Defenders UK

Original version

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South HD

Defenders: Busting the Bad Guys

Documentaries

Factual: Crime & Justice

Following the work of enforcement officers as they battle to protect the public.

Crooks, cheats and con artists beware! This series follows the work of enforcement officers across the UK as they take on the bad guys and bring them to justice.

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

BBC One London

London

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region. Separated as BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One London HD

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One North West HD

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

BBC One Yorks & Lincs HD

BBC One South

The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

BBC One East

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands HD

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

BBC One West HD

BBC One Yorkshire HD

BBC One Oxfordshire

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One East HD

BBC One Channel Islands HD

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One East Midlands

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One Oxfordshire HD

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West HD

BBC One North West

BBC One South East HD

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One South West

BBC One West

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Cambridgeshire HD

BBC One Wales

Wales

BBC One West Midlands HD

BBC One North East & Cumbria HD

Gerard Melling

David Warren

Defenders: Busting the Bad Guys: Series 4 (Shortened Versions): Episode 9

Episode 9

Series 4 (Shortened Versions)

BBC One - Defenders: Busting the Bad Guys, Series 4 (Shortened Versions), Episode 9

Trading standards officers get justice for a vicar tricked into hiring a cowboy builder.

Investigators investigate a fatal road traffic collision and get justice for a vicar who was tricked into paying tens of thousands of pounds to a cowboy builder.

The Office of Rail and Road examines the causes behind a fatal road traffic collision in which two men died. Investigators discover that the man driving had been asked by his bosses to work back-to-back shifts and may have fallen asleep at the wheel.

Trading standards officers get justice for a vicar who was tricked into paying tens of thousands of pounds to a cowboy builder.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Defenders: Busting the Bad Guys

Series 4 (Shortened Versions)

Episode 9

Contributors

Genres

Formats

Brand

Series

BBC One South HD

About BBC One