Episode 1

Detective Inspector Kay Lancaster leads Operation Manhunt – a Hertfordshire Police team targeting criminals who prey on the elderly. Her chief constable has just given top priority to her team’s investigation into a gang who have notched up thirteen distraction burglaries against pensioners - so the pressure is on to get a result. At home – and supposedly off duty – single mum Kay juggles work calls and cooking duties for her two boys. For twenty years, her workload has been crime and cruelty but she tries to make sure her children, aged 9 and 10, don’t get frightened by their mum’s day job: “I think my children have got crime in perspective. They’re not scared – because I’m protecting them.”