Episode 9 Oxford Street Revealed


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It's the most famous shopping street in the world,

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in the heart of Britain's capital city -

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a mile and a half long, with 30 million visitors each year,

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with some of the world's most famous shops,

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-biggest stars...

-Kate Moss.

-CHEERING

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-..and busiest stations.

-Sorry, guys, stand back for me!

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What does it take to keep it running 24 hours a day...

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It's the busiest street in the world, so needs constant attention.

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-..seven days a week?

-Oi! Clear off!

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You're going to be arrested on suspicion of attempted theft.

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Are you ready, London?

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A street that never sleeps.

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This sort of thing wouldn't happen anywhere else.

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Oxford Street.

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Coming up, plain-clothes police on patrol

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uncover a suspected phone scam.

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An underwear designer gets her knickers in a twist

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-getting her new collection ready.

-It's a complete nightmare.

-Yeah.

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The high-end food coming to a table near you.

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A charity shop's on the hunt for fancy fashion items.

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Huh! That's paid off, ain't it?

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And last orders, please.

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The police licensing team crack down on unruly pubs and clubs.

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It's now five to one in the morning, there are people outside drinking,

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so we need to see a copy of the licence, please.

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Keeping Oxford Street and the surrounding West End of London safe

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is a police team dedicated to making sure

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the visitor and tourist hot spots are free from trouble.

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And one of their most experienced plain-clothes operatives

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is Acting Sergeant Darren Bond.

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He and his team run regular undercover patrols.

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The main thing they're on the lookout for today is pickpocketing.

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If they suspect someone, they'll stop and question them.

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What they've learnt over the years is they never know what they might find.

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So, it's a Friday evening. Everybody's filed out of work.

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They're going home for the weekend.

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Unfortunately, that means a lot of them are going to take home

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their laptops, do a bit of work over the weekend.

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That's gold dust for the thieves.

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And on their way from Oxford Street to Covent Garden,

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Darren gets a call from two of his team.

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They've seen a man acting suspiciously

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in and around some local pubs.

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He won't tell them much, professing to speak little English.

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All he has said is he's Afghan, 17 years old

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and that he can't remember his date of birth.

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He's been in the country 14 years but he doesn't speak English.

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His date of birth is crucial to identify who he is

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and whether he's in the country legitimately.

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When did you come England?

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-When? Which year?

-You're smiling. You think this is funny, don't you?

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No answers from you, definitely cuffs, police station.

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If I can get details from you, maybe you walk.

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But Darren's communication skills aren't working.

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With so many foreign nationals to deal with in London,

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the police use a commercial telephone translation service,

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which PC Pace puts into practice.

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Can you ask this man, does he have a visa?

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Even with an interpreter, the man doesn't want to say much.

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Tell him, I don't care why he's here, what is his date of birth?

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You know your date of birth, don't you?

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I think your English is better than you're telling me

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and your English is better than my Pashtun.

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But we have an interpreter now and you're still being difficult.

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So, if you know how old you are, how do you not know your date of birth?

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So now I'm making inquiries on the scant details

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we've got out of the gentleman

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with immigration services, to see if he's known to them.

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The team are increasingly convinced the man's evasiveness

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is because he shouldn't be in the UK at all.

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You're here illegally, aren't you?

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Can you ask him, please, what's your date of birth?

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TRANSLATOR SPEAKS IN PASHTUN

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MAN REPLIES IN PASHTUN

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-TRANSLATOR ON PHONE:

-'September 6th, 1998.'

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6th September, 1998, his date of birth.

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'Can you repeat that, please?'

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Did you come here on the back of a lorry?

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With the man continuing to be difficult

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and his immigration status dubious, they decide to make the arrest.

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Can you explain to this man,

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you're under arrest for being an illegal immigrant

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in this country and you're coming back with us

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to the police station for some questions.

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And immigration offences aren't his only contravention.

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I'm also arresting you for suspicion of possession of a class B drug.

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The gentleman has been given ample opportunity

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to provide his details

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or substantiate if he's legally in the country.

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He's not been able to do that.

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I'm fairly certain he's here illegally. Good spot by the guys.

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Not the offence we're looking for, but ways and means.

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They take the man back to the station where Darren books him in.

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He'll be later passed on to Immigration Services.

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It's more testimony to the team's skills

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in spotting suspicious behaviour.

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And a few days later, two of the team,

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PCs James Drummond and Brad Pace, are out again,

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looking for people acting suspiciously,

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and they know just what they're looking for.

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Not the clothing, not the nationality,

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it's rather the out-of-character behaviour.

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Bumping into people, walking, following people should stick out.

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But they're hard to pick out. They are getting incredibly savvy

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about their own antisurveillance techniques.

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But perhaps not savvy enough.

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James spots a couple of men across the street

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-and thinks immediately something's not right.

-Where am I looking?

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Right-hand side, straight ahead, beyond,

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literally walking through the scaffolding now.

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One of them is consistently looking into the cafes,

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looked into the sandwich bar.

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We'll follow them to see what their behaviour is like.

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PC Pace suspects the men might be thieves.

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They're looking for opportunities,

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so bags on the floor,

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phones on the tables.

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They might be able to go in in ones or twos, distract someone.

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That's when an offence is likely to take place,

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so we'll just try and watch what happens.

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They start to follow.

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The suspects have yet to actually make a move

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and the longer the officers follow them,

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the bigger the risk they'll be spotted.

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I saw them there, split off and one was on either side of the road,

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trying to increase their chances.

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If they split, I'll take blue and you take black.

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The suspects are joined by a third man.

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Just as James and Brad are debating stopping them,

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the suspects talk to another man on the street.

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James has a word with the man they spoke to.

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Thank you.

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If the men are selling phones in this way,

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James suspects they'll be stolen ones.

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It's enough to warrant a stop and search.

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PC Pace catches up with the third man.

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-English?

-No.

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MAN SPEAKS IN INDISTINGUSHABLE ENGLISH

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I've seen you talking with these people.

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Stand up against the wall for me.

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-Stand up against the wall. Have you got ID, passport?

-ID?

-Passport?

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-Yes, you do. ID.

-Later, the team search the men.

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Stay there, otherwise I'll put you in handcuffs. Stay there.

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And what they find surprises even them.

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These two have got the same IMEI written on the back.

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Oxford Street might have a lot of stores,

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but very few of them are charity shops.

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In fact, there's only one in the area - the Salvation Army shop.

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It's run by manager Natalie.

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£80 altogether. Thank you very much.

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Have a lovely day. Bye.

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She's worked here for 16 years

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and, over that time, has made a big effort

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to make the store meet the demands of the location.

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I've tried very hard to build up a special boutique shop

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and to build up something that is really quite good now.

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Lots of vintage stuff, lots of designer stuff.

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Being based in such a prestigious shopping area,

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she relies on offering big labels and high-quality garments.

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Designer stuff sells the best.

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Look at that - Louboutin.

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This is American Apparel, still got the labels on.

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Beautiful party dress, can't go wrong with that. Lovely.

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This wonderful, wonderful dress. Hasn't been worn.

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It retails at £1,500. £150 we've priced it for.

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It's still here. Doesn't want to get married.

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But unlike the other stores on the street,

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she's reliant on donations and recently,

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the upmarket garments she craves have been few and far between.

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She aims to make £600 a day.

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We have achieved £364.90...

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..which is OK but, hmm, not good enough.

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However, Natalie's come up with a plan to improve her takings.

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She's going to trial a new bag-drop scheme

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to encourage the affluent residents around Oxford Street

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to donate their unwanted high-class clothing.

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And the first day of the scheme is today.

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I am so excited.

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I am absolutely bursting with joy just to see what happens.

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Hopefully, our fortunes will change

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because we're going to see what we get.

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The success of her plan now rests with collectors Tony and Dale,

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who've come all the way from Northampton to help with the trial.

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-Natalie.

-Hi, Tony, hi. How are you?

-We spoke on the phone.

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Good, good, good. How many bags are you going to put out?

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-We've got a target of 500 bags.

-Wow.

-We'll collect on Friday.

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-On Friday and then we can see what we're going to get from that.

-Yes.

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They get to work, dropping off 500 bags

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in the surrounding residential areas.

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There we go - Oxford Street, eh.

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Hello, is it possible to leave some bags with you? I wasn't sure.

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We've walked just over four miles.

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This is bag number 500, the last one,

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and this is the letterbox that that will be going through,

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so let's wish it luck.

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I'm hoping for quality rather than quantity.

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I'm going home to soak my feet.

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Hopefully, fingers crossed,

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that will work and we'll see what happens.

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It's been two days since the bags were dropped.

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This morning Tony and Dale are back to trawl the streets,

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trying to spot their trademark white and red bags.

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Big day for us today. We're not sure what we'll pick up.

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I'm pretty excited.

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It's just like Christmas, wait and see what we can get.

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At first, business is slow.

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This is our possible worst nightmare.

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We're driving round and we can't really find any bags at the moment.

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I'm not sure, I think, down there, there was a bag.

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Yeah, there is, there is. There's bags down there.

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You can't get a vehicle in. Dale, it's going to be a little walk.

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-You're not getting the first bag!

-Yeah.

-No, no.

-Yeah.

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The first one's mine!

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-Oh!

-I got it.

-I let him have it!

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Soon, the bags are coming thick and fast.

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There's two more. When you start picking the bags up

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and you see the first few, it lifts you.

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You start getting excited with it and expecting more bags,

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-which we'll get, won't we?

-Yeah.

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-There's something heavy in that one.

-It's rubbish.

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There's two or three down there. Got that. That's a big one.

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What started off as being a little bit slow has more than picked up.

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That's great. Thank you very much for that. Much appreciated.

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Right, that was good.

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And with that, Tony and Dale's bag collection is complete.

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They head back to the shop.

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I'm quite impressed with how generous it is around here.

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It's been quite surprising.

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-Tony, Dale, fantastic!

-Bags, bags.

-Woo-hoo!

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Time to see what treasure they've managed to unearth.

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Nice coat there. That is a nice one.

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-Oh, my gosh - Burberrys! How cool is that?

-And that was the first bag.

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Oh, it was the first one? Oh!

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-Exciting!

-Ben Sherman.

-Ben Sherman, J Crew...

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-Huh, that's paid off, ain't it?

-Yeah. Did we do well?

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You did very well. It's like Christmas time.

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You open the bag and think, "Oh, what am I going to get?"

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Wow, that's brill. Hugo Boss. Really good, expensive ties.

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Another Burberry - woo-hoo! Got to get it out as soon as possible.

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I'll get £75 for that. Yeah, I will. Thank you very, very much.

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For Natalie, her idea for the trial has paid off handsomely.

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'Today has been an amazing day. The only downside,'

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the wedding dress is still here, but it's off the wall

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and, hopefully, we can get her out of the door.

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And since we filmed, the bag scheme was extended.

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-Takings at the store have nearly trebled.

-Home, James!

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That dress, however, is still waiting to be sold.

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Oxford Street is far more than just a mile-and-a-half stretch of shops.

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The 30 million visitors it attracts each year

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and £5 billion of turnover means it's responsible for thousands of jobs

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and millions of pounds of orders all over the UK.

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It's a delicate spider's web of industry and creativity,

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as Naomi De Haan knows all too well.

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She runs a boutique lingerie business, designing bras and knickers

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embellished with jewellery, which sell for upwards of £100 a piece.

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For her business to succeed,

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she's reliant on her own team coming up with innovative designs

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and a factory in Wales to make them,

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and both parties could be on the verge of a huge breakthrough.

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Naomi's been offered a meeting

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with buyers for a major Oxford Street store,

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interested in collaboration with her brand.

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Our dream would be to be on Oxford Street.

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That would be the best thing ever.

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This collaboration with the well-known chain

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has the potential to catapult Naomi into the big leagues,

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with a possible collection at their flagship Oxford Street store.

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Um...

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But to make an impact on the buyers,

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she needs to impress them with samples of her best new designs,

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so today, she and her design team are on their way to Wales

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to have samples of her new collection made up for the first time.

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James Mellor runs the textiles factory in Tredegar, south Wales,

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that will make the samples.

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He knows just how tough the industry can be.

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I would say out of ten start-ups,

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maybe one goes through, to go on to another season,

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so it's quite a high mortality rate for these people, really,

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that want to start designer brands.

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You get lots of companies that come there.

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You do one season with them,

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everybody thinks you're automatically going to become

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rich overnight and don't realise the struggles that are involved with it.

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This is the only sampling time we have with James,

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so we really need to get these done today, otherwise we're in trouble.

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They arrive at the factory and get straight to work.

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James doesn't make much from sampling,

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but an Oxford Street store collection for Naomi

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could mean a big order for him and his factory,

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the last of its type in the Welsh Valleys.

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The sampling process is probably the most important stage, really,

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because until you actually cut the material

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and start putting it together,

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you don't know whether these things are going to work.

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They've all got to be hand-marked in, hand-cut, so it does take time.

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Naomi and her design team have brought tech packs -

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patterns and templates that explain

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how each of their garments is to be made. But...

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Right, ladies, can we have your attention for five minutes

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cos I think there's an issue with the packs.

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-..James has found a problem.

-With what?

-Tech packs.

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-Oh, no. The ones we literally just gave...?

-Yeah.

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Naomi needs to sample ten tech packs

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but she's not remembered to bring them all.

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We have forgotten the Louisa thong patterns

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and the Louisa thong sample and the Louisa high-waist brief patterns.

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It's frustrating but James has seen it before.

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Because these are new brands, you've got to try and train

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and educate the designers into how WE work.

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This should have all been done by them

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and presented to us before coming to the factory.

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And it's not long before other problems start to emerge.

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We're just about to put the rings on.

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-Is this the first one that's been done?

-Yeah.

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It's supposed to be sewn here and here.

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The pattern is asymmetrical.

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It looks like the cup seam on one side is longer than on the other.

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-Frustration is growing.

-There's a 3.4cm difference.

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One of them is wrong.

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A previous generation of this suspender belt was made here,

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but it's since been updated

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and there's now confusion over which version is which.

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-That's zigzag, that's coverstitch.

-Yeah, we stopped using this.

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The other sample that you think is correct is not because you've got...

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-The wrong elastic.

-Yeah.

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Naomi's spec has changed but the information wasn't passed on.

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You should just send one sample that's correct

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-and that should be it.

-And now she's lost another piece.

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They're both different, both incorrect in different ways.

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It's a complete nightmare.

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Naomi's day is rapidly unravelling.

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We needed to sample eight garments today

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and it's 2.30, we've only done half of one.

0:19:360:19:39

With four of ten items now dead in the water,

0:19:390:19:43

Naomi's quickly losing control of the situation.

0:19:430:19:46

Later, can Naomi salvage her samples

0:19:480:19:51

in time to impress the Oxford Street buyers?

0:19:510:19:54

We need to fix everything, otherwise we're in trouble.

0:19:540:19:59

PC Drummond and PC Pace have stopped three men,

0:20:050:20:09

who they spotted acting suspiciously.

0:20:090:20:12

As the officers followed the suspects, they saw one of them

0:20:120:20:16

offering to sell a phone to a stranger on the street.

0:20:160:20:19

-Thank you.

-James's first thought

0:20:230:20:25

is that they might be trying to sell stolen phones.

0:20:250:20:28

Stay there, otherwise I'll put you in handcuffs. Stay there!

0:20:280:20:32

The men have some explaining to do.

0:20:320:20:34

The men are Romanian and say they don't speak much English.

0:20:420:20:46

We're going to get a translator on the phone so we can talk properly.

0:20:460:20:50

-Listen. Listen.

-Hello?

0:20:500:20:52

Between them, the men have a series of high-end phones.

0:20:520:20:56

Now confident that something isn't right, PC Pace calls in backup.

0:20:580:21:03

We've stopped three guys and there's about five phones at the moment.

0:21:030:21:06

If you can get here sharpish, that would be awesome.

0:21:060:21:09

We have a great deal of high-value phones -

0:21:090:21:11

Samsung S5's, an iPhone, possible 5.

0:21:110:21:16

Until we can determine whether they're stolen or not,

0:21:160:21:19

we have to treat it as suspicious.

0:21:190:21:21

PC Drummond gets back in touch with the telephone translator service.

0:21:210:21:25

The gentleman has, through LanguageLine, informed us

0:21:250:21:29

that the phones are all his, he's got the chargers for them

0:21:290:21:31

and he's trying to generate money to get his way back to his own country.

0:21:310:21:35

It sounds a plausible explanation but James isn't convinced.

0:21:350:21:39

If you can explain to him that we find it suspicious

0:21:390:21:43

that he would try to sell to somebody

0:21:430:21:45

just walking down the street,

0:21:450:21:47

so we are searching him, his friends and the phones

0:21:470:21:51

to find out whether he has any stolen property

0:21:510:21:54

or the phones are stolen. Cam you explain that for me?

0:21:540:21:57

The backup has arrived.

0:21:570:21:59

The men are searched and chargers that match the phones are discovered.

0:21:590:22:03

As they investigate further, things get murkier.

0:22:030:22:06

-These two have got the same IMEI written on the back.

-Really?

0:22:060:22:09

The IMEI number for the phone should be like a numberplate for a car,

0:22:090:22:13

so should be different for every single phone.

0:22:130:22:15

However, on getting into the phone, we've then conducted the IMEI check

0:22:150:22:18

and they're all different from what they say on the back of the phone,

0:22:180:22:22

which leads us to believe that they are clone phones.

0:22:220:22:24

It's not possible for legitimately manufactured phones

0:22:240:22:28

to share IMEI numbers and the numbers on the case

0:22:280:22:31

ought to match the ones that come up onscreen, but they don't.

0:22:310:22:35

THEY SPEAK IN NATIVE TONGUE

0:22:350:22:38

So, you paying £80 for it or £70 for it,

0:22:380:22:41

there's got to be something fishy.

0:22:410:22:43

I've dealt with these before and this is a fake phone.

0:22:430:22:47

They're not real phones.

0:22:470:22:48

They work the same as phones, the cameraphone works,

0:22:480:22:51

but it's a fake phone.

0:22:510:22:53

My colleague saw you trying to sell it to people.

0:22:530:22:56

-No.

-James and Brad think they might have uncovered a hi-tech scam.

0:22:580:23:03

The phones are cloned fakes and the officers think

0:23:040:23:07

they've been presented as the genuine article and offered for cash.

0:23:070:23:11

You're all under arrest. You're going to a local police station

0:23:110:23:15

for possession of articles used to commit fraud, all right.

0:23:150:23:20

-Original.

-No. You know! Look at your face. You know.

-Original.

0:23:210:23:26

Yeah, of course. They won't even work. I can tell by this button.

0:23:260:23:30

Look at that button and look at that button.

0:23:300:23:33

-Is iPhone cinco, no?

-No.

-Si. Original.

0:23:330:23:38

While they wait for transport to the police station,

0:23:380:23:41

James reflects on a surprising outcome.

0:23:410:23:43

It wasn't, necessarily, what we were looking for.

0:23:430:23:46

It was a gut instinct thing, I have to admit.

0:23:460:23:48

The men are all put in the back of the police van

0:23:480:23:52

and taken to the station, where they're booked in.

0:23:520:23:55

It was a very good spot by James.

0:23:560:23:58

He spotted the two individuals a long way off

0:23:580:24:00

and we've seen the two males on opposite sides of the street,

0:24:000:24:02

ticking all the right boxes. It's the behaviour which stands out.

0:24:020:24:05

Turns out they had three Samsung Galaxys

0:24:050:24:08

and one iPhone 6, all of which were fake.

0:24:080:24:11

Later, the ORB team are back on patrol,

0:24:160:24:19

on the trail, this time, of unruly pubs and clubs.

0:24:190:24:23

I think there's sufficient here for a section 19,

0:24:230:24:26

just to bring it up to speed.

0:24:260:24:28

Within 1km of Oxford Street,

0:24:350:24:38

there's estimated to be up to 3,000 restaurants.

0:24:380:24:41

The trade is fuelled by the millions of visitors the street generates.

0:24:410:24:45

It's a competitive market.

0:24:450:24:48

27% of independent restaurants close within a year of opening

0:24:480:24:52

and 62% within four years.

0:24:520:24:55

Let's go!

0:24:550:24:57

But just what does it take for the luxury restaurants

0:24:570:25:00

in the Oxford Street area to ensure they maintain a competitive edge?

0:25:000:25:04

According to butcher Peter Allen,

0:25:060:25:08

much of it is down to the quality of the produce they use.

0:25:080:25:12

This is the centre of London

0:25:120:25:14

and it attracts the richest people in the world

0:25:140:25:17

and it's absolutely essential that they've got the best product

0:25:170:25:20

because it's a fiercely competitive market.

0:25:200:25:22

Peter supplies many of the leading Michelin-starred chefs in the area

0:25:250:25:29

and today, he's come to try and sell one of his regular clients

0:25:290:25:33

some of the most valuable meat in the world - Wagyu beef.

0:25:330:25:38

COWS MOO

0:25:390:25:42

Wagyu is a Japanese breed of cow revered for its flavour.

0:25:420:25:47

It costs around twice the price of other high-end meats. Why?

0:25:470:25:51

Well, the answer lies 100 miles away at Earl Stonham Farm in Suffolk.

0:25:510:25:55

Hello, my darlings. Off you go.

0:25:570:25:59

Andrew Deacon has one of the few herds of Wagyu cattle in the UK.

0:25:590:26:03

The point about Wagyu is that they mature much more slowly

0:26:030:26:08

than average cattle.

0:26:080:26:10

There was a natural propensity of the Wagyu

0:26:100:26:12

to store fat in its muscle

0:26:120:26:15

and the taste in beef is very much in the fat

0:26:150:26:20

and this produces this wonderful taste when it is cooked.

0:26:200:26:27

To make sure they reach the perfect balance of fat,

0:26:270:26:30

their feed is carefully monitored.

0:26:300:26:32

We have a specialist nutritionist who formulates the food recipes.

0:26:320:26:37

We feed them a very rich energy diet

0:26:370:26:40

just to make sure they're full of energy

0:26:400:26:42

and they're producing the quality

0:26:420:26:45

and the taste that we want in that end product in the restaurants,

0:26:450:26:49

so the recipe's... It's not highly guarded,

0:26:490:26:51

but it's one that we don't want to let out.

0:26:510:26:55

The special quality of the meat becomes apparent

0:26:590:27:02

once on the butcher's table.

0:27:020:27:05

So this is marbling. That's the flavour.

0:27:050:27:08

That's what everyone loves. Everyone's mad for the marbling.

0:27:080:27:11

It's just a little thin piece of fat

0:27:110:27:13

but it goes all the way through the meat

0:27:130:27:15

and gives it the juice, the flavour.

0:27:150:27:17

Once cut up, the meat's ready for Peter to take to Oxford Street.

0:27:180:27:22

But it's not just bespoke meat that's in demand for the area's top chefs.

0:27:250:27:29

In the Thames estuary, another luxury food product,

0:27:310:27:34

that will end up on Oxford Street shoppers' plates, is being prepared.

0:27:340:27:38

Mersea Island in Essex is home

0:27:380:27:40

to some of the most prized remaining British oysters

0:27:400:27:43

and Graham Larkin is busy dredging for them.

0:27:430:27:47

The oysters are cultivated in lanes on the seabed

0:27:470:27:50

and dredged up in these cages.

0:27:500:27:53

Each load is sorted by hand,

0:27:540:27:57

the mature oysters separated and everything else thrown back in.

0:27:570:28:01

Here's a lovely little oyster.

0:28:010:28:02

Nice deep cup on it so it will have plenty of meat in it.

0:28:020:28:05

Ideal for the London restaurants.

0:28:050:28:07

Back onshore, the mud and silt are washed off.

0:28:100:28:13

Once clean, they're sorted by size

0:28:150:28:17

and any that haven't survived can be removed.

0:28:170:28:20

The way to tell if they're dead is to give them a tap

0:28:200:28:23

and if they're hollow, you know they're dead.

0:28:230:28:25

You wouldn't want that in your mouth, would you?

0:28:250:28:28

The boxed and sorted oysters spend 42 hours

0:28:280:28:31

in constantly filtered water to remove any impurities.

0:28:310:28:35

Although oysters make up the bulk of their business, the company supply

0:28:350:28:40

all sorts of other luxury seafood to Oxford Street.

0:28:400:28:43

Here we go. That's a nice healthy one, male.

0:28:430:28:47

They're looking for the best quality for their customers

0:28:470:28:49

cos they're paying premium price, so they want them nice and fresh, firm,

0:28:490:28:52

plenty of meat on them.

0:28:520:28:54

If we don't meet that standard, we don't get their business.

0:28:540:28:57

Oysters that have been filtered for two days are now ready for packaging.

0:28:590:29:04

By 5am, delivery driver Dave is loading them into his van,

0:29:060:29:11

ready to hit the streets of the West End.

0:29:110:29:13

We've got everything from the oysters,

0:29:130:29:16

you've got live lobsters, live crabs, you've got dressed crabs.

0:29:160:29:20

I think if it comes out the sea, we supply it.

0:29:200:29:23

Shellfish doesn't keep, so the best restaurants need daily supplies.

0:29:230:29:27

One box of crabs.

0:29:300:29:32

That's the first one done.

0:29:340:29:36

The next one's just up here. It's Quaglino's.

0:29:360:29:39

One box of Canadian lobsters, live.

0:29:390:29:43

Morning, Henry, got your lobsters for you.

0:29:430:29:46

I've got a box of cockles for you at the back door. Done.

0:29:470:29:51

Morning, sir. Scallops for you.

0:29:520:29:55

Tiger prawns and dressed crab.

0:29:550:29:58

That's my favourite delivery of the day - the last delivery.

0:29:580:30:01

-There you go. See you later. Cheers.

-Thank you very much.

0:30:040:30:07

The seafood's arrived

0:30:080:30:10

and the bespoke Japanese-style beef is in the hands of the chef.

0:30:100:30:13

-Later...

-Let's taste.

0:30:130:30:17

..we'll see if he likes it enough to put it on his menu.

0:30:170:30:20

It's 9pm.

0:30:270:30:29

At Oxford Circus, Sergeant Richard Bunch is out on patrol

0:30:290:30:33

with a plains-clothes colleague.

0:30:330:30:35

But, unlike most police working Oxford Street,

0:30:350:30:38

they aren't out hunting criminals.

0:30:380:30:41

They're officers with Westminster Police's Licensing Team

0:30:410:30:45

and tonight, they're looking to ensure the pubs and clubs

0:30:450:30:48

entertaining people in the area are sticking to the rules.

0:30:480:30:51

It's crucial work,

0:30:510:30:53

ensuring any trouble or antisocial behaviour is kept to a minimum.

0:30:530:30:58

What we're going to do is see how they run their security,

0:30:580:31:00

see how their CCTV is operated

0:31:000:31:02

and see what prevention they're undertaking themselves.

0:31:020:31:06

Each venue has different terms to its licence,

0:31:060:31:09

which may address issues from capacity and opening hours

0:31:090:31:13

to the provision of CCTV and noise levels.

0:31:130:31:16

First up, they head into a bar which has recently been refurbished.

0:31:180:31:23

-Are you the DPS now?

-Yeah.

-Excellent.

0:31:230:31:25

-Can we go in and check your licence and stuff?

-Yeah.

0:31:250:31:27

It's a condition of their licence to have functioning CCTV

0:31:270:31:32

and Richard wants to check the refurbishment hasn't affected

0:31:320:31:35

-the areas the cameras cover.

-Take camera one, for instance.

0:31:350:31:40

You've got a great shot of the light and nothing else.

0:31:400:31:43

Yeah, it's been recently moved.

0:31:430:31:45

-This one here, see where the lights are reflecting from outside?

-Yeah.

0:31:450:31:48

What we're going to see is absolutely nothing.

0:31:480:31:51

I think there's sufficient here for a section 19,

0:31:510:31:53

just to bring it up to speed.

0:31:530:31:54

A section 19 can end in a bar's closure,

0:31:540:31:57

although the bar will have a period of time to put things right first.

0:31:570:32:01

Richard is being thorough for a reason.

0:32:010:32:04

If the police had relied on these cameras,

0:32:040:32:06

-they'd have been let down.

-So we don't have to close?

-No, no, no.

0:32:060:32:09

It's a notice giving you notice to try and bring your CCTV up-to-date.

0:32:090:32:14

The officers will return in a couple of weeks to make sure

0:32:140:32:18

the upgrade is carried out. It's come as a bit of a shock to the manager.

0:32:180:32:22

Yeah, it's taken me back a bit.

0:32:220:32:24

It's obviously important.

0:32:240:32:26

I didn't think that I'd get a section 19 for it.

0:32:260:32:31

The team move on. One of the biggest complaints

0:32:310:32:34

from businesses and residents on the street

0:32:340:32:36

is noise and broken glass caused by drinking outside.

0:32:360:32:40

And at a pub down the road,

0:32:430:32:45

they're not happy about customers spilling onto the street.

0:32:450:32:49

The manager promises he's sticking to the terms of the licence.

0:32:500:32:54

At 12 o'clock, they all come in.

0:32:540:32:56

Do they? We just want to identify a couple of bits.

0:32:560:33:01

The team give him a warning and move on

0:33:040:33:07

but decide they'll come back and recheck a bit later.

0:33:070:33:10

As the night draws in,

0:33:130:33:15

they turn their attention to the area's nightclubs.

0:33:150:33:18

They might be on the guest list for every club,

0:33:180:33:21

but things have definitely moved on since their own glory days.

0:33:210:33:25

I don't get it, personally, really don't get it.

0:33:250:33:28

The music's definitely changed and it's definitely louder.

0:33:280:33:30

It's a different world, a different world.

0:33:300:33:32

Tonight, they'll have to put up with the noise long enough

0:33:320:33:35

to make sure the clubbers are safe

0:33:350:33:37

and the surrounding area isn't too badly affected.

0:33:370:33:40

The Bonbonniere Club is one of a number locally

0:33:420:33:44

that can no longer legally serve drinks in glassware.

0:33:440:33:48

A review of the club's operations leaves Richard happy.

0:34:040:34:08

The officers have visited a dozen premises over the evening.

0:34:080:34:12

They make their way back to the station

0:34:120:34:14

via the pub they warned earlier about drinking outside,

0:34:140:34:17

but at nearly 1am, when they get there,

0:34:170:34:20

people are still drinking on the street from glasses.

0:34:200:34:24

It needs dealing with now. He assured us at midnight

0:34:240:34:27

that he would stop everyone drinking outside.

0:34:270:34:30

They were due to go inside. It's now five to one in the morning

0:34:300:34:33

and they're clearly still drinking outside.

0:34:330:34:36

The manager isn't happy with their attention.

0:34:360:34:39

He's just walked out and I've just walked in.

0:34:390:34:41

It's now five to one in the morning,

0:34:410:34:43

there's still people outside drinking.

0:34:430:34:46

So we need to see a copy of the licence, please.

0:34:460:34:48

The manager says the boss has the licence

0:34:480:34:51

and he's upstairs asleep because he's taking part

0:34:510:34:54

in the London to Brighton bike ride in the morning.

0:34:540:34:56

They send the manager upstairs anyway to wake him.

0:34:560:35:00

We don't want to stop anybody running their business

0:35:000:35:03

and making money. That's not what we're about.

0:35:030:35:05

But we have to take in all the factors

0:35:050:35:07

and the risk around that at the same time.

0:35:070:35:10

-Hello, my friend, sorry.

-Sorry.

-That's all right.

0:35:100:35:13

They show him the part of his licence which states that after midnight,

0:35:130:35:17

no-one should be allowed to take their drinks outside with them.

0:35:170:35:21

He, too, is given a section 19 notice,

0:35:210:35:24

with a strict warning that if it happens again,

0:35:240:35:27

there could be some serious sanctions taken against him.

0:35:270:35:30

-Good luck tomorrow.

-Cheers.

0:35:330:35:35

It's very fair. They've got a job to do.

0:35:350:35:37

We're here where we are and it needs monitoring.

0:35:370:35:40

The police do a job but we've got a job to do as well.

0:35:400:35:42

This time, we didn't get it quite right.

0:35:420:35:44

Just a couple of minor infractions tonight

0:35:440:35:47

shows how the area has improved in recent years.

0:35:470:35:50

All in all, the work we're continually doing

0:35:500:35:52

is clearly having a positive impact on all the licensed premises

0:35:520:35:56

up in the Oxford Street area

0:35:560:35:58

and we're continually making the area safe

0:35:580:36:00

for people to visit and enjoy their nights out.

0:36:000:36:05

And with that, Richard decides the party's over

0:36:050:36:08

and calls time on his patrol.

0:36:080:36:11

Since we filmed,

0:36:120:36:14

the pub we saw earlier has made the alterations to its CCTV.

0:36:140:36:17

In the end, no further action was taken against the three men

0:36:190:36:22

accused of selling fake phones.

0:36:220:36:24

The Afghan man, suspected of being in the country illegally,

0:36:240:36:28

was bailed to return to court the next day but failed to appear.

0:36:280:36:33

He is now wanted by the police.

0:36:330:36:36

In Wales, lingerie designer Naomi De Haan is trying

0:36:440:36:47

to have some samples made up.

0:36:470:36:50

She needs to show them to buyers

0:36:500:36:52

from a well-known Oxford Street store in two weeks' time.

0:36:520:36:55

So far, it's not been going well.

0:36:550:36:58

-They're both incorrect in different ways.

-It's a complete nightmare.

0:36:590:37:02

She wanted to make ten samples today. So far, she's not even completed one.

0:37:050:37:11

In desperation, she turns to the one man who can help -

0:37:130:37:17

factory boss James.

0:37:170:37:19

-We've only done half a garment so far.

-Right, OK.

0:37:190:37:22

-So I'm a bit worried.

-Right.

0:37:220:37:25

Unflappable, James finds some extra time in the diary

0:37:250:37:28

to finish the work another day.

0:37:280:37:31

-Unfortunately, we've had a slow start.

-Mmm.

0:37:310:37:34

-We'll make that back up tomorrow.

-Yeah.

0:37:340:37:36

Do you have any free the next day

0:37:360:37:39

cos it would just be to finish the bra,

0:37:390:37:41

high-waist brief and thong, isn't it?

0:37:410:37:44

With the work spilling over into extra days,

0:37:440:37:47

the team don't have much to show for their hard work today.

0:37:470:37:50

One suspender.

0:37:510:37:53

But the crop top, part of the body's nearly finished, so one...

0:37:530:37:59

..one and three-quarters out of ten.

0:38:010:38:04

The factory bell has gone.

0:38:040:38:07

Time for everyone to go home, including Naomi.

0:38:070:38:10

Like all new businesses, she suffers from a lack of experience

0:38:120:38:16

but at least she's got James on her side.

0:38:160:38:19

He likes her designs and is hoping she'll be a success.

0:38:190:38:23

Naomi's particular brand, I've got a good feeling about it myself.

0:38:250:38:28

They're nice-looking garments.

0:38:280:38:30

They're not too out there, they've got a nice little quirk to it

0:38:300:38:34

and I think she'll do well, fingers crossed.

0:38:340:38:37

We have a very, very strict schedule now.

0:38:370:38:39

We need to fix everything this week, otherwise we're in trouble.

0:38:390:38:45

Two weeks later and back in London,

0:38:460:38:48

Naomi is preparing for a key meeting with a high-street chain

0:38:480:38:52

that potentially wants to collaborate with her

0:38:520:38:54

on a new range of lingerie.

0:38:540:38:56

The day in Wales might have been a disaster,

0:38:560:39:00

but since then, James pulled out all the stops

0:39:000:39:03

and four of Naomi's ten new pieces are ready

0:39:030:39:06

for her to show off at the buyers' meeting.

0:39:060:39:08

They don't collaborate with people much

0:39:080:39:10

which is why we're excited that they contacted us.

0:39:100:39:13

When they do collaborate with people, it's always a big success.

0:39:130:39:16

-SHE SIGHS

-Um...

0:39:180:39:21

Why am I so nervous? I just need to plan what I'm going to say

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when I first go in. Hopefully, they'll be very chatty and friendly.

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The team pack the new samples and Naomi heads off.

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OK, I'm ready.

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-I'll see you guys later.

-Good luck.

-Bye.

0:39:330:39:36

-Oh, God.

-It's an important meeting.

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James is hoping for a big order through the factory

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and Naomi's team at the studio are relying on her

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to secure the company's future.

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I've never had a meeting like this before, so it's just new, isn't it?

0:39:500:39:54

It's always more daunting going into things

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that you've never done before.

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-Thank you.

-That's all right. You're welcome.

-Thanks, bye.

-Bye.

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What happens inside is commercially sensitive, so we can't follow her in.

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After an hour, she's back out and smiling.

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They liked all the designs, they liked the branding,

0:40:160:40:19

they like our imagery, which is nice.

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I still don't know if it's going to happen.

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It's early stages, but it will be really exciting

0:40:240:40:26

to see our stuff on Oxford Street.

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And waiting patiently to hear her news is her mother.

0:40:280:40:32

Mama?

0:40:320:40:34

Yeah, it was good.

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She dipped our Rheanna bra in her tea by accident.

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But no, it was funny.

0:40:400:40:42

They were really nice, they were really friendly.

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Since we filmed, Naomi is still waiting to hear

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whether the store will go into collaboration with her.

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It could take months to finalise any deal.

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In the meantime, Naomi can reflect on the fact that the journey

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from the Welsh Valleys to Oxford Street is a long and winding one.

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Midlands butcher Peter Allen is at an upmarket restaurant

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near Oxford Street, looking to make a sale for his high-priced Wagyu beef.

0:41:170:41:21

-I take over from this point.

-Thank you.

0:41:220:41:25

Problem is, it's expensive - around twice the price of his usual beef.

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Now, I happen to think that this could be the cut for you.

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For chef Douglas to take it, he's got to be sure

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it's special enough for people to want to pay a high price for it.

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What we should actually do is to cook a picanha steak...

0:41:430:41:47

-A picanha steak.

-..taste it.

-Definitely.

0:41:470:41:50

Here we go.

0:41:520:41:54

I think now is the moment of truth.

0:42:010:42:03

Let's taste.

0:42:060:42:07

Wow, definitely, people will pay for this steak and will come back.

0:42:150:42:20

Thank you. I'm a happy boy now.

0:42:200:42:22

This is not only a steak, it's a completely different thing.

0:42:220:42:24

If you taste it...

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I want to taste it again because it's very, very good.

0:42:260:42:31

It's nice! When you see the meat, you think, "This is quite fatty.

0:42:340:42:39

"Will it be boring?" No. This is very good.

0:42:390:42:44

Peter...

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-..we have a deal.

-Oh, good. Thank you.

0:42:470:42:50

Bye. We've made the sale.

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I won't have to walk to work next week.

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And just a few days later, for £55, the rump Wagyu steak ends up

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on a group of Oxford Street shoppers' plates.

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