24 Hours in Police Custody (2014)

Crime · Documentary

The landmark documentary series that captures real life drama at its most intense, following police detectives around the clock as they investigate major crimes.

IMDb rating: 8.4 (1,411 votes)
Episode average: 7.4 -1.0 vs IMDb
Seasons: 14
Status: Still airing
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 14 seasons indexed

Cast

Royce Pierreson Self - Narrator (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (2014)

7.16 avg 7 episodes 7.6 → 7.2 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Conspiracy to Murder	7.6	73
2	Love Hurts	7.1	32
3	The Confession of a Paedophile	7.4	35
4	The Drug Drop	6.9	36
5	The Morning After	7.0	30
6	Honour Thy Father	6.9	27
7	The Crime of the Century	7.2	32

Season 2 (2015)

7.08 avg 6 episodes 7.5 → 7.3 47 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Crime of Passion	7.5	23
2	A Short, Sharp Shock	6.8	19
3	Human Traffic	6.7	17
4	Punchdrunk Love	7.3	19
5	Age Concern	6.9	16
6	Frequent Flyers	7.3	18

Season 3 (2015)

6.82 avg 5 episodes 6.6 → 6.8 46 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bad Blood	6.6	15
2	Guilty Little Secrets	7.3	20
3	Partners in Crime	6.8	15
4	Mother's Day	6.6	16
5	A Sixth Sense	6.8	16

Season 4 (2016)

7.17 avg 9 episodes 7.3 → 6.8 47 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Human Cargo	7.3	26
2	To Catch a Paedophile	7.2	26
3	Love Thy Neighbour	7.2	24
4	One Punch	7.7	41
5	The Black Balaclava	6.8	21
6	Home Truths	6.7	18
7	The Lethal Weapon	6.9	18
8	In Plain Sight	7.9	23
9	A Complaint of Rape	6.8	23

Season 5 (2017)

7.12 avg 5 episodes 7.3 → 7.4 47 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Moment of Madness	7.3	45
2	Their Time Will Come	6.7	33
3	Human Chains	7.0	24
4	Code of Silence	7.2	26
5	The Golden Bracelet	7.4	24

Season 6 (2018)

7.58 avg 6 episodes 8.1 → 7.3 47 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Sex and Corruption	8.1	70
2	Car Attack	7.7	31
3	Left for Dead	7.3	37
4	Shallow Grave	7.8	33
5	Frequent Flyers	7.3	24
6	Too Close for Comfort	7.3	26

Season 7 (2018)

7.29 avg 8 episodes 7.8 → 7.8 49 min avg

U-shaped

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Body in the Grass	7.8	41
2	The Kane Line	7.7	41
3	A Knife Through the Heart	7.5	26
4	A Second Chance	7.2	21
5	Fifty Shades of Abuse	6.7	20
6	What Lies Beneath	7.3	20
7	Lost in Translation	6.3	19
8	Living Among Us	7.8	20

Season 8 (2019)

7.63 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 7.4 51 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Predators	7.4	28
2	Family Secrets	7.7	29
3	Knifed	8.0	37
4	Smuggled	7.1	26
5	The Detective and the Surgeon	8.2	67
6	Sudden Death: Think Murder	7.4	29

Season 9 (2020)

7.98 avg 4 episodes 7.9 → 8.0 52 min avg

Rising

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Murder in the Woods - Part 1	7.9	48
2	Murder in the Woods - Part 2	8.0	47
3	The Home County Cartel - Part One: Spider Catchers	8.0	49
4	The Home County Cartel - Part Two	8.0	51

Season 10 (2021)

8.47 avg 3 episodes 8.4 → 8.9 45 min avg

U-shaped

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Black Widow - Part One	8.4	48
2	Black Widow - Part Two	8.1	41
11	Cold to the Touch: Part 1	8.9	7

Season 11 (2021)

7.73 avg 4 episodes 7.8 → 7.9 47 min avg

Big finale

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bedfordshire's Most Wanted	7.8	20
2	The Search for Justice	7.5	26
3	The No Body Murder	7.7	30
4	Til Death Do Us Part	7.9	23

Season 12 (2021)

7.70 avg 7 episodes 8.0 → 7.9 57 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wanted	8.0	25
2	Chicken Shop Wars	7.6	22
3	The Horror House - Part 1	7.5	24
4	The Horror House - Part 2	7.5	22
5	Murder on the Doorstep	7.5	24
6	Holding the Baby	7.9	22
9	The Unusual Suspects	7.9	23

Season 13 (2022)

7.73 avg 11 episodes 7.8 → 7.8 61 min avg

Season 13 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Murder of Rikki Neave: Part 1	7.8	30
2	The Murder of Rikki Neave: Part 2	7.8	27
3	Two Wrongs	7.9	43
4	The Honeytrap Murder (Part 1/2)	8.1	50
5	The Honeytrap Murder (Part 2/2)	8.2	32
6	The Siege	7.3	36
7	The Night Prowler	7.5	17
8	The Predator	7.1	18
9	Murder on Camera (Part 1/2)	7.8	40
10	Murder on Camera (Part 2/2)	7.7	39
11	The Devil's Chain	7.8	18

Season 14 (2026)

6.83 avg 6 episodes Still airing 6.9 → 6.1

Season 14 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Secret Network	6.9	14
2	Burying Horror - The Life & Crimes of Carson Grimes	6.6	15
3	The Cold Case Murder: Part One	7.5	11
4	The Cold Case Murder: Part Two	7.5	11
5	The Ambush Part 1	6.4	18
6	The Ambush Part 2	6.1	18

24 Hours in Police Custody (2014)

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