First viewed : February 1992
This was an excellent fly-on-the-wall documentary series from Thames TV looking at the investigation of real-life murder cases, some solved , others unresolved. If nothing else, it proved that even convicted murderers are interested in getting their faces on TV.
The two cases I recall involved the murder of a seedy old man who'd been pimping out a middle-aged woman and then been battered to death by her much younger boyfriend who I think was called Steve. The police were the only people to attend the funeral. The culprits were reported by the woman's daughter who described her mother as "just an old slag - she'd go with anyone for a few quid". You could hear the detective catching his breath at that one. The pair were on the run but were then arrested when they turned up at the Post Office to collect Steve's "social" as if nothing had happened. We're not exactly talking about a criminal mastermind here.
The other one was an affray case where a man ended up dead after an encounter with three young guys. Everyone questioned said that one of the guys , called Gary I think, was completely non-violent and wouldn't have touched him. He came in voluntarily and told them exactly what had happened and yet the police were still trying to charge him with murder under the joint enterprise rules. They didn't succeed and he was acquitted of all charges.
The first season had seven episodes. After a long gap there were two shorter seasons in 1996 and 1997.
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