THE DETECTIVES: TAKING DOWN AN OCG, BBC - ADDITIONAL CAMERA, ADNAN AHMED

★ BAFTA Winner 2024 - Best Factual Photography

“The absolute control of Rochdale’s criminal underworld is portrayed in harrowing detail” - MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS

“A fascinating insight into police work on the edge” - THE GUARDIAN

“Gripping three part fly on the wall documentary” - THE SUN

“Gritty and gripping” ★★★★ - THE DAILY MAIL

Five years in the making, this BBC series follows a small specialist police unit over the course of an extraordinary operation to bring down one of Manchester’s most violent & notorious crime groups: The Adam OCG. 

When a man is attacked with an axe on a Rochdale estate and a local gang member emerges as the main suspect, a small team of specialist police officers launches an investigation into the attempted murder. As the operation unfolds, detectives uncover a sophisticated criminal network involved in large-scale drug-dealing, widespread grooming of children to deal drugs, witness intimidation, money laundering, and kidnapping - but it soon becomes clear that bringing the gang to justice will not be easy. 

All three films available on BBC iPlayer.

FILMED & DIRECTED BY: Benedict Sanderson

ADDITIONAL CAMERA: Adnan Ahmed

SERIES PRODUCER: Louise Malkinson

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Morgan Matthews, Sophie Jones, Kate Collier

COLOURIST: Tim O’Brien, Evolutions

MINNOW FILMS for BBC 2 2023