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Code of a Killer

TV·2015–2015·1 season, 2 episodes·ITV1·Drama, Crime·1h 30m·7.6

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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.

Cast

Lorcan CranitchLorcan CranitchDI Alan MaddenRobert GlenisterRobert GlenisterDCC ChapmanAndrew TiernanAndrew TiernanDS Geoff TaylorLucy CarlessLucy CarlessSusan MannJohn SimmJohn SimmAlec JeffreysAnna MadeleyAnna MadeleySue JeffreysDavid ThrelfallDavid ThrelfallDCS David Baker

Episodes by season

Season012Episodes2015Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Code of a Killer S01E01Episode 1April 6, 2015—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
  2. S01E02Code of a Killer S01E02Episode 2April 13, 2015—With plenty of publicity, the local teenager is released and the world is introduced to DNA fingerprinting for the first time. In the villag

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