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Channel 4 2025 - 1 season 10 eps Returning series

Social Media Monsters

2025 - 1 season 10 eps

Season 1

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Season 1

47 min

S1 · E1 · Oct 6, 2025

Episode 1 Episode 1

When 15-year-old Holly Newton split up with Logan MacPhail, he hacked her social media accounts, tracked her movements and brutally attacked her. Can the police prove the attack was premeditated?

47 min

S1 · E2 · Oct 13, 2025

Episode 2 Episode 2

When businesswoman Justine Wright lets an employee go, it sparks a decade-long stalking campaign against Justine and others

47 min

S1 · E3 · Oct 20, 2025

Episode 3 Episode 3

Teenager Joe Dix was groomed on social media by a county lines gang. Despite his parents' attempts to get him out of drug-dealing, he kept getting pulled back in, with tragic consequences.

47 min

S1 · E4 · Dec 14, 2025

Episode 4 Episode 4

When Leah Ware stopped posting on Facebook, her family assumed she was still living on a farm with the boyfriend she'd met online. But then another woman vanished after visiting the same remote farm.

47 min

S1 · E5 · Dec 15, 2025

Episode 5 Episode 5

Carson Sistrunk disappeared after going to see a woman who he met on Snapchat. The police investigation uncovered a disturbing pattern of deception and crime.

45 min

S1 · E6 · Jan 6, 2026

Episode 6 Episode 6

Shortly after 15-year-old Elianne Andam's friend broke up with 17-year-old Hassan Sentamu, a meeting between the ex-partners ended in humiliation for Hassan, prompting him to tell his friends online that 'he can't let it slide'. The next time he saw the girls, he was carrying a knife

45 min

S1 · E7 · Jan 7, 2026

Episode 7 Episode 7

Lyne Barlow's Facebook page advertises incredible holiday deals that are too good to be true - until Durham police unearth one of the largest fraud cases they've ever seen

45 min

S1 · E8 · Jan 8, 2026

Episode 8 Episode 8

'Chloe' has been messaging boys in Essex on Snapchat and Instagram and exchanging intimate pictures. But 'Chloe' is an alter ego for a prolific paedophile bent on abuse.

45 min

S1 · E9 · Jan 9, 2026

Episode 9 Episode 9

When James comes to the aid of a homeless man while celebrating a family birthday, he's murdered by an irate teenager with a knife. And it's on Snapchat. And Essex Police are onto it.

45 min

S1 · E10 · Jan 12, 2026

Episode 10 Episode 10

Ali Abulaban becomes TikTok famous when his character Jinnkid gathers hundreds of thousands of followers. Meanwhile, in the real world, his behaviour spirals into domestic abuse and more.

10 episodes in Season 1

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Social Media Monsters examines serious crimes where social media played a significant role, meeting victims, friends and families, and gaining insight from police, psychologists and other experts

Documentary Crime

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Total runtime 7h 40m · Episode length 46 min · Type Documentary

Show info

Premiered

October 6, 2025

Latest episode

January 12, 2026

Status

Returning series

Network

Channel 4

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Documentary

Episode length

46 min

Total runtime

7h 40m

Original language

English

Production

C

Channel 4 Television

Production

United Kingdom

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Languages

Spoken on screen

English

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