Description
Armed and Deadly: Police UK tells the story of what it means to be an armed officer in modern day Britain amid the ongoing threat of terror, gang-related and other potentially life-threatening attacks they face on a daily basis.
Hearing from Britain’s most experienced armed officers and elite response teams, the series will lift the lid on what it is really like to fire a deadly weapon. The programme follows operations carried out by armed response teams, combining real footage from the missions with news coverage of the aftermath, and testimony from the officers themselves.
Officers are encouraged to explore the psychological and emotional effects of their life-and-death decisions, and explain how their repercussions become etched into their everyday lives.
Armed and Deadly: Gang Wars reveals what life was really like for people in organised criminal groups. With episodes themed on different UK locations, we go under the skin of the criminal fraternity and shine a light into the dark corners of that world.
The series meets former criminals and hears first hand accounts of their crimes, their regrets, and their lives after the criminality ended.