The Investigator: A British Crime Story

2016
5.7| 0h30m| en
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Mark Williams-Thomas returns to ITV for an explosive and ground-breaking new investigative series that shows how real life crime can be far more compelling than fiction. The murder of Carole Packman, whose body has never been found, continues to affect the lives of many of those involved and as Williams-Thomas discovers, the shocking tale of murder, fraud, deceit and lies has left family members desperate for answers. In a UK television first, The Investigator: A British Crime Story, will follow the case over four explosive episodes, combining stylized drama with compelling documentary.

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Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.
TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
centipede-25367 This documentary's topic is the size of that small piece of meat with a liberal dose of meat extender. It's padded but there's no real meat in it. The same points are repeated frequently thst this show could have been just an hour and a half long to get to the end. Neil, the grandson of the convicted killer, seems like a pawn to add to the unlimited supply of Sam's waterworks. Both the mother and son seem to get more and more emotional as each episode progresses. And the use of the word "progress" is loosely used.
blanche-2 The sad story of the disappearance of Carole Packham - and who could blame her if she did disappear - is told in a four-hour series, "The Investigator: A British Crime Story" from 2016.I agree with other reviewers, there just wasn't enough there to justify four episodes - 90 minutes would have sufficed.The other problem is that the investigator did not solve the case or find out where Carole's body is, if she is indeed dead and buried.The story is bizarre - Carole's husband moved his mistress into the house to live with him, the wife, and the daughter. Gee for some reason it caused a strain in the marriage. One day Carole was gone, leaving only a note and her wedding ring on top of it. The prevailing theory is that Russell Packham, in prison for her murder, killed her, though he says he didn't. His girlfriend took Carole's identity in order to get a job in Canada using her visa. She also impersonated Carole to sign over the rights to the house so it could be sold. But no, gee, she didn't know Carole was dead.I wish Carole could have escaped but no doubt Russell did her in. He likes that feeling of control he gets from not telling anyone where her body is. One thing we know, wherever Carole is, she's at peace now.
alvinos This is not a "documentary" and there is no "investigation". The whole thing is just the account of what happened, without even the details of the original investigation and the way the conviction was possible without finding a body. The guy just writes letters to various people and they reply to him in a fashion you would expect, giving nothing new. The only "twist" of the plot is that the person who was convicted first in a letter accepts the blame for the killing and then retracts it and claims he did it cause his lover left him and he wanted to implicate her to revenge her for that. Total rubbish. Repeats and recaps every 5 minutes in order to make it into 5 episodes! All interviews are not convincing. If you want to know the story, just google it. It will save time. This "documentary" has nothing to add to it.
ibegeorgeus This programme was boring, in as much that it had constant repeats of information. A spoiler, is that they did not come up with an answer, to he daughter's wish, to find out, definitely, what happened to her mother. This programme would have been interesting, if it had been condensed, into, perhaps an hour or 90 minutes, however, I had no knowledge of this case, before viewing