999: What Happened Next

Police are investigating a series of violent incidents that occurred on a single morning in Peterborough, comprising a stabbing, an attempted robbery and a separate assault. The three attacks, each distinct in nature, were reported within hours of one another, prompting a coordinated response from local law‑enforcement agencies.

The show’s an investigative programme presented as a single episode that turns its attention to a recent wave of violent incidents. It adopts a factual style, aiming to piece together what happened during a brief, intense period of crime. The focus is on uncovering the circumstances surrounding the events. The core of the episode centres on three separate attacks that unfolded on the same morning in the town of Peterborough. Viewers are taken through a stabbing, an attempted robbery and an assault, each described in turn. By grouping these incidents together, the programme highlights how they’re all within a narrow time frame. Throughout the broadcast, the investigation follows the sequence of the three crimes, examining how they relate to one another in space and time. It outlines the nature of each offence – the stabbing, the thwarted theft attempt and the physical assault – while keeping the focus on the morning they all happened. In presenting the three attacks as part of a single morning’s spree, the episode’s underscores the concentration of violence in Peterborough that day. The narrative stays strictly to the facts of the stabbing, the attempted robbery and the assault, offering a concise account of what transpired without venturing beyond the recorded events.