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The Real Prime Suspect
The Real Prime Suspect
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The Real Prime Suspect

2019
2 seasons
16 episodes
DocumentaryCrime

The Real Prime Suspect is a case of life imitating art imitating life. Former Met detective Jackie Malton - the real-life inspiration for DCI Jane Tennison from Prime Suspect - retraces notorious murder cases from the UK and US.

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Jackie Malton

Seasons

  • The Case of The Black Panther

    1.The Case of The Black Panther

    03-09-201947m

    Former DCI Jackie Malton retraces the crimes of Donald Neilson, to discover how a robber became a calculating murderer, and the investigation that brought him to justice.

  • The Plumstead Ripper

    2.The Plumstead Ripper

    10-09-201947m

    Former DCI Jackie Malton re-examines one of the most psychotic murderers in British criminal history, Robert Napper, and how an innocent man was imprisoned for his crimes.

  • The Skeleton in the Carpet

    3.The Skeleton in the Carpet

    17-09-201947m

    Former DCI Jackie Malton interviews experts to learn how they joined forces to identify the skeleton of a woman no-one knew was missing, and bring her killer to justice.

  • The Saturday Night Strangler

    4.The Saturday Night Strangler

    24-09-201947m

    Former DCI Jackie Malton, accesses 10 case files, revisiting the investigations with the police, detectives and other professionals who experienced them first hand.

  • The Killing of a Deaf Girl

    5.The Killing of a Deaf Girl

    01-10-201947m

    Former DCI Jackie Malton re-investigates the murder of 20-year-old Suzanne Greenhill, a deaf woman living in a community cut off from the world.

  • The Killing of Matthew Eappen

    6.The Killing of Matthew Eappen

    08-10-201947m

    Former DCI Jackie Malton looks into the case of British au-pair Louise Woodward, after a child she was looking after had been rushed to a hospital unresponsive.

  • Peter Tobin

    7.Peter Tobin

    15-10-201947m

    Former DCI Jackie Malton revisits the case of a Scottish serial killer Peter Tobin, who had a criminal record dating back to his childhood.

  • Murdering Their Own Children

    8.Murdering Their Own Children

    22-10-201947m

    Former Detective Chief Inspector Jackie Malton sets out to explore a rare case of filicide, when a parent murders their own children.

  • The Railway Killers

    9.The Railway Killers

    29-10-201947m

    Former DCI Jackie Malton re-examines the crimes of two childhood friends, John Duffy and David Mulcahy, who became two of the most notorious murderers in British criminal history.

  • The Deadly Family Man

    10.The Deadly Family Man

    05-11-201947m

    Former DCI Jackie Malton revisits the case of Neil Entwistle, a seemingly shy and unassuming man who murdered his wife and baby daughter in cold blood before fleeing the country.

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