The Real Prime Suspect (2019)
The Real Prime Suspect is a case of life imitating art imitating life. Former Met detective Jackie Malton - the real-life inspiration for DCI Jane Tennison from Prime Suspect - retraces notorious murder cases from the UK and US.
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Episode 1 - The Case of The Black Panther
Release Date: 2019-09-03Former DCI Jackie Malton retraces the crimes of Donald Neilson, to discover how a robber became a calculating murderer, and the investigation that brought him to justice.
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Episode 2 - The Plumstead Ripper
Release Date: 2019-09-10Former DCI Jackie Malton re-examines one of the most psychotic murderers in British criminal history, Robert Napper, and how an innocent man was imprisoned for his crimes.
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Episode 3 - The Skeleton in the Carpet
Release Date: 2019-09-17Former DCI Jackie Malton interviews experts to learn how they joined forces to identify the skeleton of a woman no-one knew was missing, and bring her killer to justice.
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Episode 4 - The Saturday Night Strangler
Release Date: 2019-09-24Former DCI Jackie Malton, accesses 10 case files, revisiting the investigations with the police, detectives and other professionals who experienced them first hand.
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Episode 5 - The Killing of a Deaf Girl
Release Date: 2019-10-01Former DCI Jackie Malton re-investigates the murder of 20-year-old Suzanne Greenhill, a deaf woman living in a community cut off from the world.
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Episode 6 - The Killing of Matthew Eappen
Release Date: 2019-10-08Former DCI Jackie Malton looks into the case of British au-pair Louise Woodward, after a child she was looking after had been rushed to a hospital unresponsive.
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Episode 7 - Peter Tobin
Release Date: 2019-10-15Former DCI Jackie Malton revisits the case of a Scottish serial killer Peter Tobin, who had a criminal record dating back to his childhood.
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Episode 8 - Murdering Their Own Children
Release Date: 2019-10-22Former Detective Chief Inspector Jackie Malton sets out to explore a rare case of filicide, when a parent murders their own children.
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Episode 9 - The Railway Killers
Release Date: 2019-10-29Former DCI Jackie Malton re-examines the crimes of two childhood friends, John Duffy and David Mulcahy, who became two of the most notorious murderers in British criminal history.
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Episode 10 - The Deadly Family Man
Release Date: 2019-11-05Former DCI Jackie Malton revisits the case of Neil Entwistle, a seemingly shy and unassuming man who murdered his wife and baby daughter in cold blood before fleeing the country.