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Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • September 28, 2015
    • BBC One

    Hi-tech tracking technology reveals where stolen items are taken. A DVD player is stolen from a donation bag outside a London charity shop, and the tracking data reveals that the thief lives nearby. Plus a Lancashire smartphone thief is run to ground by a combination of the latest GPS tracking technology, traditional police methods and the Haslingden cricket team.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • September 29, 2015
    • BBC One

    Hi-tech tracking technology reveals where stolen items are taken. When a young woman is robbed of her laptop, the tracker reveals its curious journey around London's theatre district. Plus the police explain how they caught a rogue scrap metal dealer as he chopped up stolen memorials.

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • September 30, 2015
    • BBC One

    Tracking technology reveals where stolen items are taken. Two bicycles stolen in London are traced to the East End, where one is seemingly sold to an innocent member of the public. Plus a Sunderland mother helps to convict the vendor of a stolen smartphone after buying it online for £300.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • October 1, 2015
    • BBC One

    Tracking technology reveals where stolen items are taken. A smartphone is stolen outside a bustling city centre cafe and disappears into the backstreets of Soho. Plus a Bucks-based firm helps Interpol to smash a gang of thieves after a stolen motorbike is tracked from London to Lithuania.

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • October 2, 2015
    • BBC One

    Hi-tech tracking technology reveals where stolen items are taken. When a tablet computer is stolen and sold to an innocent member of the public, the search is on to recover it. Plus a Lancashire woman's tracking data helps to convict the thief stealing ornaments and toys from her son's grave.

  • S01E06 Episode 6

    • October 5, 2015
    • BBC One

    Tracking technology reveals where stolen items are taken. A designer handbag is stolen from a restaurant and is tracked to flats in south London. Plus two have-a-go heroes explain the risks of tackling bicycle thieves face to face.

  • S01E07 Episode 7

    • October 6, 2015
    • BBC One

    Tracking technology reveals where stolen items are taken. A car is broken into and a smartphone stolen, with the thief tracked across the East End of London. Meanwhile, police and tracking officers corner a robber who steals a massive tractor and goes on the rampage in West Yorkshire.

  • S01E08 Episode 8

    • October 7, 2015
    • BBC One

    Tracking technology reveals where stolen items are taken. Startling footage reveals the techniques used by a devious female thief on the loose in London, who steals handbags from the unwary. Meanwhile, West Midlands Police track down Birmingham's dimmest burglar, who committed break-ins after his release from prison wearing a GPS-based ankle tag.

  • S01E09 Episode 9

    • October 8, 2015
    • BBC One

    Tracking technology reveals where stolen items are taken. A South London thief makes off with a camera, unaware that he's being tracked! Meanwhile, a police officer turned pet detective recovers a beloved family terrier stolen from outside a post office.

  • S01E10 Episode 10

    • October 9, 2015
    • BBC One

    Tracking technology reveals where stolen items are taken. A gang of thieves steal a bicycle in broad daylight, unaware that the bike is being tracked! Meanwhile, police working at Southampton Docks arrive in the nick of time to prevent a stolen Range Rover being exported to Africa.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • October 3, 2016
    • BBC One

    Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team use GPS technology to trace a criminal who steals a tablet computer. A pub landlord in Bristol tracks the criminals who try to steal his caravan and a young woman turns detective to find her stolen phone.

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • October 4, 2016
    • BBC One

    Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team uses GPS technology to follow a criminal who steals a camera and passes it to an accomplice. Casualty actor Tom Chambers's much-loved motorbike is stolen, but will tracking technology help find it? And in the market town of Ludlow, a thief leaves a very distinctive footprint.

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • October 5, 2016
    • BBC One

    Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team uses GPS technology to track a gang who have stolen a bike and confront one of them to see if he will own up. The Metropolitan Police's Super Recogniser squad use their special skills to track down a prolific shoplifter. In Coventry, one woman and her son are left traumatised when their car is stolen in a violent carjacking, but the criminals are traced by the police through footage from a camera hidden in the car.

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • October 6, 2016
    • BBC One

    Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team uses GPS technology to follow a criminal who breaks into a car in broad daylight to steal a laptop computer. The National Police Air Service get help tracking down some crooks from school children, and one man is shocked to find out that his motorbike has been built by criminals using stolen parts.

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • October 7, 2016
    • BBC One

    Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team uses GPS technology to follow people stealing from outside charity shops. There's a race across Europe to track down a stolen telehandler, and in Reading the police are surprised to find that the man who has broken into a stranger's home could be placed at the crime scene by his own electronic tag.

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • October 10, 2016
    • BBC One

    Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team use GPS technology to follow a criminal who steals a computer from a table outside a cafe, but are they in danger as they are drawn into the back alleys of London's Soho? In Newcastle, two colleagues track down their stolen bags and confront the thief thanks to a phone app. While in London, a man gets his high-powered motorbike back thanks to tracking technology.

  • S02E07 Episode 7

    • October 11, 2016
    • BBC One

    Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team use GPS technology to follow criminals as they snatch a purse from a young woman outside a cafe and track them to east London. In Harlow in Essex, a little girl is left devastated when her puppy is stolen, but through enlisting the help of strangers on social media, she manages to track her down.

  • S02E08 Episode 8

    • October 12, 2016
    • BBC One

    Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team use GPS technology to follow a man who steals a tablet computer, and they track him over a thousand miles to Warsaw and back, eventually catching up with him at a London airport. In Bath, a man gets his much-loved Land Rover returned after a police chase that took them to the Welsh border. And a traffic management company are glad that they fitted trackers to their vans when one of them gets stolen.

  • S02E09 Episode 9

    • October 13, 2016
    • BBC One

    Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team use GPS technology to follow two crooks who steal a woman's bag, tracking them through busy London streets. Technology is used to help the police catch and convict criminals who steal from shops in Malvern, and in Swindon, a police dog tracks a crook who was responsible for a series of break-ins.

  • S02E10 Episode 10

    • October 14, 2016
    • BBC One

    Factual series discovering what becomes of everyday possessions like bicycles and laptops when they are stolen. The undercover thief tracker team spent months following criminals as they stole bikes, laptops, purses and cameras, tracing them through the use of GPS technology. This programme, the last of the series, goes back and shows just how brazen the thieves can be, and how they make their escape.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Episode 1

    • September 4, 2017
    • BBC One

    The trackers are on the trail of a laptop stolen from a car in broad daylight. They hear how a mini cab driver is on the heels of a phone snatcher, and how social media helped a seaside community track down a charity thief.

  • S03E02 Episode 2

    • September 5, 2017
    • BBC One

    The trackers highlight how quickly valuables can be stolen when they're not being watched. They hear how a tracker on the trail of stolen power tools found himself pursued by the crooks, and how a biker got more than he bargained.

  • S03E03 Episode 3

    • September 6, 2017
    • BBC One

    The trackers are on the trail of a bicycle thief, and discover they are not the only victims of bike crime. They hear how one man is on the case of moped snatchers. Plus, how trackers whether in hot pursuit of van thieves, and uncovered stolen goods.

  • S03E04 Episode 4

    • September 7, 2017
    • BBC One

    The trackers highlights the dangers of bogus caller crime, finding out how easy it is to get into someone's home and steal from them. Plus, they hear how a biker helped track down motorbike thieves caught on camera.

  • S03E05 Episode 5

    • September 8, 2017
    • BBC One

    The trackers are on the trail of a stolen tablet, tracking it across Europe. They find out about building site burglars who made off with thounds of pounds worth of heavy plant machinery unaware their every move was being tracked.

  • S03E06 Episode 6

    • September 11, 2017
    • BBC One

  • S03E07 Episode 7

    • September 12, 2017
    • BBC One

  • S03E08 Episode 8

    • September 13, 2017
    • BBC One

  • S03E09 Episode 9

    • September 14, 2017
    • BBC One

  • S03E10 Episode 10

    • September 18, 2017
    • BBC One