Criminally Funny

Drawing on CCTV, dash‑cam and smartphone footage, the programme assembles a collection of real‑world recordings. It uses this material to spotlight offenders whose blunders are so spectacular that they rank among the most inept criminals ever recorded in the world, presented in vivid detail.

The series is built around a simple premise: it pulls together CCTV, dash‑cam and smartphone recordings to create a visual record of wrongdoing. By stitching together these everyday sources of video, the programme offers viewers a clear, up‑close look at incidents that would otherwise be lost to the news cycle. It’s a format that leans on the ubiquity of modern recording devices to bring the action straight into the living‑room. What the show actually does is shine a spotlight on some of the most hopelessly incompetent criminals ever caught on tape. Using the raw footage, each episode walks the audience through blunders and missteps that make the perpetrators look almost comical in hindsight. The focus stays firmly on the sheer lack of skill displayed, letting the video speak for itself without any need for dramatisation. Beyond the core idea of showcasing these blunders, the programme sticks to its original toolkit – nothing more than the publicly available recordings from cameras and phones. It doesn’t bring in actors, reenactments or external commentary; the entire narrative is driven by the unedited clips that reveal just how badly some people can mess up a simple crime. In that way, the series remains a straightforward, visual catalogue of criminal ineptitude.