BBC One
8.30pm Monday 14th November 2011
For three days in August, the country held it’s breath as our biggest cities fell victim to disorder on an unprecedented scale. As Birmingham and London burned, the question was ‘which city would be next?’
With exclusive access to Greater Manchester Police’s investigation this is the inside story of the Manchester riots.
We hear from the police who faced the violent mob and the detectives who are now hunting down more than 700 suspects.
For the first time, we hear from convicted rioters as they attempt to explain their crimes and as our prison population swells to a record high, we ask if exemplary sentences are really the answer.