999: What's Your Emergency?

Northamptonshire police deal with the fallout from the hidden housing crisis of shared accommodation, from a row about unpaid rent to the suspected theft of someone's chicken Kiev.

In South Yorkshire, a mother asks police to take her 15-year-old into custody as officers confront several painful cases of the fast-growing crime of child-on-parent abuse.

Revealing the realities of policing home drinking. A family gathering spills into the street and gets out of control and elsewhere, an ambulance crew are in danger at a house party.

A look at the challenges South Yorkshire Police face with time-wasting 999 calls and also with helping vulnerable people, including a confused lady who can't find her way home.

Early 2020, the start of COVID-19, and South Yorkshire Police face a surge in anxious calls and crimes, from folk fighting over loo rolls to domestic violence and substance abuse.

A look at how young males can lead each other into criminality.

South Yorkshire Police attend a suspected sexual assault outside a nightclub and a case of indecent exposure on the street. A man is arrested on suspicion of domestic rape.

On the front line with South Yorkshire Police as Covid begins. Officers assist two victims of domestic abuse and an elderly man home alone and under siege.

With resources stretched to breaking point for the police in Northamptonshire, a look at the increasingly violent behaviour of teenage boys, from acid attacks to stabbings.

Northamptonshire police officers have their hands full tackling a prolific shoplifter, a burglar making a rooftop protest, a telephone scam, and what looks like a cyber break-in.

The return of the documentary following the work of emergency services, with this edition focusing on the rising incidence of theft in Northamptonshire. PC Imogen Robinson chases a prolific shoplifter who has stolen a box of chocolate bars from a shop, while PC Ben Norris is dispatched to apprehend a suspected burglar who then carries out a rooftop protest.

In the past five years, Wiltshire has experienced a 63% increase in offences committed by women. The police try to deal with the female crime wave, as the number of women arrested for drugs offences has more than doubled.

There is a surge in the number of calls to Northampton police reporting verbal abuse on race, religion, sex or sexuality. The police are experiencing a surge in homophobic and transphobic abuse.

With more and more boys growing up with negative or absent father figures, Northamptonshire police see young men stuck in cycles of violence or coerced into organised crime.

In Northamptonshire, police are called out after a vicious attack on students. And two constables need back-up when attacked with a pool cue by a man who refuses to leave a pub.

An inside look at how Britain is changing through the eyes of the police, fire and ambulance teams.

The work of police in Northamptonshire, where, with resources stretched to breaking point, officers are struggling to meet the increased demand on their services.

With the country increasingly politically and financially divided, a focus on the battle faced by Britain's most overstretched emergency service: the police.

Wiltshire Police launch a murder investigation when two people are stabbed by a stranger. But all may not be as it seems, in a case that raises difficult questions about why people carry knives.

Cameras focus on the five per cent of the UK's families who are collectively responsible for a staggering amount of the nation's crime – 50 per cent of criminal arrests. Police are dispatched to apprehend a drunk young man outside a nightclub. Some members of his family have amassed 193 arrests and 111 convictions between them.

The police are called to assist a mother whose autistic son is attacking her. A man with Asperger's is brought in on suspicion of making hoax calls.

Cameras focus on the work carried out by Wiltshire's police, paramedic, and fire services. Unarmed police officers are called to a Sunday league football match where a disgruntled player is brandishing an axe. In the early hours of Sunday morning, all available units are scrambled to assist an injured officer at a mass pub brawl.

Exploring the link between poverty and rising crime when a 14 year old reports a break-in at her home where jewellery and watches have been stolen. Also, a shoplifter admits he has been driven to extreme measures in order to survive.

In the last five years, Wiltshire has experienced a 63 percent increase in offences committed by women. The police face extraordinary levels of violence as they deal with this female crime wave, including an attack on a single girl by a gang.

Joining the emergency services as they respond to accidents from car crashes to sports injuries and an ambulance crew are despatched to a rural area where a man has chopped through his foot with an axe while cutting firewood.

Cameras go behind the scenes with Wilshire's emergency services to explore the rising use of strong cannabis, related crime, and the impact of suspected cannabis psychosis.

The number of people living alone in the UK has doubled in 40 years to a greater number than at any time in our history. With no one else to talk to, people are relying more and more on 999.

This episode explores the impact of loneliness, as the emergency services deal with everyone from elderly people who need someone to talk to, to teenagers struggling with the pressures of social media.

This episode joins Wiltshire's police officers as they deal with young men driving dangerously and tackle the resurgence of joyriding, with some drivers as young as 14.

Police are dispatched when a member of the public finds a four-year-old boy wandering alone in the street.

In Swindon one burglar is caught red handed, stealing frozen food from someone's freezer. Food bank use in Wiltshire has tripled over the last two years; is increasing poverty driving an escalation in burglary?

This episode explores a troubling rise in domestic burglaries, from people caught stealing food to thieves targeting wealthy individuals. And a woman dials 999 when she hears someone in her house.

Following criminalisation of once legal highs, crack and heroin are on the up and users and dealers are getting younger as organised gangs flood small local communities with drugs.

This episode meets Cheshire's police custody staff, who deal with everyone from people accused of terrible crimes to others who see the cells as a welcome break from other challenges

In Warrington, paramedics arrive at the home of a man having a suspected cardiac arrest. With CPR already in action and a defibrillator at close hand, he is given the best possible chance of survival.

PCs Bryony Hancock and Charlotte Wilson are called to a Saturday night lovers' tiff in Crewe before heading to help a woman who's been assaulted in her home by her partner.

In Nantwich, PC Vicky Howell and PC Greg Greaves pull over a 31-year-old woman suspected of driving under the influence despite being only a couple of streets away from home. After blowing over double the legal limit, she is taken into custody.

What do the police, ambulance and fire staff really think about the jobs they do?

Following how Blackpool's emergency services deal with incidents involving people from outside the town. With 13 million visitors each year, Blackpool is Britain's most popular seaside resort.

The program features calls to the emergency services about a range of non-emergencies, from culinary injuries to broken light bulbs, as bizarre as they are diverse

Alcohol is fueling problems across the UK. Britain likes to drink and Blackpool is a magnet for stag and hen parties, with around 2000 clubs and bars. 'It's a mixture between a zoo and Jeremy Kyle's waiting room,' says Sergeant Dunne. 'We've practically turned into a nation of just drunkards really, haven't we?'.

One-off special following South Yorkshire Police investigating reports of bullying, from playground brawls and racism in schools to coercive domestic abuse. Cases featured include a 14-year-old boy hospitalised by a gang in the street, a single vulnerable woman being systematically targeted by local teens in her own home, and a distraught mother watching her 27-year-old son attempting suicide after being bullied at work.