Series synopsis
Neighbourhood Blues is a British documentary crime reality television series that premiered on BBC One on April 4, 2011.
Documentary series following the work of groundbreaking police teams as they confront the problems of troubled communities.
Premise
Documentary series following the work of groundbreaking police teams as they confront the problems of troubled communities.
Episodes
This series spans 9 seasons with 100 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | April 4, 2011 | November 22, 2013 |
| Season 2 | 10 | November 12, 2012 | November 23, 2012 |
| Season 3 | 10 | November 11, 2013 | November 22, 2013 |
| Season 4 | 10 | November 10, 2014 | November 21, 2014 |
| Season 5 | 10 | November 9, 2015 | November 20, 2015 |
| Season 6 | 10 | May 16, 2016 | May 27, 2016 |
| Season 7 | 20 | July 11, 2016 | August 8, 2016 |
| Season 8 | 10 | July 10, 2017 | July 21, 2017 |
| Season 9 | 10 | May 21, 2018 | June 1, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 In this episode, the police crack down on public drinking, and set up a sting operation to tackle stolen goods. The team also attend a community surgery, to listen to local concerns and support victims of a race hate crime. |
April 4, 2011 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 In this episode, the team answer a cry for help from a landlady, attend a stake out and discover a baby in an unsafe situation. |
April 5, 2011 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 In this episode, officers track down a man on the run and step up patrols on street corners. The neighbourhood team increase awareness on purse snatching, and search for the owner of a poison pen. |
April 6, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Documentary series looking at the grassroots fight against crime. The Hull Neighbourhood Team earn their stripes as PCSO Pat uncovers a cannabis factory on an industrial estate. |
November 12, 2012 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Documentary series looking at the grassroots fight against crime. In this episode, the team visits the home of a couple believed to be the owners of a banned dog. |
November 13, 2012 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Documentary series following community police officers. In this episode, several tip-offs about a man cultivating cannabis at home see the police give him a rude awakening. |
November 14, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Documentary series looking at the grassroots fight against crime. Officers are called in to investigate a suspicious car crash in a remote wildlife park by the Yorkshire coast. |
November 11, 2013 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Documentary series looking at the grassroots fight against crime. A troubled teenager causes a massive headache for a family in north Hull with her aggressive behaviour. |
November 12, 2013 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Documentary series looking at the grassroots fight against crime. PCSO Karen encounters a woman she suspects has been shoplifting, but the situation soon turns dangerous. |
November 13, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Documentary series following Somerset's neighbourhood policing teams. An unruly 12-year-old is taught a shocking lesson in an attempt to make him learn the error of his ways. |
November 10, 2014 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Documentary series following Somerset's neighbourhood police. The team battle legal highs, powerful psychoactive drugs that can be legally bought from high street stores. |
November 11, 2014 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Documentary series following Somerset's neighbourhood police. The team get an unexpected surprise when they attend a fire at a rural house and uncover a cannabis farm. |
November 12, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Documentary series following Avon and Somerset's neighbourhood police. In Bath, the hunt is on for a prolific graffiti tagger who has vandalised the city for almost a decade. |
November 9, 2015 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Documentary series following Avon and Somerset's neighbourhood police. An officer uses sign language and detective skills to track a man after an unprovoked assault on a deaf man. |
November 10, 2015 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Documentary series following Avon and Somerset's neighbourhood police. Wildlife crime officers investigate a report involving endangered peregrine falcons. |
November 11, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The team in Weston-super-Mare get more than they bargained for when they stop a familiar face and a bag full of drugs falls out of his trouser leg. An officer arrests a drug addict whose behaviour has torn his family apart. |
May 16, 2016 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The neighbourhood team dress an undercover officer as a postal worker to raid a property after repeated complaints of antisocial behaviour. Officers in Weston-super-Mare blitz the town centre, cracking down on drug-taking and disorder during the busy bank holiday weekend. PCSOs in Bridgwater are called in to deal with a male who's found face down in the street. And in Bath an officer uses sign language and detective skills to track a man after an unprovoked assault on a deaf man. |
May 17, 2016 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 The race is on to catch a handbag thief who's spotted darting through the streets of Weston-super-Mare. Officers prepare themselves for the worst as 7,000 partygoers come to town for a dance music festival. And wildlife crime officers pair up with the neighbourhood team to investigate a report involving endangered peregrine falcons. |
May 19, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Documentary series following Somerset's neighbourhood police as they tackle the crimes that annoy ordinary people on a daily basis. In this episode, there's a foot chase in Weston-super-Mare as officers try to collar a runaway suspect, the team have their work cut out searching a sprawling estate and all its outbuildings, and in Bridgwater it threatens to kick off when the officers help evict a particularly disruptive household. |
July 11, 2016 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 The neighbourhood team find a drugs farm hidden on a real farm, and in Weston-super-Mare officers receive an ear-bashing from a wanted woman, before following their noses to a suspect property that whiffs of cannabis. |
July 12, 2016 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 In this episode, officers respond to reports of squatters desecrating a graveyard. A trail of text messages lead an officer to a sophisticated and incriminating set-up in a suspect's garage, and in Weston the team are immediately suspicious when they spot two men carrying a TV through a park, but they have to wait for it to be reported stolen before they can act. |
July 13, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 In Weston-super-Mare, neighbourhood police are organising a series of raids as part of a huge crackdown on serious crime in the area. Teams are hitting six different properties, hunting for drug dealers who have recently been flooding into the town from across the country. It is not long before thousands of pounds' worth of cocaine and heroin is discovered. |
July 10, 2017 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 A young man is stabbed in broad daylight in Weston-super-Mare. Police race to find the two suspects, but despite the help of the force helicopter, they have bafflingly disappeared. |
July 11, 2017 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 After a couple of overnight house burglaries, the police are hot on the trail of a suspect. CCTV cameras in Weston-super-Mare are tracking the lad while the cops rush to intercept him. But suddenly he disappears, only to reappear moments later high up on a shop roof. It is a tense situation as officers try to talk the young man down. |
July 12, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The neighbourhood team in Gateshead is put on high alert when a man threatens a woman with a crossbow. As a siege unfolds outside a house on a busy residential street, the team works with the Armed Response Unit to bring the situation to a peaceful conclusion. After discovering countless cannabis farms being manned by human slaves against their will, Northumbria Police launch Operation Kestrel, a force-wide crackdown to find those profiting from misery and illegal drug production. PCSOs Craig and Jill know something isn't right when they notice a vandalised car on their usual patrol. After doing some digging, the pair find a family who are being attacked regularly and do everything they can to help them. |
May 21, 2018 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 When a woman in Newcastle threatens self-harm, Northumbria Police do everything they can to find her. Neighbourhood officer Neil manages to make contact, but things go from bad to worse when he realises she is talking to him from a bridge. Neil must use all his skills to talk to the woman and is forced to make a snap decision, which could save her life. When a prisoner who has broken the terms of his release goes on the run, Sunderland officers Mick and Dave must find him. After arresting him, it quickly becomes clear he won't go quietly, and the cops are forced to take a firm approach. In Sunderland, a youngster is injured after falling through the roof of a derelict school. After giving the trespassing youth some basic first aid, PCs Cooky and Sarah take him back to his dad, who is far from pleased. |
May 22, 2018 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 In Sunderland, Cooky and Sarah attempt to bring peace to an area being tormented by two sets of nightmare neighbours, living in separate flats in the same property. After on-going arguments and accusations of assault, the situation comes to a head when the fire brigade is called to put out a blaze in the back garden. Having had enough, the neighbourhood cops issue both properties with antisocial behaviour notices. Can the warring couples learn to work it out or will council and police be forced to evict them? In rural market town of Hexham, neighbourhood officers Barry and Auriol must find a homeless man suffering with a mental health illness who has missed a court appearance and has a warrant out for his arrest. |
May 23, 2018 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 4, 2011 |
| Last aired | June 1, 2018 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 11:00:00 |