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Geordie Coppers

2026SeriesAnnaliese Edwards

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Keeping a busy city centre safe

Geordie Coppers follows the people dealing with crime and disorder in Newcastle. The Candour production brings together Northumbria Police, NE1 and Newcastle City Council, showing a city-centre partnership rather than a police team working alone. Its observational stories move between urgent incidents, routine enquiries and the unpredictable encounters of a shift on the streets.

The opening episode follows PC Siobhan as she investigates repeated robberies, with a house search and an unexpectedly warm Big Mac becoming part of the enquiry. Street ranger Callum, who hopes to become a police officer, finds himself first at the scene of a brawl. The two stories establish the overlap between investigation and immediate response.

Different pressures across successive shifts

Later incidents include a possible stalking case, work with trading standards on suspected illegal tobacco and vape sales, and efforts to identify people involved in city-centre violence. Officers also encounter homelessness and intoxication, bringing public welfare into the same programme as enforcement.

Another chapter follows decisions about whether to stop a vehicle associated with organised crime, while council staff help people get home safely. The changing scale of those tasks gives the series its character: a serious operational decision can sit beside an ordinary act of assistance within the same city night.

Episodes

S01 · E01

Episode 1

In the first episode, consecutive robberies on a busy road have PC Siobhan baffled, but a house search and a warm Big Mac suggest an unlikely suspect. Street ranger and wannabe cop Callum's mettle is tested when he is first on the scene of a street brawl.

S01 · E02

Episode 2

Sgt Craig is far from amused by the arrival in town of online adult star Bonnie Blue and her touring bus, concerned she is proving a distraction to the local students. PC Siobhan is alarmed when a potential stalking case comes across her desk, and work begins to identify the suspect and get him off the streets before he strikes again, while PC Adam helps trading standards officers at a newsagent suspected of selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.

S01 · E03

Episode 3

A group of youths assault a man in the city centre. PC Adam investigates an 18-year-old who's well known to the police and is spotted on CCTV in yet another brawl. PC Sherrie is called to a shopping centre where security staff have detained a male who's drunk and abusive, and Street Ranger John shows his caring side when he deals with a member of the street community.

S01 · E04

Episode 4

With a bad batch of spice on the streets and a body found in an alleyway, the police trigger a manhunt, PC Siobhan searches for a known burglar, and PC Sherrie is dealing with a couple of homeless lovebirds.

S01 · E05

Episode 5

PC Jude sees a car that's known to belong to an organised crime gang, and Sergeant Matt must decide whether it's safe to stop and search. Sergeant Graham is out on patrol, but for some strange reason he is at risk of being confused for a stripper. Council workers Emma and Carolyne make sure that everyone gets home safely.

Episode descriptions: TVmaze · CC BY-SA 4.0

Film details

Format
Documentary series
Release year
2026
Premiere date
2026-09-14
Director
Annaliese Edwards
Country of production
United Kingdom
Language
English
Episode runtime
46 min

Catalogue information: TVmaze · CC BY-SA 4.0