Name: Catching Milat
Released: 2015-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Richard Cawthorne, Geoff Morrell, Malcolm Kennard

Catching Milat

TV Show · Crime · Drama

Over two compelling episodes, Catching Milat tells the true story of how the NSW Police Taskforce Air, and in particular Detective Paul Gordon, tracked down and caught Ivan Milat - the man responsible for the infamous NSW Backpacker Murders.

2015 · 1h 25m

Starring Richard Cawthorne, Geoff Morrell, Malcolm Kennard

Director Peter Andrikidis

EPISODE 1

Part 1

The discovery of the bodies of missing backpackers in the forest South West of Sydney sparks Australia's biggest ever manhunt. Propelled by public outcry and Government pressure, a police Task Force is set up headed by the new face of Australian policing -Superintendent Clive Small.

43m
EPISODE 2

Part 2

In May 1994, the task force arrests Ivan Milat in a highly orchestrated and very public raid. Milat is behind bars; Small got his man. But only two days after the arrest, a sensational twist: the man who cracked the case and who arrested Milat, is sacked by Small.

44m