Code of a Killer

Name: Code of a Killer
Genre: Crime, Drama
Cast: Lorcan Cranitch, Robert Glenister, Andrew Tiernan, Lucy Carless, John Simm

TV Series20151h 30m1 season · 2 episodes

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Code of a Killer is based on the extraordinary true story of Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker in catching a double murderer. The drama focuses on how Jeffreys' science and Baker's investigative vision created the single biggest leap in the history of criminal investigation.

Stars: Lorcan Cranitch Robert Glenister Andrew Tiernan

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E1Episode 1Apr 6, 2015 · 1h 30m · In 1983, in a small village outside Leicester, 15-year-old Lynda Mann is found by a footpath, raped and strangled to death. A year on, after an exhaustive but fruitless search for the killer, Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker is forced to scale down the investigation. Meanwhile, just a few miles up the road at the University of Leicester, scientist Dr Alec Jeffreys invents a remarkable technique to read DNA – the unique genetic fingerprint of every individual – something never previously achieved despite decades of research across the globe. Summer 1986, and 15-year-old Dawn Ashworth goes missing – last seen just a hundred yards from where Lynda's body was discovered. Dawn's body is found two days later, she has been strangled and hidden in undergrowth near a footpath shortcut. Reading about Jeffreys' work in a local paper, Baker approaches him at the university – perhaps the DNA test can prove the teenagers involvement in Lynda's death?Not rated yet

E2Episode 2Apr 13, 2015 · 1h 30m · With plenty of publicity, the local teenager is released and the world is introduced to DNA fingerprinting for the first time. In the villages of Narborough and Enderby there is a complete sense of fear that a murderer is living amongst them.Not rated yet

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Lorcan CranitchDI Alan Madden Robert GlenisterDCC Chapman Andrew TiernanDS Geoff Taylor Lucy CarlessSusan Mann John SimmAlec Jeffreys Anna MadeleySue Jeffreys David ThrelfallDCS David Baker

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Premiered: April 6, 2015
Ended: April 13, 2015
Status: Ended
Network: ITV1
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Language: English
Episode runtime: 1h 30m
TVmaze ID: 2605