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Fare Dodgers: At War with the Law

  • 2019-2026
  • 3 seasons
  • Documentary, Suspense

Observational documentary series following Transport for London's enforcement officers and undercover investigators.

Season 3 Episode Guide

6 Episodes 2026

Episode 1

Episode #3.1

45 mins

The documentary series returns for a third series. Going behind the scenes with revenue protection teams at some of the UK's biggest rail, bus and tram operators, following their daily battle with suspected fare evaders. Transport for London investigator Lisa pursues a suspected fare evader owing the network almost £2,000 in unpaid fares. At Waterloo Station, revenue protection officers target short fares and the misuse of discount cards.

Episode 2

Episode #3.2

60 mins

Transport for London investigators are at Seven Kings Station in north-east London, to hunt for a prolific fare evader who owes the network almost £4,000 in unpaid fares. Meanwhile, Nottingham Express Transit revenue protection agents conduct a plain-clothes operation on the network, joined by the police as part of a joint initiative aimed at reducing fare evasion.

Episode 3

Episode #3.3

45 mins

In London, investigators hunt for a woman thought to owe more than £2,300 in unpaid fares, and attempt to stop her at Chadwell Heath station to question her about 'short faring'. On a bus in London, there's a tip-off from a driver about a potential fare dodger, but the woman takes flight and exits the bus before she's issued a penalty fare.

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Episode 4

Episode #3.4

45 mins

In north London, Transport for London investigators try to track down a suspected serial fare evader accused of using a blocked card to rack up more than £2,000 in unpaid fares on the Elizabeth Line. In Nottingham, undercover tram officers come face to face with a known aggressive male, with the confrontation captured on bodycam. On TfL buses, inspectors clamp down on contactless payment misuse.

Episode 5

Episode #3.5

45 mins

Episode 6

Episode #3.6

45 mins

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