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4 Crime revisits The Ambush alongside loan sharks and Hatton Garden

Three Channel 4 documentary uploads move from a Luton assault investigation to illegal lending and the 2015 burglary.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

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5:43Investigators inspect tyre marks and road railings to distinguish a possible collision from an assault.
14:40Car park CCTV gives detectives another view of the events before the victim was found.
19:48Hamm suspects a dispute involving a county lines drug operation.
27:18A delivery vehicle's dashcam helps detectives trace a car registration.

The dashcam supplies a breakthrough. In 4 Crime's most-watched new upload, detectives investigating a serious assault find a car registration in footage from a pizza delivery vehicle.

The Channel 4 documentary channel posted three uploads this week, with the two-part 24 Hours in Police Custody story, The Ambush, drawing about 76,000 views. Detective Sergeant Tom Hamm's investigation begins with a young person found critically injured on a Luton road. Investigators inspect tyre marks and railings, consider whether a collision could explain the injuries, then turn to car park CCTV. The documentary follows the painstaking work of connecting those separate pieces.

Elsewhere, Ellie Flynn's Dispatches investigation examines illegal money lending, including borrowing online and the dangerous situations borrowers describe. The newest upload returns to the Hatton Garden burglary, following the investigation from security footage to bugged cars and the trial. Both programmes were first shown earlier this year; these are additions to the channel's documentary library, not newly unfolding cases.

An earlier 24 Hours in Police Custody upload carries the most momentum: the Hertfordshire drug-smuggling investigation is approaching 850,000 views and currently attracts more daily viewing than any of the week's additions.

Across the library, 4 Crime added roughly 1.2 million views, the largest weekly total among its nearby true-crime and courts channels. Cold Trace also had a substantial week. Subscribers increased modestly, while 4 Crime's present daily viewing is a little below its usual level. The archive investigation into the Hertfordshire operation remains its strongest draw.

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