Lindy
14-04-2006, 00:44
A spate of violent dog killings 30 years ago provoked an outcry
from the public, but the investigating team was never able to
identify the killer.When a dog is found dead on Hampstead Heath,
with the same MO as the original killings, the Unsolved Crime and
Open Case Squad (UCOS) is asked to re-examine the case: no-one
else in the Force wants to know. Reluctantly, Pullman and her team
pick up the baton, as the detective drama continues.
Standing and Lane set off to visit the original suspect, John Fletcher,
who works at a local abattoir. Much to dog-loving Lane’s disgust,
Fletcher does nothing to disguise his hatred of man’s best friend,
which is all Lane needs to convince him that this must be
their man.
There is a pattern in the killings. Pullman and Halford visit James
Farlow, a canine protection society field officer at the time of the
original killings, who is now preoccupied with nursing his dying
wife. Halford sympathises – a dangerous thing to do in any
investigation: will he take his eye off the ball and allow emotion to
cloud his judgement? Farlow recalls that one of the dog owners
during the original investigation had made an unusual request.
When the team visits the dog owner, Professor Styles, a “blue
stocking” museum curator and expert in Egyptology, they make an
alarming discovery.
Lane, already struggling to cope with the cruelty of the killings, is
left shattered when his own dog, Scruffy, dies. Pullman insists he
take compassionate leave. However, it is Halford’s deteriorating
health that causes the team to really worry. James Farlow is
also sympathetic and he knows just the thing to make Halford
feel better.
Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman is played by Amanda
Redman, Gerry Standing by Dennis Waterman, Jack Halford by
James Bolam, Brian Lane by Alun Armstrong, Professor Styles by
Frances de la Tour, James Farlow by Richard Briers and John
Fletcher by Michael Maloney.
from the public, but the investigating team was never able to
identify the killer.When a dog is found dead on Hampstead Heath,
with the same MO as the original killings, the Unsolved Crime and
Open Case Squad (UCOS) is asked to re-examine the case: no-one
else in the Force wants to know. Reluctantly, Pullman and her team
pick up the baton, as the detective drama continues.
Standing and Lane set off to visit the original suspect, John Fletcher,
who works at a local abattoir. Much to dog-loving Lane’s disgust,
Fletcher does nothing to disguise his hatred of man’s best friend,
which is all Lane needs to convince him that this must be
their man.
There is a pattern in the killings. Pullman and Halford visit James
Farlow, a canine protection society field officer at the time of the
original killings, who is now preoccupied with nursing his dying
wife. Halford sympathises – a dangerous thing to do in any
investigation: will he take his eye off the ball and allow emotion to
cloud his judgement? Farlow recalls that one of the dog owners
during the original investigation had made an unusual request.
When the team visits the dog owner, Professor Styles, a “blue
stocking” museum curator and expert in Egyptology, they make an
alarming discovery.
Lane, already struggling to cope with the cruelty of the killings, is
left shattered when his own dog, Scruffy, dies. Pullman insists he
take compassionate leave. However, it is Halford’s deteriorating
health that causes the team to really worry. James Farlow is
also sympathetic and he knows just the thing to make Halford
feel better.
Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman is played by Amanda
Redman, Gerry Standing by Dennis Waterman, Jack Halford by
James Bolam, Brian Lane by Alun Armstrong, Professor Styles by
Frances de la Tour, James Farlow by Richard Briers and John
Fletcher by Michael Maloney.