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Under Siege

Documentary

45

Mar 24, 2018

When an armed individual takes shelter and refuses to comply, it's up to specialist police officers to use a combination of negotiation and the threat of lethal force to bring the standoff to an end.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 4 episodes

Season 1

We visit rural Northumbria and learn how 160 officers were used to track down and contain killer Raoul Moat in one of the largest manhunts on UK soil. And we examine recent attacks in London.

44m Mar 18, 2018

When an armed individual takes shelter and refuses to comply, it's up to specialist police officers to use a combination of negotiation and the threat of lethal force to bring the standoff to an end.

45m Mar 24, 2018

In The Line of Fire,

We hear about the dramatic story that saw an off-duty surveillance officer tackle a gunman on the streets of London, and how one criminal fired at police before leading them on a chase across the city only to be snared in his own home.

45m Mar 31, 2018

We tell the story of the hard stop, one of the police's most difficult tactical maneuvers used to intercept armed men as they travel by car. We unpick one such incident that ended with a fatal shooting, and an armed policeman on trial for murder.

45m Apr 7, 2018