NIGHT COPPERS TO RETURN FOR THIRD SERIES ON CHANNEL 4

Policing series Night Coppers is set to return for a third series on Channel 4, TV Zone understands. The commission was part of a 12-episode order which included series two and three.

Ten thousand revellers pack Brighton’s clubs and pubs every weekend, and as the sun goes down and the lights come up, the number of assaults, sexual violence, anti-social behaviour, drug-related incidents and hate crime goes through the roof – and for the Night Coppers of Brighton, policing this city after dark is one hell of a ride.

The series looks at the characterful cops of the night patrol as they tackle a huge range of incidents – from nightclub fights and drug arrests to the high stake crimes of arson, missing persons and mass brawls in the street. But told through an amazing cast of officers, Night Coppers is as much about the cops as the crimes.

Through actuality, CCTV and police bodycam we are shoulder to shoulder with the officers from dusk till dawn, seeing how they handle bloody nightclub bottlings, attempted suicides and sexual assaults and how they can take their toll on the person under the uniform, and how a certain type of black humour is sometimes the only way to get through the night.

Night Coppers is available now on Channel 4.