and speeds through villages at 80mph, eventually taking the pursuit down a treacherous country track. Callum faces a race against time to help an off-duty colleague who has been headbutted and punched while grappling to detain a violent suspected shoplifter in a supermarket

Aired 26 January 2026 • 45 min

Officers are called to a busy town centre bar where a man who had been thrown out by bouncers has been putting his boot into the windows and shattered four of them. Harrison is rammed twice by a 4x4 at a fast-food drive-through, with the driver running off across a busy dual carriageway, risking his life to avoid capture.

Aired 23 March 2026 • 45 min

When a cloned car being tracked by officers stops, a gang of masked men get out. Some are armed with saws, and intel suggests they're in town to rob a cannabis factory. With no available support from the Firearms squad, a pair from Roads Police approach with extreme caution. Out on the roads, a van driver flees the scene of a crash and hides in the dark. A little detective work and a thermal imaging sweep later and the cops have two men in cuffs. The question is, can they prove if either was driving at the time of the accident? Another suspect is reined in the old-fashioned way, when police dog Blue sniffs out a driver who gave traffic cops the slip.

Aired 4 May 2026 • 45 min

The firearms squad responds to reports of a gang armed with machetes trying to break into a house and one officer ends up on the roof as the officers try to locate the suspects. On the roads, the pursuit of a stolen motorbike reaches an unsatisfactory conclusion when the rider nips down an alleyway to freedom, but when Callum uses a tracker to locate a second stolen bike, it's parked right next to the one that got away.

Aired 11 May 2026 • 45 min

Officers take part in a high-speed pursuit of a suspected drink driver who tries to ram the interceptors off the road. With the chase hurtling towards Northampton town centre, packed with late-night revellers, the runaway takes one risk too many, jumps a red light, crashes and comes to a halt. Callum and Chris chase after a gang from London suspected to have raided a rival's cannabis farm, while Harrison and Tanya catch a repeat disqualified motorist up to his old tricks again, resulting in him being sent back to prison.

Aired 18 May 2026 • 45 min

Officers pursue a car on the M1 that is veering across lanes, flashing other motorists and pushing the speed to 115 mph, with advanced driver Scott getting rammed twice by the reckless fugitive. Meanwhile, three dogs are put through their paces in training, with cocker spaniel Socks and handler Lucy putting their training to use in a real-life operation when a man accused of selling drugs to students is stopped and his car searched

Aired 25 May 2026 • 45 min

Reports of a break-in spark a pursuit of a vehicle, ending in a dramatic dog-led search as police canine Peggy quickly tracks down the driver, who fails a cocaine drug wipe. Elsewhere, burglars strike in the worst possible place, stolen vehicles are chased across counties in snow and storms, and officers deal with everything from cargo thefts to a fallen tree blocking the road.

Aired 1 June 2026 • 45 min

An accident on the A43 turns into a far bigger accident waiting to happen when a lorry driver makes a wrong turn onto the other carriageway, motoring straight towards oncoming traffic as cops tend to the wounded. Elsewhere, officers pursue a Mini reported stolen that failed to stop for blue lights and following a multi-car pursuit, they finally get their hands on the occupants, who turn out to be a 15-year-old driver and 13-year-old passenger.

Aired 8 June 2026 • 45 min

In Kettering town centre, CCTV team observe a man on the street drinking alcohol with his friends before driving off. When the suspect floors it, a high-speed cross-county pursuit ensues, led by advanced driver Sandra in the Volvo XC60. Lucy and police dog Bryn are called to track down some men suspected of stealing goods from lorry curtain-sides, and the canine's super-sensitive nose quickly tracks them across a dual carriageway into a field of nettles.

Aired 15 June 2026 • 45 min

Officer from roads policing, firearms and the dog section unite to stop a high-performance getaway car reportedly being used by a burglary gang. Locating their target on the M6, the undercover team strikes from the shadows with a tactic known as the 'crucifix box'. In Rothwell, Harrison and Lloyd have a baffling encounter with a man who seems to have many names, while Tony rolls his sleeves up to push a seized motor off the road.