Place of Execution (2008–2008)

TV ShowEndedDrama, Crime1 season, 3 episodes
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Plot

On a freezing December night in 1963 a 13-year-old girl vanished without trace - the mystery was never solved. More than 40 years later, the dramatic events surrounding the disappearance and the hunt for the killer resurface when a high-flying TV journalist makes a documentary about the case. But what she finds will shatter the past - and the lives of everyone involved…

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Episodes by season

Season013Episodes2008Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Place of Execution S01E01Episode 1September 22, 2008—Catherine Heathcote (Juliet Stevenson), a high-flying journalist, is putting the finishing touches to a documentary about the case of school
  2. S01E02Place of Execution S01E02Episode 2September 29, 2008—Catherine Heathcote reluctantly starts to fear that DI George Bennett manipulated evidence.
  3. S01E03Place of Execution S01E03Episode 3October 6, 2008—Desperate to end the secrets in Scarsdale, Catherine makes a fateful final visit to the village.

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Cast

Emma CunniffeEmma CunniffeRuth HawkinLee InglebyLee InglebyDI George BennettPhilip JacksonPhilip JacksonOld George BennettJuliet StevensonJuliet StevensonCatherine HeathcoteTony MaudsleyTony MaudsleyDS Tommy CloughGreg WiseGreg WisePhilip Hawkin

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