Fly-on-the-wall documentary series Beat: Life On The Street returns to ITV1 for a second series following Neighbourhood Policing Teams in Oxford and Lancashire, introducing new characters and stories as well as returning to key figures and events from the last series.

In the last programme of the series, police in Oxford raid a property being used for mass cannabis production and in Lancashire officers tackle two difficult cases where young women have made allegations against their partners.

Following reports from local people the North East Oxford team are part of an operation to search a suspicious house in their area. After forcing their way into the property, the team discover it’s being used for the harvesting of cannabis. Whoever has been using the house has taken great pains to hide their activities, including special ventilation systems to reduce the smell and lights on timers, in addition to stealing electricity from the grid.

“These sorts of things will fund the larger sorts of crime,” says PC Rob Fisher, “they’ll fund the crime syndicates, the big prostitution rings, it’s a big business and they earn a lot of money from it and it’s illegal, so from my point of view we’ve done our job for the day.”

On the Brookfield Estate PC Abid Majid visits Rebecca - a young woman who has accused her partner of domestic violence on several occasions but keeps retracting her allegations. After 15 police visits PC Abid feels the only option is to separate the two with an ASBO.

In Rawtenstall, PC Gareth Henderson and PCSO Pauline Cadman are also dealing with a domestic dispute. A young mother has called the police claiming her partner snapped her bank card and smashed two phones in an angry rage when she attempted to go out for the evening.

PCSOs Rachel Cooper and Stacey Wiggins visit an elderly lady who is very upset after having an item stolen from her husband’s memorial garden. While the girls aren’t sure they’ll be able to recover the item they are moved by the woman’s situation and decide to schedule a welfare check for the following week which will be the one year anniversary of her husband’s death.

Following an attempted break-in on the Ingol Estate, PCSO Jackie Fulham schedules a meeting to reassure the residents and advise on preventative measures as well as arranging a leaflet drop with helpful tips on security.

“I’m part of the community,” says Jackie, “I’ve become like the post man really. Without it, we miss each other.”

Sunday 2 March 2008 5:30pm - 6:00pm on ITV1.