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"Doc Martin" star Martin Clunes stars in this adaptation of the grisly real-life homicides of several blond women in England in 2004 as he plays a London Metropolitan police detective who struggles against long odds to not only arrest but also convict a serial killer. Clunes' wife "Sliding Doors" producer Philippa Braithwaite was one of the four executive producers of the show. Cast as the detective who broke the case, Clunes plays a part that is nothing like his Doc Martin protagonist. Instead of rude and abrupt, Clunes is helpful and dedicated. When an innocent bystander stumbles upon the body of a girl sprawled out in death on London's Twickenham Green in 2004, our hero is given the case. The actual detective on the case Colin Sutton apparently provided the story and may even has co-written the teleplay for three Acorn episodes with Ed Whitmore, who had earlier co-wrote the television drama "Rillington Place" about serial killer John Christie. Methodical and straightforward are adjectives that aptly describe the way that Marc Evans has staged the police procedural nail-biter. This three episode drama never tries to be sensational, but it delivers in terms of acting and drama. At the heart of the plot is a mistake that London police made when they had enough evidence to arrest a serial killer, but never reviewed because it was logged in their files in an awkward manner that nobody noticed. Well-worth watching!!!
score 10/10
zardoz-13 19 November 2019
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