Code of a Killer

2015
1 Seasons
2 Episodes
7.353 (51)
Ended

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.

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Seasons

2. Episode 2

April 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 villages of Narborough and Enderby there is a complete sense of fear that a murderer is living amongst them.

1. Episode 1

April 06, 2015

David Threlfall takes the role of David Baker who between 1983 and 1987 headed up the investigation into the brutal murders of two Leicestershire schoolgirls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth.

Code of a Killer | Two-part Drama | ITV

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Description

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.

Genres

Drama Crime Mystery
Cast

David Threlfall
John Simm
Anna Madeley
Andrew Tiernan
Lorcan Cranitch
Dorothy Atkinson
Neil Edmond
Hannah Walters
Ged Simmons
Lydia Rose Bewley
Jaz Deol
Adam Nagaitis
Robert Glenister
Siobhan Redmond
Sarah Andre White
Esther Coles
Rakie Ayola
Paul Copley
Jessica Hargreaves
Tobias Burton-Rudge
Paul Lancaster
Katie Lightfoot
Becci Gemmell
Emma Lundy
Farzana Dua Elahe
Channel

ITV1