The hard-hitting BBC documentary series follows the officers of Britain’s biggest and busiest police service as they deal with life, death, crime and its victims, all across London.

Tonight’s epsiode of The Met at 9pm will follow detectives as they investigate the rape of a young woman in Hounslow.

The force said in a tweet earlier: “everyone has the right to feel safe and our specially trained officers in tonight’s episode demonstrate their commitment to ensure victims are supported & perpetrators are put behind bars.”