The Pembrokeshire Murders

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1. The Widower

   2014 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on ITV1.

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2. A Confession

   2019 · Drama, Crime · ended

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3. Steeltown Murders

   2023 · Drama, Crime · ended

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   Set in both 1973 and the early 2000s, Steeltown Murders centres on the hunt to catch the killer of three young women in the Port Talbot area and the remarkable story of how - in the first case of its kind - the mystery was solved almost 30 years later using pioneering DNA evidence.Contrasting the policing methods of the 1970s with the forensic breakthroughs of the early Noughties, Steeltown Murders is a portrait of a town dealing with the repercussions of an unsolved case three decades on, and asks if justice can ever truly be found.

4. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

   2011 · Drama, Crime, History · ended

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5. The Hunt for Raoul Moat

   2023 · Drama, Crime · ended

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6. Appropriate Adult

   2011 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on ITV1.

   Dramatisation of the case of serial killers Fred and Rose West, focusing on the way in which they were brought to justice.

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   2014 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on ITV1.

   This drama tells the real-life story of retired schoolteacher Christopher Jefferies who was initially questioned by police as a suspect in the murder of Jo Yeates who rented a flat from him. He was vilified by the press, partly on account of his eccentric appearance and long flowing hair, even after he had been released on bail by the police.

8. The Long Shadow

   2023 · Drama, Crime · ended

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   The Long Shadow depicts one of the most notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper. Between October 1975 and January 1981, police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.The Long Shadow will follow the desperate, cat and mouse hunt for Sutcliffe focusing upon the police investigation and the lives of the victims who fatally crossed his path.

9. Manhunt

   2019 · Drama, Crime · ended

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10. Caught

    2018 · Drama, Crime · ended

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