The Investigator: A British Crime Story
2016–2018 · ITV1 · 60 min · 2 seasons
S02E03 · Episode 3
Fri, 20 Apr, 6:00 am
Mark Williams-Thomas's investigation uncovers another Glasgow murder that bears all the hallmarks of suspected serial killer Angus Sinclair. There is just one problem - unlike the murders of Anna Kenny, Agnes Cooney and Hilda McAuley, this crime has already been solved. A week after 37-year-old baker Frances Barker's body was discovered, lorry driver Thomas Ross Young was arrested, and was subsequently jailed for life. The investigator tries to establish whether the police got the wrong man - or if there could be another explanation. Last in the series.
About
Mark Williams-Thomas returns to ITV for an explosive and ground-breaking new investigative series that shows how real life crime can be far more compelling than fiction.
Williams-Thomas, the award-winning former police detective who unmasked Jimmy Savile as the UK's most notorious paedophile, re-examines a previously 'closed' and chilling murder case, which has baffled detectives for more than 30 years.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Fri, 6 Apr· 60 minTeenager Louise Kay has been missing since June 1988 in a case that has baffled police and left her family desperate for answers. Williams-Thomas's investigation sends him on the trail of the prime suspect in her murder, convicted killer Peter Tobin, who was living nearby at the time. As he delves deeper into the case he discovers a series of other missing women and unsolved murder cases who could also be the undetected victims of a serial killer.
- E02
Episode 2
Fri, 13 Apr· 60 minIn the second episode, Williams-Thomas investigates the notorious murders of Anna Kenny, Agnes Cooney and Hilda McAuley - who were all abducted and brutally killed in similar circumstances within four months of each other in Glasgow in 1977. He investigates the prime suspect, convicted killer Angus Sinclair, and the evidence suggesting he is responsible for the unsolved murders.
- E03
Episode 3
Fri, 20 Apr· 60 minMark Williams-Thomas's investigation uncovers another Glasgow murder that bears all the hallmarks of suspected serial killer Angus Sinclair. There is just one problem - unlike the murders of Anna Kenny, Agnes Cooney and Hilda McAuley, this crime has already been solved. A week after 37-year-old baker Frances Barker's body was discovered, lorry driver Thomas Ross Young was arrested, and was subsequently jailed for life. The investigator tries to establish whether the police got the wrong man - or if there could be another explanation. Last in the series.
Cast
Mark Williams Thomas
Presenter