This debut episode includes the tale of two drunk Dubliners who stole a trawler to get back to Ireland after missing the last ferry home from Holyhead; the case of a man whose day trip from Wales to Skegness involved a drink and drug-fuelled raid on a sex shop, which culminated in him stealing a mannequin after he took a liking to the French maid's outfit it was wearing; and how the theft of a giant tortoise from a Cornish pet sanctuary sparked a nationwide media campaign.

Featuring a wannabe robber who was found naked in a supermarket chimney; the case of an owl kidnapped to cash in on a Harry Potter-inspired craze; and a couple who hatched a surreal scam to dodge a 120 pound speeding fine which cost them over 10,000 pounds and involved a European round trip and a bogus Bulgarian.

Featuring the story of the gang who used a mechanical digger to smash and grab an ATM from the bank of a quiet Lincolnshire village; the tale of a conman and bigamist who was wanted for multiple fraud charges while juggling two wives and a girlfriend in different parts of the UK; and how a surreal plan to get off a speeding fine backfired when police called in the help of an expert who usually reconstructs the faces of murder victims.