Manhunt - controversy

[Hellomatey001]

I know some the families of the bereaved did not want this broadcast. I can see why they objected.

I am watching and already there are some really insensitive scenes. The investigating officers wife happy when hearing about a woman's body been found. "That's a promotion case!" she gleefully states. This scene is played out without any irony or self awareness. .

Also there were scenes showing a corpse and focus on her dead arm. That was a real person they are depicting not an episode of Silent Witness. It was unnecessary and gratuitous.

There have been real life crime dramatisations where they have avoided depicting bodies ot showing violent acts because of the highly sensitive nature of the subject matter.

I have worked in television and understand the constant quest for stories but there should also be compassion and basic decorum. I think this programme lacks a bit of both.

Thanks for that. May well get it, hopefully it’s more about procedure than details of suffering. I was very unsure about it until I heard his interview.

I think I read a Yorkshire Ripper book ages ago ‘Somebody’s Husband, Somebody’s Son’, never forgot the title (may have forgotten who it was about). He was found a couple of miles from our village and prior to that we spent several months (? was a teenager so unsure of timings) being extra cautious when out and about.

Just watched this.
From some of the earlier comments I expected it to be quite crass in parts and thought Martin Clunes might be miscast.

But I really enjoyed it and thought it was excellent. Only thing I couldn’t figure out was why they changed one of the victims names when in any report on the case, the victim is named. And it was her evidence that helped convict