The Force: Manchester

In Newcastle, cops race to a stabbing outside a pub after an argument between a group of youths turns violent. A man is arrested after threatening to kill his granddad. And officers bust a cannabis farm after a plumber's routine call-out leads to the discovery of a drug den hidden inside a tenant's flat.

A burglar is arrested twice within days but can the police find evidence to lock him up? A helicopter searches for a woman heard screaming in a park. A gang is stopped equipped for burglary, and an argument over cigarettes escalates out of control.

An emergency call to a stabbing is not quite as it seems. A victim reporting an assault leads to the discovery of a cannabis farm. A wanted man is hunted down in Blyth, and officers are left baffled when a man they suspect is drink driving blows under.

In Sunderland, the dog unit is called to help deal with a man who has barricaded himself inside his house with a Rottweiler. A man who smashes up his flat with a baseball bat is arrested, and a woman suspected of taking an overdose goes missing.