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All Episodes of The Real Prime Suspect

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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

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The Case of The Black Panther
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2019
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.
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The Plumstead Ripper
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/10/2019
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.
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The Skeleton in the Carpet
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
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The Saturday Night Strangler
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/2019
Former DCI Jackie Malton, accesses 10 case files, revisiting the investigations with the police, detectives and other professionals who experienced them first hand.
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The Killing of a Deaf Girl
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/1/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
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The Killing of Matthew Eappen
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/8/2019
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.
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Peter Tobin
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/15/2019
Former DCI Jackie Malton revisits the case of a Scottish serial killer Peter Tobin, who had a criminal record dating back to his childhood.
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Murdering Their Own Children
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/22/2019
Former Detective Chief Inspector Jackie Malton sets out to explore a rare case of filicide, when a parent murders their own children.
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The Railway Killers
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/29/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
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The Deadly Family Man
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/5/2019
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.
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