Series
Code of a Killer
DramaCrimeMystery
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 & episodes
1Episode 16 Apr 2015 · 90m · ★ 8.0David 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.- 2Episode 213 Apr 2015 · 90m · ★ 8.0With 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.
Details
- First aired
- 6 Apr 2015
- Last aired
- 13 Apr 2015
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- ITV1
- Episodes
- 2
- Votes
- 62 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
Cast
David ThrelfallDCS David Baker
John SimmAlec Jeffreys
Anna MadeleySue Jeffreys
Andrew TiernanDS Geoff Taylor
Lorcan CranitchDI Alan Madden
Dorothy AtkinsonBarbara Ashworth
Neil EdmondRobin Ashworth
Hannah WaltersKath Eastwood
Ged SimmonsEddie Eastwood
Lydia Rose BewleyVicky Wilson- JJaz DeolDC Taran Kholi
Adam NagaitisIan Whenby
Robert GlenisterDCC Chapman
Siobhan RedmondJoy Blakefield
