The Real Prime Suspect

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.

Production

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Seasons

10 Episodes • Premiered 2019

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1. The Case of The Black Panther

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.

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2. The Plumstead Ripper

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.

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3. The Skeleton in the Carpet

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.

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4. The Saturday Night Strangler

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

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5. The Killing of a Deaf Girl

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.

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6. The Killing of Matthew Eappen

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.

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7. Peter Tobin

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

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8. Murdering Their Own Children

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

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9. The Railway Killers

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.

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10. The Deadly Family Man

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.

Cast

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Jackie Malton

Self - Presenter

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