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In Stranger at My Door an escaping bank robber finds refuge with a preacher and his wife. The preacher believes he can be reformed but soon finds the robber more trouble than he's worth.

The Beast from the East descends, covering parts of the UK in a blanket of snow and ice and bringing some of the country's busiest roads to a standstill. Phones are ringing off the hook at as scores of drivers are left stranded on Britain's roads.

Bad British weather makes for a bad day on the motorway as a freak hailstorm comes out of nowhere and causes chaos for the patrollers as three cars crash off the motorway at high speed.

Inspector Anton Sullivan is tailing a dangerously erratic driver in a white van. As he stops him, the driver refuses to cooperate. On a busy M56, PC Andy Doran spots a broken down lorry that's blocking a live lane.

The pursuit of a white van tearing up the turf proves to be a family affair, and a two-year-old German shepherd cross named Titan earns his spurs.

A door-knock arrest snowballs into a firearms stand-off for Damo, Spike uncovers a stash of cannabis stored with lethal shotguns, police dog Ronnie lands right on top of a wanted man, and Ben legs it after a runaway driver.

PC Andy Doran is at the scene of a collision on the A6, where a young driver has fallen asleep at the wheel and crashed into a lamp post. On the edge of the Peak District, PC Amy Hollis is on scene where a car has come off the road and hit a bridge.

While investigating the burglary of allegedly empty premises by a machete-wielding masked gang, cops discover the house is hiding a colossal cannabis farm. And there's a moonlight round of hide and seek after two suspects leg it from a stolen car.

Police are called to a collision in a rural country lane where the driver has misjudged a corner and her car has landed on its roof. Snakes are reportedly seen abandoned by a roadside.