Manhunt

On the trail of real crimes: in the summer of 2004, 22-year-old French student Amélie Delagrange is found with fatal head injuries on London's Twickenham Green. Colin Sutton (Martin Clunes), Detective Chief Inspector with the Metropolitan Police, takes charge of the investigation. However, there is no forensic evidence, no witnesses and no obvious motive - which only binds Sutton even more closely to the criminal case. With instinct and meticulousness, he and his team work tirelessly to review the public video footage of the night of the crime. But it is only when Inspector Sutton is able to establish a link to a series of similarly violent assaults on young women that the painstaking police work finally leads to a suspect... This gripping true-crime series starring BAFTA award-winner Martin Clunes tells the story of how London's Metropolitan Police managed to catch Levi Bellfield, one of Britain's most notorious killers of the last 50 years. Another exciting criminal case is retold in the second season: “In pursuit of the Night Stalker” “Both seasons are based on real cases by London investigator Colin Sutton, who put his memoirs on paper and now on TV screens. And this is very successful, the makers largely stick to real police life: laborious investigations, dead ends, helplessness, budget pressure and, and, and. Au premier abord, ceux qui s'attendaient à une épreuve de force rapide et à couper au couteau seront peut-être déçus. Il n'en est rien. La réussite est le fruit de la persévérance, de l'intelligence et de la prudence. Manhunt dresse le portrait d'un policier incroyablement normal qui, si sa vie avait été différente, aurait peut-être pu devenir inspecteur des impôts. Celui-ci est magnifiquement incarné par Martin Clunes (Shakespeare in Love ; Doc Martin), mais le reste de la troupe brille également, ce qui est incroyablement important dans une mise en scène en forme de pièce de théâtre comme celle-ci. Chaque rôle est parfait. Un polar différent ? Volontiers sous cette forme - au moins de temps en temps ». (Gianluca Wallisch, sur : www.derstandard.de) On 19th August 2004 French student Amelie Delagrange is found on Twickenham Green with fatal head injuries. Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton is tasked with leading the investigation.