The Force: Manchester

In Newcastle, cops race to a pub after a dispute between youths triggers a stabbing; a man threatens to kill his grandfather; a plumber's routine call leads to the discovery of a hidden cannabis growing operation in a flat.

Officers try to save a suicidal man; officers are hurt when a police van collides with a taxi; a man is accused of terrorising the public with a snake; after falling and getting trapped, a pensioner needs to be rescued; officers must dodge bricks.

High-speed car chase; bar brawl; officers arrest a man after his partner is hospitalised with a suspected drug overdose; a man is charged with brandishing a knife in public.

Police arrest a burglar twice within a matter of days; a helicopter searches for a woman heard screaming in a park; officers stop a gang geared for burglary; an argument over cigarettes flares out of control.

A man sought on criminal damage and domestic violence charges is tracked down in Washington; a tip triggers a police drug raid in a quiet residential neighbourhood; police pursue an uninsured driver in South Shields.

Police respond to an emergency call about a stabbing; an assault complaint leads to a cannabis farm; a wanted man is tracked down in Blyth.