The Investigator: A British Crime Story

Season 1

2016 · 4 episodes · 0h 50m in all · 5.8/10

In June 1985 Carole Packman, a wife and mother mysteriously disappeared and has never been seen since. Her husband Russell Causley is now serving a life sentence for her murder, yet no body has ever been found. Throughout the case he pleaded his innocence and refused to talk. Mark Williams-Thomas re-investigates the disappearance of Carole Packman. With the help of neighbours and friends, he retraces Carole's last known steps.

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Episode 1

   14 Jul 2016 · 50 min · 6.0/10

   Mark Williams-Thomas re-investigates the disappearance of Carole Packman. With the help of neighbours and friends, he retraces Carole's last known steps.

2. 2

   2. Episode 2

   21 Jul 2016 · 6.0/10

   “This time, I’m combining three roles - investigator, reporter and presenter. That means I’m able to explain and unpick threads of evidence as they unfold for viewers, interview protagonists face-to-face, and make the narrative of the story clear.", said Mark Williams-Thomas. My profile since the Jimmy Savile programme has meant I am approached by people from all over the world to help investigate cases. Some have been unsolved, some have resulted in conviction, and they involve a variety of things - missing people, sexual offences, possible miscarriages of justice, even murders. Yet the reason for every contact is the same - those people want to find out the truth."

3. 3

   3. Episode 3

   28 Jul 2016 · 6.0/10

   Mark Williams-Thomas re-investigates the disappearance of Carole Packman. Mark uncovers a series of letters in which Sam's father speaks for the first time about what happened.

4. 4

   4. Episode 4

   4 Aug 2016 · 5.0/10

   “I have investigated many murders and they all have some strange aspects to them when you start digging," said Mark William-Thomas, “But I have never investigated a case that has so many twists and turns like this one. At times it’s hard to believe it’s a real case and not something out of an Agatha Christie novel."