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Code of a Killer

Code of a Killer

S1 · E1

IMDB:

7.3
Code of a Killer

Released

4/6/2015

Duration

1h 30m

Genre

Drama, Crime, Mystery

Country

United States

Cast

David Threlfall, John Simm, Anna Madeley

Overview

Based on the extraordinary true story of Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker in catching a double murderer.

Episodes

Episode 1EP 1Available

Episode 1

90m8.0

David Threlfall takes the role of David Baker who between 1983 and 1987 headed up the investigation into the brutal murders of two Leicestershire schoolgirls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth.

Episode 2EP 2Available

Episode 2

90m8.0

With plenty of publicity, the local teenager is released and the world is introduced to DNA fingerprinting for the first time. In the villages of Narborough and Enderby there is a complete sense of fear that a murderer is living amongst them.

Cast

David Threlfall

DCS David Baker

David Threlfall

John Simm

Alec Jeffreys

John Simm

Anna Madeley

Sue Jeffreys

Anna Madeley

Andrew Tiernan

DS Geoff Taylor

Andrew Tiernan

Lorcan Cranitch

DI Alan Madden

Lorcan Cranitch

Dorothy Atkinson

Barbara Ashworth

Dorothy Atkinson

Neil Edmond

Robin Ashworth

Neil Edmond

Hannah Walters

Kath Eastwood

Hannah Walters

Ged Simmons

Eddie Eastwood

Ged Simmons

Lydia Rose Bewley

Vicky Wilson

Lydia Rose Bewley

Jaz Deol

DC Taran Kholi

Jaz Deol

Adam Nagaitis

Ian Whenby

Adam Nagaitis

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