About this season
Inside the Arrest captures the moment of arrest, conducted more than two thousand times a day by British police, in order to investigate or prevent a crime. The arrest is the start point for every story, a high-stakes moment that can be met with anything from violence to defiance, confession to incredulity. Each episode features two cases using police bodycam footage to analyse some notorious and high-profile arrests from recent years.
Episodes (8)
1. A Deadly Secret
Aired 31 October 2025 • 44 min
It's only when 35-year-old Virginia McCullough is arrested at her home for the murder of her parents that officers discover her gruesome secret.
2. Protecting Holly
Aired 7 November 2025 • 44 min
A plot to kidnap TV presenter Holly Willoughby is discovered when an undercover cop in the US spots something suspicious in an online chat room.
3. Episode 3
Aired 14 November 2025 • 44 min
A plot to kidnap TV presenter Holly Willoughby is discovered when an undercover cop in the US spots something suspicious in an online chat room.
4. Episode 4
Aired 21 November 2025 • 45 min
The discovery of a murdered schoolgirl leads to an international manhunt, and the dramatic arrest of her father and stepmother on an airport runway.
5. Episode 5
Aired 28 November 2025 • 44 min
After the murders of three schoolgirls, riots break out across Britain. Police are outnumbered but then use cameras to hunt down and arrest rioters.
6. Episode 6
Aired 5 December 2025 • 44 min
Armed officers confront a crazed gunman at his home, then discover his terrifying plans to carry out a mass shooting at a school and police station.
7. Episode 7
Aired 12 December 2025 • 44 min
An aristocrat goes on the run with her partner and baby in the depths of winter. Police fear the child won't survive, and race to find her.
8. Episode 8
Aired 19 December 2025 • 45 min
An affair is exposed, ending in tragedy. Police arrest the suspect and discover the killer's cover-up. Plus, how an arrest solves two crimes at once.