Police, Camera, Murder
2022– · ITV1 · 60 min · 1 season
S01E01 · Episode 1
Wed, 19 Oct, 7:00 am
In Bolton, 15-year-old Reece Tansey is stabbed to death as Greater Manchester Police arrest two ordinary schoolboys on suspicion of murder. With no murder weapon and their refusal to comment, can social media data, revolutionary smartphone analysis and CCTV footage help police piece together what happened? Meanwhile, Lancashire Police discover the body of pensioner Bill Howard who appears to have been brutally tortured and then stabbed to death. In Accrington, Lancashire Detective Chief Inspector Al Davies has used phone records to zero in on a prime suspect.
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Unprecedented access reveals the critical role of digital forensics in modern murder investigations.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Wed, 19 Oct· 60 minIn Bolton, 15-year-old Reece Tansey is stabbed to death as Greater Manchester Police arrest two ordinary schoolboys on suspicion of murder. With no murder weapon and their refusal to comment, can social media data, revolutionary smartphone analysis and CCTV footage help police piece together what happened? Meanwhile, Lancashire Police discover the body of pensioner Bill Howard who appears to have been brutally tortured and then stabbed to death. In Accrington, Lancashire Detective Chief Inspector Al Davies has used phone records to zero in on a prime suspect.
- E02
Episode 2
TBA· 60 minA focus on cases in which digital forensic examination has helped to prosecute murder suspects. Police are on the hunt for a suspected serial killer in Greater Manchester, and an online feud leads to a frenzied killing in Nelson, Lancashire. Can smartphone and CCTV analysis solve the crimes?