Tonight 8pm C4 Pet Detectives programme

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If anyone is interested...

"Britain is a nation of animal lovers, but across the country pets are being targeted by criminals who know that where there are pets there are big profits to be made. Driven by a difficult economy and our craving for increasingly flashy 'designer' pets, thefts and kidnappings are on the up.
Millions of pet owners are left with no one to turn to if their beloved pooch or kitty is stolen or goes missing. But now a new breed of entrepreneurs has come to their rescue: pet detectives.

Offering tragedy, comedy, loss and redemption as it follows the fortunes of three very different agencies, this documentary films the country's leading pet detectives as they attempt to unravel some of the most compelling and dramatic cases in the country: from the theft and murder of a champion budgerigar collection, to using the UK's only 'dog-hunter' dog.

The film makers follow the detectives into a world of trophy pets as they use painstaking police-style work, kidnap and ransom operations, informants and good old-fashioned shoe-leather to reunite victims with their beloved animals.

Tom Watkins is an animal lover with a selfless work ethic and an ambitious empire-builder. Tom's Animal Search UK operatives leave no stone unturned in their quest to find lost or stolen pets and re-unite them with distraught owners.

Colin Butcher, a ruthlessly efficient and highly experienced private investigator, has teamed up with ex-RSPCA officer Samantha Stringer, a warm-hearted animal expert, to run The Pet Detectives Ltd, specialising in the detection and retrieval of highly valuable pets.

John Hayward is an ex-Thames Valley policeman who runs the National Theft Register for lost and found birds. He is the nation's number one expert on rare bird theft. He uses old-school detective work and his supreme knowledge of the exotic bird business - and underworld - to crack his cases."

**Vai**

Yeah lookin forward to this. There was something similar on Sky a while back but it was pure ****e. Hopefully this will be an improvement.

Tranceypoo

**Vai** wrote: »

Yeah lookin forward to this. There was something similar on Sky a while back but it was pure ****e. Hopefully this will be an improvement.

Was that the one about the slightly mad woman who was living with that awful man in some big old castle and he would say things like 'if the dog craps you just rub their nose in it, that teaches them' and stuff like that, I couldn't bear to watch it he was such a tosser!!

**Vai**

Hahaha thats the one alright, the woman was eating away at his money to be fair but he did seem a bit of a tosser.

The C4 one was much better. Does anyone know if there are more planned or was it a one off?

carleigh

I was wondering the same thing, if there are any more episodes? It was very good, but so sad they didnt find Biscuit Dreadful to think people do those kind of things. I cant imagine what I'd be like if it was one of my own dogs.

Discodog

I loved the idea that the best way to attract a cat was to wear lurid hi viz

The owner could of put up the same notices & saved themselves £1000 per day. I would never pay a Pet detective by the day as it's actually an incentive to delay finding the lost pet.