Series 14 – Durham and Cleveland

Episode 1

In tonight’s show, a reverse ramming sends Interceptor Chris Green reaching for German Shepherd Ronny. But will this canine cop track down a villain in a pitch black building site? Lee Wilson is confronted by a particularly mouthy motorist – who doesn’t know when to call it a day. Liam Sewell arrests a man who denies carrying out a shocking attack, but the CCTV never lies; and Tasers are drawn after a van driver causes carnage and kicks off. Plus, a wanted man’s holed up in a loft and refusing to come quietly, resulting in a shower of loft insulation, abuse and pepper spray.

Episode 2

Tonight’s show features one of the most challenging pursuits ever witnessed in County Durham as Spike takes the lead against a runaway car thief. Bringing the epic car chase to a safe conclusion calls for multiple units, air support and 50,000 volts. Meanwhile, reports of a firearm lead Liam to investigate a gang of suspected crack dealers who have unwisely strayed onto the Interceptors’ patch from Nottingham. With the help of sniffer dog Louie, Liam uncovers the stash and locks up three men. ‘Expect the unexpected’ is the story of the night for Jacko as a straightforward stop snowballs into a late-night showdown with an aggressive youngster. After hurling insult after insult, spitting and threatening Jacko’s family, the lad finds himself facing the sharp end of the interceptor’s taser and a trip to the nick. Jacko continues his patrol with the arrest of a midnight cyclist who is weighed down by the necessary tools for burglary, while Richie patiently struggles through a lengthy encounter with the world’s worst liar – an uninsured motor mouth who denies driving his car despite irrefutable CCTV evidence that has him bang to rights.

Episode 3

Paul ‘Jacko’ Jackson is forced to draw his taser which leads to a shocking result. Dog handler Mo Rashad is in a high speed pursuit of two stolen cars fleeing through the streets of Middlesbrough. It then quickly turns into a man hunt, but will they corner their quarry? Jimmy Grieves is confronted with a mouthy passenger who not only gives him an earful; she also gives him the run around when the car keys disappear. Steve Adey is forced into an early morning sprint and then into a marathon after an uninsured driver ditches his motor. And the gloves are off on Halloween evening which turns out to be less fright night, more fight night. Plus Liam Sewell discovers a new type of herb pizza topping and it’s not Oregano.

Episode 5

This episode features an all-action night shift for Lee Wilson and Rachel Thomson. From a face-off with a driver threatening Lee’s family, to the pursuit of a high-speed Mercedes laden with a pregnant passenger, and the arrest of a drug driver, to a 6-man struggle with a violent man. It’s an eye-opening night-in-the life of an interceptor and a baptism of fire for rookie Rachel.

Liam Sewell plays a pitch-black game of hunt the knife in the aftermath of a terrifying armed robbery; Dog handler Mo Rashad deals with a double fire before arresting a man who appears to be robbing a phone box.

Plus a deluded motorist picks up the phone and calls the police, to report interceptor Chris Green for stealing his car.

Episode 7

Interceptors AJ and Richie Gatland are in pursuit with a van speeding through narrow country lanes, the driver tries to ram them and the passenger legs it across a pitch black field, but will AJ catch his man?

A crash involving a car and a motorbike requires Liam Sewell’s skills to track down the car driver, who decides to kick off and relieve himself in the custody suite, and Paul “Jacko” Jackson and the team box in a van carrying large quantities of cannabis.

Plus, sparks fly when dog handler Justin Moffitt and police dog Elsa capture two burglars on a building site.

Episode 9

Dog handler Chris Lambert is hot in pursuit of a stolen Range Rover desperate to escape, but when it finally crashes, the interceptors are forced to play a game of guess the driver. A simple lock up turns into a grappling match, with Pete Tate and Spike going the distance and drawing their pepper spray. Jimmy Grieves tracks down a slippery suspect who not only tries to use his abusive wit, he also decides to spit, and Spike is on the hunt for an old adversary who previously gave Kev Salter the slip. Plus, Mo Rashad and police dog, Max, corner a violent thief who’s been wandering the streets armed with a broken bottle.

Episode 4

Interceptor Damien ‘Damo’ Stevens is involved in a high speed pursuit, but the driver manages to give him the slip. Overhead, the interceptors’ eye in the sky spots five runners from a crashed motor, but is it the target car?

Dog handler Mo Rashad is called to a mansion in Hartlepool to look for potential hideaways. He doesn’t uncover any bodies but he does come across one of the biggest marijuana seizures Cleveland Police have ever made. Also, Jacko tackles an angry mob of drinkers after taking down a dodgy scooter driver right outside a pub; and Mark Sheppard deals with a drink driver who’s covered in blood after going head first through his windscreen.

Plus, Spike and Pete Tate stop a speedy motor whose driver talks even quicker than he drives.

Episode 6

A failure to stop in Hartlepool turns into an armed standoff in a full blown kidnapping situation.

Spike and Pete Tate make a surprise stop on an unsuspecting heroin dealer, Liam and the team make a shocking discovery when bag of crack cocaine, cash and a knife is found on a 14 year old lad, and Lee Wilson is taken for an on and off road high speed pursuit in Stockton.

Plus, Paul ‘Jacko’ Jackson and Simon Kestle tackle a drug driver wearing a balaclava.

Episode 8

Tonight’s episode follows a dramatic pursuit as a runaway mugger rams Paul Faulkner off the road at 80-miles-per-hour. While Faulko is rushed to hospital, the team battles to tackle the aftermath of the crash and to hunt down the driver responsible.

Meanwhile, timing is everything, as Liam Sewell locks up a rogue biker with the help of patience, pepper spray and a heroic passer-by.

Pete Tate does his best Usain Bolt impression to catch a driver fleeing a crash, while Liam is back on patrol, investigating a shocking burglary, in which thieves ripped a boiler off the wall and flooded two flats with water and gas.

Plus, Bully and Jacko deal with the same man for separate offences. Bully discovers drugs stashed in the suspect’s walking aid before Jacko seizes his car a week later.

Episode 10

Interceptor Chris Green and the team are in pursuit of a stolen Mazda M3, which leads Chris on a snowy high speed pursuit. With the motor stung the driver disappears into an industrial area. Chris’s tracker dog Ronny has a twitchy nose but will this canine crime fighter track down the villain? Interceptor Jimmy Grieves is lying in wait for a man who he’s been told is driving illegally and possibly carrying drugs, but what should be a fairly routine stop soon turns into something very different – and very dangerous – as the driver’s son turns up ready to rumble with the cops. Plus, Liam Sewell helps nick a banned driver who causes carnage at a red light; rookie Interceptor Carl Woods gets behind the wheel for his first ever TPAC, and the dog handler duo of Liam and Justin Moffitt hunt down two burglars who’ve ditched a car full of stolen goods.

Episode 11

Paul ‘Jacko’ Jackson is fired on by a suspect with a gun. As pellets whizz past their ears in the pitch black, armed police have split seconds to decide whether to return fire, with potentially fatal consequences. At the other end of the county, multiple units box in a suspect taxi that’s ferrying a stash of cocaine and a bumper crop of weed along the A1, while Liam Swell and Lee Wilson arrest a drugged-up likely-lass who could give Pinocchio lessons in lying. It’s a day at the beach for Spike and the bike team, as they hunt for a man on a quadbike spotted with a gun. Meanwhile, when Chris Lambert nicks a pair of star-crossed lovers fleeing a stolen car, the interceptor finds himself stuck between a chain-wielding Romeo and his spitting, screaming Juliet.

Episode 12

In tonight’s show, Interceptors Liam Sewell and Ben Sutcliffe make an early hour dash to catch a team of late night burglars and one of the suspects treats Liam to a face full of saliva.

Paul ‘Jacko’ Jackson and Simon Kestle are in pursuit of a car round the streets of Ferryhill, but the youth behind the wheel is driving it like a stolen car out of Grand Theft Auto. The lad legs it, but it’s not the Interceptors that make the arrest.

Plus, Spike tails two suspected burglars in the unmarked Beemer before making a back street stop; Jacko and rookie, Rachael Bennett lose, then find a drunk driver on the streets of Shildon, and Liam’s sniffer dog Louie uncovers large amounts of cash and drugs following an armed raid.

Episode 13

For the first time ever in Police Interceptors history, we show a pursuit filmed from the suspect’s perspective! As a fleeing Vauxhall Astra hammers the streets north of Hartlepool at more than 100 miles per hour through busy lunchtime traffic, a passenger films from inside while hurling abuse at the pursuing police officer – before the driver reverse rams the car and forces the pursuit to be called off. But it doesn’t end there – the driver later robs a supermarket at knife point, forcing a huge manhunt.

Plus, Liam Sewell and his sniffer dog Louie take part in the search of a house which uncovers thousands of pounds of cash and nearly half a million pounds worth of Class A drugs; Lee Wilson stops a van with a faulty brake light only to discover its driver is even more damaged due to smoking cannabis; and Spike brings along a canine companion in a bid to catch the driver of a car believed to be stolen in a 2 in 1 burglary

And a 999 call causes firearms officers to rush to the town of Guisborough at 11pm on a Friday night – the caller claims a man with a shotgun is walking round the town threatening to kill people. Liam Sewell and his dog Titan are first to catch the suspect – but then things take an interesting turn….