Code of a Killer (2015)

My Review

“Code of a Killer” is a British drama miniseries about Alec Jeffreys’ discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its initial use by policeman David Baker in catching a double murderer. Director James Strong and creator-teleplay writer Michael Crompton put together an interesting look at this historic change in police procedures. The three-part series was sluggish in the first episode, but pick up in the second and third. It was a total of about two hours long.

The cast includes John Simm as genetic scientist Alec Jeffreys and David Threlfall as Leicester DCS (Detective Chief Superintendent) David Baker, as well as Anna Madely, Jaz Deol, Lorcan Cranitch, Andrew Tieman, Robert Glenister, Lydia Rose Bewley, and Paul Copley. The watchable film “Code of a Killer” first appeared on UK television in April, 2015.