The Real Prime Suspect (2019)

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2019-09-03

Last Air Date: 2020-04-21

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 16

Networks: CBS Reality

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Top Cast

Jackie Malton as Self - Presenter

Seasons

None (2019)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: The Case of The Black Panther (2019-09-03)

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.
Ep. 2: The Plumstead Ripper (2019-09-10)

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.
Ep. 3: The Skeleton in the Carpet (2019-09-17)

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.
Ep. 4: The Saturday Night Strangler (2019-09-24)

Former DCI Jackie Malton, accesses 10 case files, revisiting the investigations with the police, detectives and other professionals who experienced them first hand.
Ep. 5: The Killing of a Deaf Girl (2019-10-01)

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.
Ep. 6: The Killing of Matthew Eappen (2019-10-08)

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.
Ep. 7: Peter Tobin (2019-10-15)

Former DCI Jackie Malton revisits the case of a Scottish serial killer Peter Tobin, who had a criminal record dating back to his childhood.
Ep. 8: Murdering Their Own Children (2019-10-22)

Former Detective Chief Inspector Jackie Malton sets out to explore a rare case of filicide, when a parent murders their own children.
Ep. 9: The Railway Killers (2019-10-29)

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.
Ep. 10: The Deadly Family Man (2019-11-05)

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.