Cops & Robbers

Serious repeat offending in the UK is at a record high. There are now over 100,000 hardened criminals with more than 15 convictions to their name, and their numbers are constantly increasing.

Between them, these serial offenders are responsible for more than a third of all crime in this country. Breaking into people’s homes, stealing from cars and robbing business; these serial offenders are causing ordinary, law-abiding people misery, fear and heartache. And they’re costing the country millions.

With extraordinary access to some of the UK’s most prolific criminals, and also to the cops faced with the unenviable task of trying to get them to go straight, Cops & Robbers simultaneously explores life on both sides of the law.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

Edmund Coulthard

David Hodgkinson

PRODUCER / DIRECTORS

Alex Kiehl

FIRST TX

1 x 60’ September 2014

BROADCASTER

Channel 4