Police Tapes
Using exclusive access to the police interview tapes, each episode tracks the remarkable twists and turns of the investigation, to reveal what was happening behind the headlines and the extraordinary measures that detectives use in the interview room, and on the ground.
Susanna Reid meets the families who look to the police to discover how and why their loved ones died, and the detectives at the heart of the investigation, tasked with uncovering the truth.
The Gameshow Serial Killer
Episodes – 1 x 60 mins
TX ITV 1 – 12th July 2018, 9pm
Executive Producer – Ninder Billing
Series Director – Sam Eastall
Series Producer – Liz Collier
Producer & Director – Mark Rossiter
Producers – Laura Vaughan & Louise Westlake
Camera – Luke Menges
Editor – Derek Wilson
Line Producer – Jackie McKinney-Dyer
Presented by – Susanna Reid
Susanna Reid explores a cold case enquiry into one of Britain’s most prolific serial killers. The film reveals the extraordinary game of cat and and mouse that Pembrokeshire detectives waged against the man they suspected had brutally murdered at least four people.
He had eluded them for 20 years, but how would new forensics methods, and a fresh team of local detectives, now crack a case that had twice run cold?
Who Killed Sharon Birchwood?
Episodes – 1 x 60 mins
TX ITV 1 – 5th July 2018, 9pm
Executive Producer – Ninder Billing
Series Director – Sam Eastall
Series Producer – Liz Collier
Producer – Laura Vaughan
Camera – Luke Menges
Editor – Niels Bellinger
Line Producer – Jackie McKinney-Dyer
Presented by – Susanna Reid
A 52-year-old woman, with no enemies and no criminal connections is found brutally murdered in her own home in the rural English suburbs. This film lifts the lid on this real life murder-mystery, where Surrey Police were faced with one of their most challenging ever murder investigations.
Press
The telltale tics that gave away a greedy, murderous husband: A review of Who Killed Sharon Birchwood: Police Tapes.
The Murder of Rhys Jones
Episodes – 1 x 60 mins
TX ITV 1 – 21 June 2018, 9pm
Executive Producer – Ninder Billing
Series Director – Sam Eastall
Producer – Kristin Hadland
Camera – Luke Menges & Brendan Easton
Editor – Esther Gimenez
Line Producer – Jackie McKinney-Dyer
Presented by – Susanna Reid
When 11-year-old Rhys Jones was shot dead on his way home from weekly football practice, his family were left shattered, and police were left with a case that seemed impenetrable.
The bullet that killed Rhys had been intended for a member of a local Liverpool gang and now the gang code of silence, based on a culture of fear, stopped anyone coming forward to identify the gunman on a bike, who had shot an innocent child and cycled away.
Press
The Murder of Rhys Jones: Police Tapes review – a forensic examination of the efforts to catch a boy’s killer.
The Murder of Rhys Jones: Police Tapes, review – this got to the emotional heart of a shameful tragedy.
The Murder of Becky Watts
Episodes – 1 x 60 mins
TX ITV 1 – Thursday 9th November 2017, 9pm
Executive Producer – Ninder Billing
Editor & Series Director – Sam Eastall
Series Producer – Liz Collier
Producer – Laura Vaughan
Camera – Luke Menges
Line Producer – Jackie McKinney-Dyer
Presented by – Susanna Reid
When 16-year-old Becky Watts went missing in 2015, it sparked a major police investigation and dominated headlines nationwide. Everyone was desperate to find the missing teenager. But only two people knew where she was – Becky’s stepbrother Nathan, and his girlfriend Shauna.
Featuring incredible video footage and testimony from the police and Becky’s family, the documentary lifts the lid on the tactics that drove every step of this complex and tragic investigation and the 'cat and mouse' between the police and the suspects that played out in the interview room, and that caught the killers who thought they could get away with murder.
Press
Crime season high for ITV.
9th November 2017 The Evening Standard
The Murder of Becky Watts: The Police Tapes – everything you need to know about the ITV documentary hosted by Susanna Reid.
The Murder of Becky Watts: Unseen police tapes that snared smirking killers Nathan Matthews and his girlfriend Shauna Hoare.
8th November 2017 The Telegraph
The Murder of Becky Watts: The Police Tapes, review: Susanna Reid fonts and oddly hesitant investigation.