Neighbourhood Blues
Season 7
Documentary series following the hard work and dedication of pioneering community policing teams as they confront the problems of troubled communities.
Where to Watch Neighbourhood Blues • Season 7
20 Episodes
- Episode 1E1
Episode 1Documentary 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. - Episode 3E3
Episode 3In 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. - Episode 5E5
Episode 5In this episode, officers in Weston-super-Mare are out in force to raid an address associated with drug use. In Bath the Neighbourhood Team hunt a prolific shoplifter who's caught red-handed on CCTV, and an officer revisits a mother who's left heartbroken by her son's drug addiction and criminal behaviour, only to get a nasty surprise - Episode 6E6
Episode 6The team rush to a neighbourhood dispute that has escalated into a violent break-in, an unruly twelve-year-old is taught a shocking lesson in an attempt to make him learn the error of his ways, and the police help coordinate a search-and-rescue mission when a rambler becomes stuck in Weston-super-Mare's treacherous mud flats. - Episode 7E7
Episode 7The team battle with what were formerly legal highs, psychoactive drugs that could be legally bought from high street stores. Officers respond to a man who has been stabbed in mysterious circumstances, and a pair of boozy day-trippers are sent packing by Bath's city centre team after one of the pair is caught short in the bus station. - Episode 8E8
Episode 8The team get a surprise when they attend a fire at a rural house and uncover a cannabis farm, a recently released convict decides that he misses prison life and books himself a return ticket behind bars by assaulting a cameraman, and a wheelchair-bound street-drinker gives the team an ear-bashing they'll never forget when they try to arrest him. - Episode 10E10
Episode 10The team leap into action when an intruder is reported to be charging through people's homes, an officer uses sign language to help a deaf couple who are being bullied, and police in Weston-super-Mare prepare themselves for the busiest day of the year when pop supergroup McBusted come to town. - Episode 11E11
Episode 11The team raid a house whose tenants' antisocial behaviour has been plaguing the community, the hunt is on for a hit-and-run driver who left a scooter rider lying injured in the road, and the police have to think fast to prevent a disturbance on an estate from escalating into a major incident. - Episode 13E13
Episode 13The team join forces with Trading Standards and HMRC to tackle rogue traders who are selling fake and illegally imported cigarettes, the Taunton neighbourhood unit roll out the red carpet when rock royalty comes to town, and it is back to school for the team when they dodge petrol bombs and baseball bats as they undergo the gruelling public order training course.