Frontline Fightback - Season 2

First aired: 6/27/2022 10 episodes

How smart tech is being used to identify and apprehend criminals.

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Episodes

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

Aired: 6/27/2022

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.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

Aired: 6/28/2022

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.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

Aired: 6/29/2022

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.

Episode 4

4. Episode 4

Aired: 6/30/2022

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.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

Aired: 7/1/2022

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.

Episode 6

6. Episode 6

Aired: 7/4/2022

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.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

Aired: 7/5/2022

Thousands of criminals – including burglars, robbers and thieves – are being fitted with electronic GPS tags in a bid to stop them reoffending.

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

Aired: 7/6/2022

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.

Episode 9

9. Episode 9

Aired: 7/7/2022

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.

Episode 10

10. Episode 10

Aired: 7/8/2022

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.