A young murdered French woman is found on Twickenham Green in London in 2004. DCI Colin Sutton of the Met is tasked to investigate.
A Police Constable tells Sutton about a statement a woman gave on another murder. That man also has a white van.
After arresting Bellfield, Sutton only has 72 hours to tie him to three murders and an attempted murder - and he has to get other departments to co-operate with him or they can't win the case.
Colin is asked to carry out a review of Operation Minstead, an ongoing case described as a “black hole”.
Colin presents his review findings to DCS Hamish Campbell and suggests a strategy called 'Minstead Lite'. But Hamish wants Colin to stay on to see this new approach through.
Will the Force Tasking Group fund Colin's high stakes gamble? Not only is it expensive, but there's absolutely no guarantee it will work.
Martin Clunes
Colin Sutton
Stephen Wight
D.C Clive Grace
Christopher Fulford
Brian Marjoram
Claudie Blakley
Louise Sutton
Katie Lyons
DS Jo Brunt