Code of a Killer

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2015-04-06

Last Air Date: 2015-04-13

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 2

Networks: ITV1

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Top Cast

David Threlfall as DCS David Baker
John Simm as Alec Jeffreys
Anna Madeley as Sue Jeffreys
Andrew Tiernan as DS Geoff Taylor
Lorcan Cranitch as DI Alan Madden
Dorothy Atkinson as Barbara Ashworth
Neil Edmond as Robin Ashworth
Hannah Walters as Kath Eastwood
Ged Simmons as Eddie Eastwood
Lydia Rose Bewley as Vicky Wilson

Seasons

Season 1 (2015)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2015-04-06)

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.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2015-04-13)

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.