Crime and Deviance

01: The Loss of Joy | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The first episode focuses on the run-up to Steph...

The Stephen Lawrence Story

The story of the Stephen Lawrence trial from the perspective of his family.

Antisemitism: Why British Jews Are Afraid | Panorama

Judith Moritz examines how abuse, intimidation and violence aimed at Jewish communities has become more widespread, leav...

02: The System | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Doreen and Neville Lawrence launch a private murder p...

Stephen Lawrence: 30 Years On

30 years after the murder of her son, Baroness Lawrence says police are still in denial.

Stabbed: Britain's Knife Crime Crisis

Twenty-five years after the murder of his friend Stephen Lawrence, Duwayne Brooks explores the current wave of knife crime and the impa...

03: Corruption and Conviction | Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation

Documentary series examining the murder of Stephen Lawrence. The public inquiry leads to a change i...

S02E09: Terrorism | David Wilson's Crime Files

Criminologist David Wilson probes Scotland's battle with terrorism and discovers how the problem is a lot closer to home than ...

Gangs, Guns and Knives: The Search For Solutions

Winifred Robinson looks at attempts to combat gun and knife crime. With the issue now high on the political agenda, many dif...

South Africa: 2: Knife Crime ER | Reggie Yates' Extreme

In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week at a Cape Town hospital where, on any weekend, the doctors deal with up to 100 stab...

Gee Walker | Woman's Hour

It is five years since the murder of black teenager, Anthony Walker. At the time of his death, people were in awe of his mother, Gee Walker, who, i...

Bondi Attack: Terror & Bravery | BBC News

A Jewish celebration on Bondi Beach ends in tragedy when two gunmen kill fifteen people. This is the story of Australia’s deadliest...

S02E07: Racism | David Wilson's Crime Files

Criminologist David Wilson looks at Scotland's complex history of race crime and asks if there really is no problem here.

Terror on the Beach | Panorama

On 26 June 38 tourists, 30 of them British, were gunned down in a brutal terror attack on a Tunisian beach. Panorama's Jane Corbin hears the e...

Drill On Trial

Radio 1Xtra DJ Tiffany Calver explores the response to UK drill - a popular but controversial genre of rap - by the authorities, who blame it for a rise in vi...

Do You Trust The Police?

With the Metropolitan Police under renewed scrutiny over the Stephen Lawrence murder and allegations of corruption, 20 Londoners speak to Commission...

The Chris Kaba Shooting | Panorama

With exclusive access to the parents of Chris Kaba, who was shot dead by armed police, Panorama investigates what happened on the night of...

Why Stephen?: A Black Britain Special Report | Black Britain

Stephen Lawrence wasn't the first black person to be murdered on the streets of Britain, so why has his death to...

Freedom To Hate? | Heart of the Matter

Joan Bakewell reports on the power of the BNP in Britain and asks if the right to democracy also includes the right to be racist. Foll...

04: Glasgow - Dying Young | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In Scotland's largest city, one in four men die younger than anywhere else in the UK - it is called the Glasgow effect...

Locked up with the Lifers | Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley investigates one of the most radical women's prisons in America. She follows eight murderers who are coming to terms ...

The Consequences of Poor Socialisation | Kids Behind Bars

Children and young people living in a secure residential unit. Explores issues such as poor socialisation, formal a...

Inside The Secret World Of Incels

A never-before-seen look at the incel community, an online subculture to which multiple mass murders and hate crimes against women have bee...

01: Safe Place | Jailed: Women in Prison

Wintergreen Hall at HMP & YOI Stirling houses women with complex mental health problems. Linda and April are two prisoners strugglin...

Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster

Sophie Lancaster was kicked to death in a Lancashire park in 2007 because of her appearance. Sylvia Lancaster remembers her daug...

Untold: The Secret World of Incels

Filmmaker Ben Zand investigates the dark world of incels. He uncovers shockingly violent content being shared online and meets a British m...

03: The Struggle for Change | Jailed: Women in Prison

Jade and Kelly face an addiction recovery journey while in custody.

02: Paths to Redemption | Jailed: Women in Prison

Cheryl and Linda face rebuilding their lives after serving time inside, navigating rehabilitation and reintegration.

I'm In Here For A Reason | Kids Behind Bars

Series set in Vinney Green secure unit for children follows three of the youngest boys, who started getting into trouble when the...

Episode 2 | Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

During the 1970s and 1980s, Mary's campaigns against pornography and 'video nasties' raise her profile still further. But new m...

Sarah Everard: The Search for Justice

A look at the Met's investigation into Sarah Everard's murder, how this devastating crime unfolded and its impact - told by those close...

Out of Control

Tamzin Outhwaite and David Morrissey star in Dominic Savage's harsh drama. When teenagers hit the streets, one winds up in a young offenders' prison. Adult co...

04: Family | Jailed: Women in Prison

A rare look inside two of Scotland’s leading prisons which house women: HMP & YOI Stirling and HMP & YOI Grampian.

Radicalisation of Young Men Online | Inside The Secret World Of Incels

An exploration asking does violence online lead to violence offline?<br><br><strong>(Contains sensitiv...

S02E05: Women That Kill | David Wilson's Crime Files

Criminologist David Wilson explores the stereotyped view of women who commit violent offences and whether it's time for ...

I Am Andrew Tate

The explosive story of one of the world's most infamous and controversial internet stars' rise, arrest and fall.

03: West Dunbartonshire - Worst Place to Be a Woman | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

West Dunbartonshire is the worst place in Scotland to be a woman, yet the bordering council ...

Hip Hop's Association with Violence | imagine...

An exploration of the emergence of hip hop in America, its association with violence and how it influenced the music scene w...

S02E08: Misjustice: Crimes Against Women | David Wilson's Crime Files

Criminologist David Wilson charts the extra steps women must often go through in order to seek justice.

02: Edinburgh - Crime | Darren McGarvey's Scotland

In Edinburgh, Darren examines the link between poverty and crime: how does it impact kids and their future? But soon Darre...

The Riots 2011: One Week In August

This revelatory film hears from the people who experienced the riots up close and personal, reliving events ten years on.

Reggie Yates: Teen Gangs

TV presenter and Radio 1 DJ Reggie Yates explores the culture of fear, anger and violence which drives the dangerous world of teenage gangs.

Gang Culture in Scotland - Part 2 | Street Gangs

An exploration of further reasons young people join gangs, attachment, sense of belonging, relative deprivation, social medi...

S01E03: Crime and Poverty | David Wilson's Crime Files

Criminologist David Wilson discusses and offers compelling arguments for the links between systemic poverty and extrem...

Will My Crime Be Solved? | Panorama

Only one in 20 crimes in England and Wales result in someone being charged. Bronagh Munro meets the victims left to investigate their own...

S01E05: The Morning After | 24 Hours in Police Custody

A private carer is arrested for assaulting the elderly man he is paid a carer's allowance to look after, in his house,...

Moral Panics | Moral Maze

Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk. With Anne McElvoy, Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor and Tim Stanley.

S04E05: White Collar | David Wilson's Crime Files

David Wilson investigates 'white collar' crime, exploring how a fraudster made himself a Scottish 'laird' after stealing mi...

Why Blame the Mother? | Forty Minutes

Four women - including Sue Venables,whose son was found guilty of the murder of James Bulger - try to describe how it feels to have a s...

Organised Crime in Liverpool | Panorama

Explores how ordinary people in Liverpool are paying the price for gang crime and drug crime in their community. Drug lords and organ...

The Camorra Mafia - Part 2 | This World: Italy's Bloodiest Mafia

Exploring the inner working of the Camorra and how the police and others are fighting organised crime. Image...

The Camorra Mafia - Part 1 | This World: Italy's Bloodiest Mafia

Exploring the control that the Camorra has over Naples and their involvement in the drug trade. Images of co...

Italy's Bloodiest Mafia | This World

Reporter Mark Franchetti investigates Italy's deadliest mafia, the Camorra, to learn how it's survived for so long in a country at the h...

White Collar Crime: Regulation Of Crime | Thinking Allowed

Laurie Taylor explores the culture of corporate crime and how regulatory bodies serve to keep the police at arm's ...

The Drug Wars That Killed Olivia | Panorama

Reporter Bronagh Munro investigates how Liverpool came to dominate the UK drug market and how organised crime brought death to Ol...

Tax Avoidance | Moral Maze

Tax avoidance is perfectly legal, but is it immoral? Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk with Matthew Taylor, Mela...

03: People Try To Put Us Down | Almost Grown

Looking at youth cultures of the 50's and 60's - teddy boys, beatniks, mods, rockers, hippies, Hells Angels, skinheads - their i...

Eyes of the Detective: the Murder of James Bulger

A personal account of the murder, as seen through the eyes of the senior investigating officer Albert Kirby. The film follo...

Episode 1 | The Force: The Story of Scotland's Police

This episode tells the story of the origins of the lowest-ranking cop - the constable - a role which dates back some 40...

S04E02: Cop Killer | Life and Death Row

The sentencing trial of former marine Patrick McDowell for the murder of deputy sheriff Joshua Moyers and the impact on those in the ...

S04E01: True Conviction | Life and Death Row

Charting the final days approaching the scheduled execution of Ivan Cantu. Convicted in 2001 for a double murder in Dallas, he h...

Episode 2 | The Force: The Story of Scotland's Police

A look at the evolution of police detective work, from its early beginnings to landmark cases of the 21st century.

The Mass Execution: 01 | Life and Death Row

On death row, one man maintains his innocence, his family hoping he will be spared. In another case, a victim's daughter fights t...

Undercover in the Police | Panorama

Secret filming by Panorama reveals evidence of racism, misogyny and officers revelling in the use of force at one of London's busiest pol...

Edwina Currie and John McCririck | Celebrity Wife Swap

Former Conservative battle axe Edwina Currie swaps her homelife for that of 'Booby', long-suffering wife of John McCri...

Special: In Cold Blood | Life and Death Row

A former US Marine, seven days from execution, meets the son he fathered on the run, giving him a will to live. His murder victim...

Episode 3 | The Force: The Story of Scotland's Police

A look at policing in times of social change, from 18th-century mob rule to the miners' strike of the 1980s.

Punishment or rehabilitation? | Would That Work Here?

Discussion about the differences between the prison system in Norway and the UK - are prisons meant for punishment, reh...

Designing out crime | Mapping Crime

How landscape and building design can reduce levels of crime.

Stockwell: Countdown to Killing | Panorama

Peter Taylor reports on the controversy surrounding the death of Jean Charles De Menezes shot to death by police firearms officers...

S04E03: Murder on the Ranch | Life and Death Row

After 20 years on death row, convicted murderer Ramiro Gonzales is scheduled for execution in June 2024. While one family ho...

The Mass Execution: 04 | Life and Death Row

A student murdered by a teen gang is a focus at the last execution day. And there is an extraordinary act of compassion from one ...

The Mass Execution: 03 | Life and Death Row

Two men both admitting to brutal attacks on women, with victims including an 11-year-old girl, are the next in line to be execute...

The Mass Execution: 02 | Life and Death Row

DNA evidence might prove the innocence of one man. State prosecutors are determined to ensure justice for victims of a man they s...

Operation Solstice | Critical Eye

Using original footage from the 1986 Stonehenge arrests, including untransmitted news footage and new interviews, this programme examines t...

S01E04: The Fix | Drugsland

Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire, substance-misuse experts and some recreational drug takers question whether the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act is s...

S01E01: Crack Alley | Drugsland

Sgt Green and PC Spence have a known prolific street dealer in their sights. But the cards are stacked against them in bringing him down.

S02E01: County Lines: Operation Hazel | Drugsland

The police have discovered that a large, drug-dealing network from London has taken over the local drugs market in Weston S...

S02E03: County Lines: The Runners | Drugsland

With police custody cells full, it's time for the police to start their interviews to try and get a better understanding of how...

S02E02: County Lines: Strike Day | Drugsland

The police have dozens of properties and suspected dealers in their sights. In coordinated strikes across the region the police ...

Using Data to Predict Crime | Horizon

How the data revolution is being harnessed by the police. An exploration of how the Los Angeles Police Department are using data to pre...

Episode 2 | Who's Watching You?

Richard Bilton meets those who have made our private lives their business, and delves in to the criminal underworld of hackers and blaggers w...

S02E05: County Lines: Nova | Drugsland

With one of the out of town drug dealing networks in the cells, the investigation team turn their attention onto the Nova crew and Raf...

S02E06: County Lines: King Pin | Drugsland

The police have the evidence they need and are taking out the Nova crew and their king pin, Rafael Castillo.

S02E04: County Lines: Max | Drugsland

Having taken out over 30 dealers in Weston-Super-Mare, the investigation team turn their attention to Yeovil. But this time they'll be ...

Hackers and Blaggers | Who's Watching You?

A short clip showing the lengths hackers and blaggers will go to gain personal information.

Organised Crime In The UK | Thinking Allowed

Laurie Taylor explores the nature of organised crime from Sicily to Japan and Britain.

The Riots That Shocked the Country | Panorama

Darragh MacIntyre reports from some of the towns and cities most affected by the recent riots in the UK and asks what can be do...

02: The Police | The Riots: In Their Own Words

The story of the riots of 2011, told through first-hand accounts from both the police on the frontline and in the control room...

Catch Me If You Can | Panorama

Mark Daly investigates serious allegations of doping in athletics, involving some of the biggest stars in the sport.

Edwina Currie and John McCririck | Celebrity Wife Swap

Former Conservative battle axe Edwina Currie swaps her homelife for that of 'Booby', long-suffering wife of John McCri...

Moral Panic | Behind The Buzzwords

David Cannadine tells the story behind the buzzword Moral Panic. Where does it come from and where is it going?

Episode 1 | Who's Watching You?

Richard Bilton explores the hidden world of surveillance, going inside the CCTV nerve centre and meeting those who are watched and those who ...

Victims | Crime Beat

Every year more than 5 million Britons are targeted by crime, tonight's programme looks at how support groups have helped victims of different crimes.

Ending Violence | Analysis

Sonia Sodha traces the root causes of violence in society and asks if we can eradicate it.

01: The Rioters | The Riots: In Their Own Words

The story of the riots of 2011, using accounts from the rioters themselves as well as previously unseen footage to tell the s...

S04E04: My Child the Rioter | Wonderland

Documentary going to the heart of families at the frontline of Britain's recent riots. In August 2011 parents across the country wok...

The Rise of the Hoodies | History Of Now: The Story Of The Noughties

During the 2000s anti-social behaviour rose, hoodies became popular amongst young people and were banned...

The Baby Gap | History Of Now: The Story Of The Noughties

A brief summary of the trend of women having children later but then experiencing challenges of not being able to h...

Surveillance | Thinking Allowed

Laurie Taylor explores the way in which we have become the watchers, as well as the watched.

Shopping | Crime Beat

Program showing how shop crime costs households millions per year. Shopowners are fighting back with hidden video cameras, hoping to catch thieves and ...

Episode 1 | CCTV: You Are Being Watched

Britain is the most watched nation on earth, with more than four million surveillance cameras trained on our every move. Jamie Theaks...

Under Surveillance | Catching The Killers

The bomber who targeted London's gay and black communities in 1999 is among those whose capture was aided by evidence from surveill...

Growing Young | History Of Now: The Story Of The Noughties

A look back over the last decade. During the Noughties, an ageing Britain became obsessed with recapturing its you...

Criminal Records? | File on 4

Is social media fuelling a spate of violent deaths in Britain? Police and victims' families claim 'drill' music - and social media - are contri...

Feral Kids And Feckless Parents | Bringing Up Britain

In the wake of questions over parenting raised by the riots, Mariella asks if we have lost the ability to control and d...

03: People Try To Put Us Down | Almost Grown

Looking at youth cultures of the 50's and 60's - teddy boys, beatniks, mods, rockers, hippies, Hells Angels, skinheads - their i...

Britain's Teenage Drug Runners

With astonishing access, BBC Three explores how gang members are using teenage drug runners to sell large amounts of crack and heroin miles aw...

Criminology Is Obscuring The Causes Of Crime | Controversy

Criminologists are scientists who study the causes of crime and ways of controlling it. At a time when crime is in...

S01E04: Gangs | David Wilson's Crime Files

Criminologist David Wilson investigates the origins of Glasgow's alternative motto 'the no mean city', looking at gang culture pas...

Prison Dads

Filmed over six months in Britain's biggest young offenders institution, Prison Dads follows fathers on the inside and their partners on the outside.

Insane Fight Club

Documentary charting the rise of the brutal, riotous and chaotic fight club that is taking over the streets of Glasgow.

Risks of true crime TV shows | The Media Show

New BBC deputy director-general Anne Bulford gives her first interview. Plus was the BBC right to film the raid on Sir Cliff Ri...

Anti-Social Behaviour | Unreliable Evidence

Clive Anderson and guests ask if anti-social behaviour law is vital for curbing, or a disproportionate, discriminatory response t...

Growing Up In A Violent Family | Kilroy

Robert Kilroy-Silk presents a discussion on growing up in a violent family.

Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis

Idris Elba confronts the reality of knife crime, speaking to those most affected - from the streets to the system - in a quest to uncover ...

How Scotland Cut Violent Crime | Panorama

Scotland has dramatically cut violent crime in the past 15 years, but how was it done? Kate Silverton films with Police Scotland's ...

Special: The James Bulger Case | Public Eye

Public Eye special on the James Bulger case on the day that Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were found guilty of his murder. Pre...

Manchester Bomb: Our Story

Documentary about the 2017 Manchester terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert, following three girls in the months since the attack, and hear...

S01E01: Serial Killers | David Wilson's Crime Files

Criminologist David Wilson presents fresh analysis of notorious Scottish serial killers Peter Manuel and Peter Tobin and ...

01: The Mary Bell Case | Children of Crime

A look at the murder of two boys by an 11-year-old girl in 1968.

The Bulger Killers: Prisoners of Their Past | Panorama

Eight years after they killed two-year-old James Bulger , Jon Venables and Robert Thompson have, at the age of 18, bee...

Why don't men report domestic violence? | The One Show

Dominic Littlewood has been investigating the growing numbers of men who are coming forward as victims of domestic vio...

Using Data to Predict Crime | Horizon

How the data revolution is being harnessed by the police. An exploration of how the Los Angeles Police Department are using data to pre...

South Africa: 2: Knife Crime ER | Reggie Yates' Extreme

In 2013 Reggie Yates spent a week at a Cape Town hospital where, on any weekend, the doctors deal with up to 100 stab...

Violent Crime | The Truth About Crime

Nick Ross uncovers the truth behind the crime headlines. He reveals how alcohol fuels violent crime on the street and in the home, and ...

Theft And Burglary | The Truth About Crime

Nick Ross finds out the truth behind the crime headlines. A study in Oxford gives an insight into patterns of crime, from theft to...

Victims | Crime Beat

Every year more than 5 million Britons are targeted by crime, tonight's programme looks at how support groups have helped victims of different crimes.

S02E02: Spree Mass Killers | David Wilson's Crime Files

Criminologist David Wilson examines Scotland's dark history with spree and mass killings and tries to find motives be...

S02E01: Fraudsters | David Wilson's Crime Files

Criminologist Professor David Wilson takes a close look at fraud and the people who commit it. Are they charismatic schemers,...

S01E09: Crimes of Passion | David Wilson's Crime Files

Criminologist David Wilson explores how ‘we kill the ones we know' - the phenomenon that most murder victims are kille...

04: The Debate | Children of Crime

David Dimbleby hosts a discussion on crime and young people, asking who is responsible and what is the solution, featuring experts and key...

05: A Riddle Wrapped Inside an Enigma | Children of Crime

A four-part series on juvenile crime in the post-War era begins with an examination of the murder of toddler James ...

03: The Untouchables | Children of Crime

The series on juvenile crime concludes with a look at its impact on three families, including that of Philip Lawrence, the London he...

02: So Many Wasted Lives | Children of Crime

The series on juvenile crime in the post-War era continues with an examination of policies and attitudes towards the punishment ...

S01E01: Execution | Life and Death Row

Series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. It looks at two of...

Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

Chris Daw and Ayesha Nayyar look at what role our prisons should play in the fight against crime.

S02E01: Execution | Life and Death Row

The story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. Daniel Lopez is resisting all app...

01: Justice | Darren McGarvey: The State We're In

Darren McGarvey sets out to explore the UK's justice system through the eyes of the people who live and work in it.

The Vanishing Woman: Part 2 | Murder Trial

Second part of the documentary about the trial that gripped a nation, As the trial continues, witnesses give dramatic testimony as...

The Secret Policeman

Following investigative reporter Mark Daly, who joined Greater Manchester Police as an undercover probationary and lived a double life for 7 months in o...

Meet the Burglars | Panorama

Victims of burglary being offered opportunity to meet their burglars in a controversial scheme aimed at empowering victims and potentially cut l...

The Vanishing Woman: Part 1 | Murder Trial

Two-part documentary about the investigation and trial of two carers accused of murdering 35-year-old Margaret Fleming and claimin...

S01E01: The Charge | The Prosecutors

Series documenting the work of the Crown Prosecution Service. The prosecutors must decide how to charge a driver after a child is killed...

Can Criminals Say Sorry?

Former EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella explores the use of restorative justice in Britain today and finds out what happens when offenders and their ...

S02E02: Punishment | Life and Death Row

Shawn Ford Jr is on trial, and a jury must decide if he should live or die.

S02E01: County Lines: Operation Hazel | Drugsland

The police have discovered that a large, drug-dealing network from London has taken over the local drugs market in Weston S...

S01E01: The Disappearance of Julie Reilly | Murder Case

In March 2018, Julie Reilly was reported missing. The skilled investigators of Police Scotland's major investigations...

S02E04: Forgiveness | Life and Death Row

T.T. Trottie is preparing himself to lose another parent. His father killed his mother 21 years ago and will be executed a week from...

S02E03: County Lines: The Runners | Drugsland

With police custody cells full, it's time for the police to start their interviews to try and get a better understanding of how...

S01E05: DNA, Fibres and Crime Scene Management (Extended Version) | Expert Witness

DNA and an expert witness solve a 50-year-old cold case, a murder is solved by tracking un...

S01E14: Paint Materials and Blood Patterns | Expert Witness

Forensics analysis by an art expert proves paintings by a well-known Cornish artist are fake, and spattered blood...

Aylesbury Prison: Episode 2 | The Choir

With just three weeks to go, Gareth has only seven performers and a handful of half-baked songs. Gareth is still hoping to get a perf...

Art Behind Bars | True North

For the first time since his release, Stephen Greer returns to the prison where he learnt to paint to teach art to offenders. Will art transform...

Lawless Youth: Villians or Victims | Crime and Punishment

Does a crisis of morality lie at the heart of Britain's rising crime rate? The horrific killing of 2-year-old Jamie...