Code of a Killer Episode #1.2 (2015) Online
- Original Title :
- Episode #1.2
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Biography / Crime / Drama / Mystery
- Year :
- 2015
- Directror :
- James Strong
- Cast :
- John Simm,Anna Madeley,David Threlfall
- Writer :
- Michael Crompton
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h 5min
- Rating :
- 8.0/10
As Baker explains to the press why Hopkirk was released Jeffreys becomes a reluctant celebrity - though not popular with the police, who believed they had their killer. The trail goes cold until Baker has an idea, based on a previous case and proposes to Jeffreys the mass testing of 5,000 local men between 15 and 34 to match their DNA with that found on the victims. Chapman is sceptical, suggesting objections and civil servant Joy Blakefield questions the cost, half a million, though support comes from an unlikely source, prime minister Thatcher. The testing goes ahead though there is resistance in the community until the bereaved Mrs Ashworth speaks out. Ultimately the killer is trapped when, in accordance with one of Chapman's objections, he attempts to persuade a friend to take his place at the testing and the deception is exposed - heralding a new age in police detection.
Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
John Simm | - | Alec Jeffreys | |
Anna Madeley | - | Sue Jeffreys | |
David Threlfall | - | DCS David Baker | |
Lorcan Cranitch | - | DI Alan Madden | |
Robert Glenister | - | DCC Chapman | |
Farzana Dua Elahe | - | Tania Patel | |
Jaz Deol | - | DC Taran Kholi | |
Andrew Tiernan | - | DS Geoff Taylor | |
Tobias Burton-Rudge | - | Gavin Hopkirk | |
Lydia Rose Bewley | - | Vicky Wilson | |
Dorothy Atkinson | - | Barbara Ashworth | |
Paul Copley | - | Sidney Jeffreys | |
Shirley Dixon | - | Joan Jeffreys | |
Siobhan Redmond | - | Joy Blakefield | |
Esther Coles | - | Mrs. Pascoe |