Murder Prevention

Murder Prevention
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Declan Croghan
Written by	Declan Croghan
Directed by	Justin Chadwick Julian Simpson Jeremy Lovering
Starring	Conor Mullen Mark Lewis Jones Sean Gallagher Michael Smiley Sarah Smart Tom Brooke Badria Timimi Peter Wight Kerry Elkins
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Simon Heath Declan Croghan
Producer	Eleanor Greene
Cinematography	Kieran McGuigan
Editors	Jonathan Amos David Head Paul Knight
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	World Productions
Original release
Network	Five
Release	30 October (2004-10-30) – 4 December 2004 (2004-12-04)

Murder Prevention is a six-part British television crime drama series, written and created by Declan Croghan, that first broadcast on Five on October 30, 2004. Inspired by the real-life Homicide Prevention Unit within the Metropolitan Police, the series follows a unit headed up by DCI Patrick Goddard (Conor Mullen), who attempt to prevent murders from taking place by using modern scientific techniques and basic police instinct to gather enough evidence of intent to kill in order to arrest potential murderers before they offend. According to Croghan, "Murder Prevention is the first pre-crime drama ever, anywhere."

The series was produced by World Productions, who had previously produced BAFTA-award winning police procedural television series The Cops. The series consists of three two-part stories, although later repeats edited the two-parters into three longer running episodes.

Also credited as principal members of the cast are Mark Lewis Jones as Mullen's second-in-command, DS Ray Lloyd; Sean Gallagher as Lloyd's wingman, DC Neil Stanton; Tom Brooke as DC Mark Rosen, a rookie profiler; and Michael Smiley and Sarah Smart as DCs Maurice Gibney and Karen Hughes. The series was due for release on DVD on February 20, 2006 via Target Media, although due to the company's collapse, was never released. The series remains unreleased on DVD.

Cast

• Conor Mullen as Patrick Goddard; detective chief inspector
• Mark Lewis Jones as Ray Lloyd; detective sergeant
• Sean Gallagher as Neil Stanton; detective constable
• Michael Smiley as Maurice Gibney; detective constable
• Sarah Smart as Karen Hughes; detective constable
• Tom Brooke as Mark Rosen; detective constable
• Badria Timimi as Louise Cole; legal counsel
• Peter Wight as Donald Winkler; commander
• Kerry Elkins as Kerry Phillips; forensic analyst

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	British air date	UK viewers (million)
1	"False Prophet (Part 1)"	Justin Chadwick	Declan Croghan	30 October 2004 (2004-10-30)	1.71
James Gibson (Bo Poraj), a sex offender with a previous conviction for rape, comes onto the team's radar after carrying out a series of violet attacks on women. Ray organises a sting to catch Gibson in the act after he becomes infatuated with Sally Brook (Christine Bottomley), a single woman who lives on his estate, but the op turns sour after the team fail to recover a crucial piece of evidence. Meanwhile, Mark Rosen (Tom Brooke), a trainee criminal profiler and newcomer to the team, is tasked to investigate a recently released convicted paedophile, Paul Cullen (Tom Bennett), whom prison staff suspect may carry out his former cellmate, Leon Bracken (William Armstrong)'s work upon his release. Bracken, a seemingly reformed child killer, has sent Cullen letters from prison which contain bible code - instructions which Mark suspects may lead to murder.
2	"False Prophet (Part 2)"	Justin Chadwick	Declan Croghan	6 November 2004 (2004-11-06)	1.29
Mark leads the team into Cullen's lair, where he finds a number of drawings depicting dismembered bodies and the corpse of a decapitated dog. In an attempt to get closer to Cullen, Maurice continues to befriend his mother, Carole (Tilly Vosburgh), while the team stage a gas leak as a cover for planting cameras in his house. Karen's review of surveillance footage of Cullen identifies three possible victims, who are all members of Cullen's under 13s football team. Meanwhile, Gibson is released on bail after his brief Andrew Ainsworth (Rick Warden) tears apart the team's case during the pre-trial hearing. Ray later recieves a distress call from Sally Brook and arrives at her flat to find her unconscious, having taken an overdose of prescription drugs. Ray is outraged when Sally later dies in hospital, and decides to implement his own form of justice on Gibson.
3	"Last Man Out: Part One"	Julian Simpson	Declan Croghan	13 November 2004 (2004-11-13)	Under 1.15m
The unit tracks a contract killer whose next victim has yet to be identified, and an escalating series of assaults on women at a nightclub.
4	"Last Man Out: Part Two"	Julian Simpson	Declan Croghan	20 November 2004 (2004-11-20)	1.29m
DC Hughes goes under cover at the 505 in an attempt to draw out the man guilty of the recent spate of attacks. DC Stanton and Sgt Lloyd track the former IRA contract killer to a conference of leading Lebanese businessmen.
5	"Judgement Day: Part One"	Jeremy Lovering	Declan Croghan	27 November 2004 (2004-11-27)	1.21m
The unit tracks an arsonist recently released from prison because of a police error, and a prostitute subject to violent rages who is likely to kill.
6	"Judgement Day: Part Two"	Jeremy Lovering	Declan Croghan	4 December 2004 (2004-12-04)	Under 1.20m
DC Stanton tests the arson suspect's alibi, while Sgt Lloyd and DC Hughes continue surveillance of his sister's house. DCs Gibney and Rosen ignore orders to continue their pursuit of the violent prostitute, Gemma.

External links

• Murder Prevention at IMDb
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• Memorable TV - Murder Prevention