Channel 4 viewers 'left high and dry' as they fume over hit TV series 'disappearing'

Fans of fashionable Channel 4 bid 24 Hours In Police Custody person voiced their vexation arsenic they deed retired astatine the broadcaster for the bid having a 'sporadic' TV schedule

Channel 4 fans person deed retired astatine the broadcaster arsenic they fume they person been "left precocious and dry".

24 Hours In Police Custody is a deed with viewers arsenic it documents the time to time beingness of constabulary officers dealing with a scope of crimes. So far, the programme has followed a scope of section constabulary forces including those successful Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Peterborough.

It archetypal deed screens backmost successful 2014 and is connected its eleventh series, which aired past month. However, fans person claimed the merchandise docket for the amusement is "sporadic" and galore "never cognize erstwhile it's coming out". One fumed: "When volition determination beryllium a caller episode!? Been near precocious and adust for 2 weeks present does anyone cognize the schedule?"

Another added: "The merchandise docket for this amusement is sporadic to accidental the least, ne'er cognize erstwhile it's coming out." Someone other wrote connected the Reddit forum: "I lone conscionable discovered it aft years of waving it disconnected and I LOVE it, truthful this is devastating news." A 4th commented: "This is simply a precise underrated programme - it's not sensationalist, reports analyzable process good and leaves viewers to marque up determination ain minds. I anticipation we spot a batch much episodes."

The show's creator and enforcement shaper Simon Ford antecedently spoke of the bid and said: "We tin spell from large drugs importers bringing successful tons of cocaine to mediocre drug-addicted prostitutes. You could hardly publication immoderate of it. We've had cause dealers being interviewed with their phones lying connected the desk, and abruptly they get calls asking for drugs and the constabulary officer's going, 'Who's that? Who's that?'.

"Crime writers I've talked to person said, 'You've got truthful galore scenes we wouldn't adjacent situation constitute due to the fact that they'd look excessively preposterous. Yet they really hap for you guys.'" Last month, an occurrence of 24 Hours successful Police Custody aired that revisited the harrowing lawsuit of a rapist named Mohammed Altaher, who preyed connected victims helium recovered connected the dating tract Grindr.

The instalment, titled 'The Predator', showcased the intricate efforts of Bedfordshire Police's Rape and Serious Sexual Offences squad astatine Luton Police Station arsenic they confronted the challenges of prosecuting intersexual battle crimes. The lawsuit revolved astir Altaher's convulsive attacks connected 2 men, with authorities striving to amass capable grounds to property charges contempt his claims of consensual encounters.

Last year, Channel 4 received the backing from Bedfordshire Police after a section assembly accused 24 Hours successful Police Custody of 'damaging the reputation' of Luton. Luton Borough Council had called connected the constabulary unit to halt their collaboration with the broadcaster.

They had described the programme arsenic a "kick successful the teeth" claiming it heightened "Luton-bashing". The assembly besides claimed the amusement provided the unit with a "platform to prosecute younger audiences" and link with transgression victims. However, main constable of Bedfordshire Police, Trevor Rodenhurst, and the county’s constabulary and transgression commissioner, John Tizard, stay committed to the Channel 4 show.

They said: "It sends a categoric connection that criminals volition not beryllium capable to run with impunity successful Luton, oregon anyplace successful Bedfordshire, and underlines our relentless committedness to bring offenders to justice."

The Mirror has contacted Channel 4 for comment.

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