Channel 4 fans are concerned after a popular series seemingly disappeared from screens and TV schedules without an explanation. 

Reality show 24 Hours In Police Custody, mostly follows police officers as they deal with a range of crimes in their local areas.

Previous instalments have covered Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Peterborough. 

The popular police show, which has been on screens since 2014 and is on its eleventh series, was broadcast multiple times by Channel 4 last month, but inconsistently.

Fans have described its release schedule as ‘sporadic’ and say they ‘never know when it’s coming out’.

Some viewers have even questioned when future episodes are going to be released on a post on Reddit. 

Reality show, 24 Hours In Police Custody, mostly follows police officers as they deal with a range of crimes in their local area 

The popular police show has been on screens since 2014 and has 11 series 

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One fan posted: ‘When will there be a new episode!? Been left high and dry for 2 weeks now does anyone know the schedule?’ 

Another viewer responded: ‘The release schedule for this show is sporadic to say the least, never know when it’s coming out.’

While someone else added: ‘I only just discovered it after years of waving it off and I LOVE it, so this is devastating news.’ 

A fourth chimed in: ‘This is a very underrated programme – it’s not sensationalist, reports complex procedure well and leaves viewers to make up there own minds. I hope we see a lot more episodes.’

Previously talking about the police series, creator and executive producer Simon Ford described the variation of the cases the show has covered. 

Some fans have described it’s release schedule as ‘sporadic’ and say they ‘never know when it’s coming out’

He said: ‘We can go from major drugs importers bringing in tons of cocaine to poor drug-addicted prosтιтutes.

‘You could barely script some of it. We’ve had drug dealers being interviewed with their phones lying on the desk, and suddenly they get calls asking for drugs and the police officer’s going, ‘Who’s that? Who’s that?’.

‘Crime writers I’ve talked to have said, ‘You’ve got so many scenes we wouldn’t even dare write because they’d seem too preposterous. Yet they actually happen for you guys.’

It comes as the Mail’s Christopher Stevens rated an episode of the police show four out of five stars last month.