The story of Sir Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by DCS David Baker in catching a double murderer.

Where to Watch Code of a Killer • Season 1

2 Episodes

  • Episode 1
    E1
    Episode 1In 1983, in a village outside Leicester, Lynda Mann is found raped and strangled to death. A year on, after an exhaustive but fruitless search for the killer, DCS David Baker is forced to scale down the investigation.
  • Episode 2
    E2
    Episode 2With 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.
  • 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
  • Jaz DeolDC Taran Kholi
  • Adam NagaitisIan Whenby
  • Robert GlenisterDCC Chapman
  • Siobhan RedmondJoy Blakefield
  • Sarah Andre WhiteLiz Pascoe
  • Esther ColesMrs Pascoe
  • Rakie AyolaHelena Adarkwa
  • Paul CopleySidney Jeffreys
  • Jessica HargreavesLinda Mann
  • Tobias Burton-RudgeGavin Hopkirk

 

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