Oxford Street Revealed

Season 2

It is Europe's busiest shopping street turning over £5 billion a year....where the rich and famous mix with students, workers and thieves; it all happens on London's Oxford Street.

10 Episodes

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1The battle of Oxford Street - police officer Andy Pescott wages war against the unlicensed pedicab drivers flouting the rules. Department store Debenhams gets ready for its first ever live in-store pop performance from soul singer Rebecca Ferguson. Scaffolders fight the elements 400 feet up as the street's tallest building, Centre Point, undergoes a renovation. And it's Top Gear at a car park as one of the street's hidden multi-storeys gets ready for a celebrity opening.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2Skimming devices on cash machines are affecting high streets up and down the country; this episode follows the dedicated Oxford Street police team as they hunt down the gangs responsible. Elsewhere, Simon Cowell is visiting an Oxford Street theatre; can celebrity photographer Andy Barnes get himself a picture? Plus the state-of-the-art robot building London's newest tube tunnels, and a big Welsh surprise for customers in the food hall at John Lewis on St David's Day.
  • Episode 3
    E3
    Episode 3The undercover police team crack down on distraction thieves trying a new trick - a shoulder roll. At Debenhams, a French make-up line launches, with live body painting in the shop's windows. Plus the response team tasked with keeping London's buses on the road, and a look at Oxford Street from above with a specialist aerial photographer.
  • Episode 4
    E4
    Episode 4This episode looks at the cunning tactics used by shoplifters, joining the undercover police team as they catch them in the act. Burns Night comes to John Lewis, with a piped parade planned for the store. And the Lord of the Dance comes to Oxford Street as the Dominion Theatre gets ready for the opening of the latest West End blockbuster.
  • Episode 5
    E5
    Episode 5Oxford Street's undercover police team try and stamp out the cup and ball gaming scam taking tourists for a ride. Elsewhere, it's opening day for a new tube station at the east end of the street, and there's an Olympic champion in town for a bike race with a difference.
  • Episode 6
    E6
    Episode 6Some have just arrived, some want to go home - Oxford Street's police team deal with rough sleepers at Marble Arch. Staff at an Italian restaurant prepare for a visit from Hollywood legend Al Pacino. Can celebrity photographer Andy Barnes net himself an exclusive? John Lewis gets ready for the biggest announcement of the year, live in store. And a trainee guide dog is on the street to take on his biggest challenge yet.
  • Episode 7
    E7
    Episode 7Oxford Street comes to a standstill as protesting cabbies take to the road. The team are with police and transport control as they try to keep the street, and its buses, moving. Cosmetic chain Lush prepare for the opening of their biggest ever store, with a little help from a rock superstar. A secret shopper searches for fake handbags. And the rooftop photographer who is on the hunt for a perfect sunrise.
  • Episode 8
    E8
    Episode 8Squatters have taken over a building in protest at an Oxford Street development. The developers want them gone, but the squatters are determined not to go quietly. Celebrity chef Michel Roux Jr is in Debenhams for a live cookery demonstration - but there is a problem with the oven. There is a passenger taken ill at the UK's busiest underground station. And a local gallery is bringing in a work of art too big to get through the door. Time for plan B - close the street and bring in a crane.
  • Episode 9
    E9
    Episode 9The undercover Oxford Street police team take on table-surfers: distraction criminals targeting bars and restaurants. It's all change down under as the tube trials the closure of the ticket office at Oxford Circus - how will staff cope with being out on the station floor? Michelle Keegan is coming to House of Fraser - can celebrity photographer Andy Barnes get a snap? And it's the biggest day of the year for Oxford Street shops - the Boxing Day sales.
  • Episode 10
    E10
    Episode 10An Oxford Street policeman has a shift to remember as he takes on dangerous cars, drunks and rooftop intruders. Gardening on the fifth floor - we meet the team responsible for John Lewis's new rooftop garden. A look into the secret world of bicycle couriers. And welcome to Crossrail - the giant new railway being built under Oxford Street.

 

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