• 2015
  • 13+
  • 1h 5m
Code of a Killer

Summary The story of Sir Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by DCS David Baker in catching a double murderer. View more details

  • 2015
  • 13+
  • 1h 5m

Code of a Killer

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : John Simm David Threlfall Lorcan Cranitch Anna Madeley

All cast & crew

7.6

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Genres : Crime Drama History Biography

Release date : Apr 5, 2015

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : World Productions

Language : English

Filming locations : Ripley, Surrey, England, UK

Production companies : World Productions

Summary The story of Sir Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by DCS David Baker in catching a double murderer. View more details

Details

Genres : Crime Drama History Biography

Release date : Apr 5, 2015

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : World Productions

Language : English

Filming locations : Ripley, Surrey, England, UK

Production companies : World Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 05, 2015
Episode 1
In 1983, in a village outside Leicester, Lynda Mann is found raped and strangled to death. A year on, after an exhaustive but fruitless search for the killer, DCS David Baker is forced to scale down the investigation.
Episode 2 • Apr 12, 2015
Episode 2
In a storm of publicity, the local teenager's released and the world's introduced to the idea of forensic DNA. But in the villages of Narborough and Enderby there's a real sense of fear: there's a murderer in their midst.
Episode 3 • Apr 11, 2015
Episode #1.3
Possessing what they believe to be the killer's genetic "fingerprint," David and Alec initiate the world's first "DNA manhunt." But as thousands of samples are tested and costs continue to rise, David worries the operation will be shut down before they can find the killer.

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