The Real Prime Suspect
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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Ep 1The Case of The Black Panther
Former 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.
Ep 2The Plumstead Ripper
Former 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.
Ep 3The Skeleton in the Carpet
Former 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.
Ep 4The Saturday Night Strangler
Former DCI Jackie Malton, accesses 10 case files, revisiting the investigations with the police, detectives and other professionals who experienced them first hand.
Ep 5The Killing of a Deaf Girl
Former 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.
Ep 6The Killing of Matthew Eappen
Former 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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