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The Hunt for Peter Tobin
The Hunt for Shannon Matthews
The ordinary man capable of extraordinary evil
In 2006, the body of a missing woman was found buried beneath the altar of a Glasgow church. The shocking discovery sparked a nationwide investigation that exposed Peter Tobin – a seemingly ordinary man hiding a sinister double life. As police dug deeper, they uncovered links to multiple murders, revealing one of Scotland’ s most dangerous serial killers. This documentary retraces the hunt that brought Tobin to justice, exploring how his crimes went undetected for so long and the relentless police work that finally unmasked a predator who lived in plain sight.
Duration 2 x 1 hr
Firecrest Films for BBC Two, UK
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The disappearance that deceived a nation
In 2008, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews vanished from her home in West Yorkshire, sparking one of the largest missing child searches in modern British history. For 24 days, police and local communities worked tirelessly to find her, as the case gripped the nation and dominated headlines. But when Shannon was finally discovered alive, the truth behind her disappearance shocked Britain to its core. This documentary retraces the dramatic search, the extraordinary investigation, and the devastating revelation that transformed a missing person’ s case into one of the country’ s most notorious crimes.
Duration 2 x 1 hr
Firecrest Films for Prime Video, UK
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Hunting Bedroom Predators
Unmasking the perpetrators of online blackmail
With access to the investigating officers and archive of the UK’ s National Crime Agency( NCA), this documentary series features three extraordinary cases that have been investigated by the NCA. The first episode uncovers the case of Matthew Falder, one of the most prolific online predators of all time.
The second episode focuses on the case of Abdul Elahi. The final episode follows the NCA’ s investigation and conviction of Anthony Burns – this new predator is someone Elahi had been coaching, an evil‘ pupil’ who had taken his teacher’ s work to a whole new level.
Duration 3 x 1½ hr
Crackit Productions for Channel 5, UK
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