Neighbourhood Blues Season 7, Episode 18: Episode 18

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Episode 1

Documentary series following Somerset's neighbourhood police as they tackle the crimes that annoy ordinary people on a daily basis. In this episode, there's a foot chase in Weston-super-Mare as officers try to collar a runaway suspect, the team have their work cut out searching a sprawling estate and all its outbuildings, and in Bridgwater it threatens to kick off when the officers help evict a particularly disruptive household.

60 min

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Episode 2

The neighbourhood team find a drugs farm hidden on a real farm, and in Weston-super-Mare officers receive an ear-bashing from a wanted woman, before following their noses to a suspect property that whiffs of cannabis.

60 min

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Episode 3

In this episode, officers respond to reports of squatters desecrating a graveyard. A trail of text messages lead an officer to a sophisticated and incriminating set-up in a suspect's garage, and in Weston the team are immediately suspicious when they spot two men carrying a TV through a park, but they have to wait for it to be reported stolen before they can act.

60 min

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Episode 4

In this episode, an officer's hunch helps them catch a wanted man, in Weston the team respond to a report of mini motos causing a nuisance, and an officer in Bridgwater chases a bus hoping to catch a criminal who smashed up an arcade.

60 min

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Episode 5

In this episode, officers in Weston-super-Mare are out in force to raid an address associated with drug use. In Bath the Neighbourhood Team hunt a prolific shoplifter who's caught red-handed on CCTV, and an officer revisits a mother who's left heartbroken by her son's drug addiction and criminal behaviour, only to get a nasty surprise

60 min

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Episode 6

The team rush to a neighbourhood dispute that has escalated into a violent break-in, an unruly twelve-year-old is taught a shocking lesson in an attempt to make him learn the error of his ways, and the police help coordinate a search-and-rescue mission when a rambler becomes stuck in Weston-super-Mare's treacherous mud flats.

60 min

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Episode 7

The team battle with what were formerly legal highs, psychoactive drugs that could be legally bought from high street stores. Officers respond to a man who has been stabbed in mysterious circumstances, and a pair of boozy day-trippers are sent packing by Bath's city centre team after one of the pair is caught short in the bus station.

60 min

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Episode 8

The team get a surprise when they attend a fire at a rural house and uncover a cannabis farm, a recently released convict decides that he misses prison life and books himself a return ticket behind bars by assaulting a cameraman, and a wheelchair-bound street-drinker gives the team an ear-bashing they'll never forget when they try to arrest him.

60 min

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Episode 9

The hunt is on to catch an armed robber who is running rampant through the shops of Bath, an officer hears the tragic story of an elderly couple conned out of £25,000, and the team has to use extreme measures when their colleagues are locked inside a house with a prisoner.

60 min

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Episode 10

The team leap into action when an intruder is reported to be charging through people's homes, an officer uses sign language to help a deaf couple who are being bullied, and police in Weston-super-Mare prepare themselves for the busiest day of the year when pop supergroup McBusted come to town.

60 min

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Episode 11

The team raid a house whose tenants' antisocial behaviour has been plaguing the community, the hunt is on for a hit-and-run driver who left a scooter rider lying injured in the road, and the police have to think fast to prevent a disturbance on an estate from escalating into a major incident.

60 min

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Episode 12

The team respond to reports of two men fighting with knives, the crime scene investigator is called out to a break-in at a local cafe, and a speeding driver gives officers a double surprise when he is found to be over the drink-drive limit and wearing a romper suit.

60 min

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Episode 13

The team join forces with Trading Standards and HMRC to tackle rogue traders who are selling fake and illegally imported cigarettes, the Taunton neighbourhood unit roll out the red carpet when rock royalty comes to town, and it is back to school for the team when they dodge petrol bombs and baseball bats as they undergo the gruelling public order training course.

60 min

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Episode 14

The team breaks up a brawl over a cigarette but turns to CCTV to unveil the culprits, and a shoplifter gets caught red-handed leaving a department store after helping herself in the swimwear section.

60 min

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Episode 15

An officer has a close encounter when a drug addict threatens to stab her with an uncapped needle, and the team are called in to deal with a bust-up in a burger restaurant.

60 min

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Episode 16

A PCSO gets in the thick of the action as he tackles a lad wanted for assault. A raid on a suspected dealing den turns up a suspicious stash of drugs. And there's a final warning for a resident to open up.

60 min

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Episode 17

A zero-tolerance approach to street drinking leads to arrests.

60 min

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Episode 18

As darkness falls, Cleethorpes May Day bank holiday celebrations take a turn for the worse. And falling out over the garden fence sees two warring neighbours go to court.

60 min

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Episode 19

A man wanted for assault is not going down without a fight, and there is a clampdown on drivers looking to illegally top up their tanks with industrial-use red diesel.

60 min

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Episode 20

The team crack down on drug dens and deal with teenage drinking.

60 min