Major Crimes Unit
2026 · Documentary · 1 Season · 6 Episodes ·
With unprecedented access to West Midlands Police’s elite crime-fighting unit, this series follows investigators as they race against time to track suspects, uncover the truth, and deliver justice for victims and their families.
Episodes
1. Taking Down the GangsAfter nine figures attack a silver car in darkness - and a gun is fired at point blank into the vehicle - the unit steps in. Could this be a violent conflict driven by territory, drugs and status?
2. Terror in SuburbiaIn Dudley, after gunfire rips through a young mother's front door and a shot strikes her in the hip, the team are tasked with identifying the perpetrators, leaving no stone unturned.
3. Shooter on the High StreetFollowing a targeted shooting in West Bromwich, the unit must act fast to track the perpetrators' vehicle, facing a race against time to bring charges against the suspects.
4. RansomSix men with machetes, swarm a vehicle, bundling the driver into a car's boot. With little to go on, police must reconstruct the attack from digital, financial and forensic evidence.
5. PaybackPolice investigate separate cases of a man in Wolverhampton who was run over and robbed, and a man in Birmingham whose injuries might be linked to a shooting the previous night.E66. Episode 6
