WELL I NEVER

The clue is often in the title but sometimes liberties are taken...

Speaking on the BBC media podcast Simon Ford, executive producer of Channel Four’s 24 Hours in Police Custody, reveals: “We call it 24 hours but in reality we often start long before and end months or years down the line.

“But many of the key moments – the arrest, the interview – do happen within that 24 hours.”

However the truth is stretched, it still makes for arresting TV...