Channel 5, 2x 90’, 2021, Acme Films

Ep 1. The Abduction of Milly Dowler

The disappearance of 13 year old Milly Dowler on her way home from school in March 2002 sparked a nationwide search for a missing teenager and only became a murder investigation six months later. But it took almost a decade to bring her killer to justice. In this 90 minute film we look at how a suburban police force, the tabloid press and the murky world of unregulated Private Investigators came together in a story of murder, malpractice and missed opportunities.

Ep 2. Levi Bellfield: Getting Away with Murder

In 2011, serial killer Levi Bellfield was convicted of the abduction and murder of schoolgirl Milly Dowler. The judge told him he would never be released from prison, but how did such a violent offender go undetected for so long? And how many other violent crimes might he have committed?

Credits

Assistant Producers: Shana Dhillon, Alice Johnstone

Edit Producers: Edmund Moriarty, Theodore Browne, Serkan Nihat

Series Producer: Frankie Newton

Executive Producers: Jonathan Smith, Jaimie D’Cruz

Filmed and Directed by Alex Nott