Murder Prevention

Murder Prevention
Also known as	Murder Prevention Unit
Format	Drama Crime
Created by	Declan Croghan
Written by	Declan Croghan
Directed by	Justin Chadwick Julian Simpson Jeremy Lovering
Starring	Conor Mullen Mark Lewis Jones Sean Gallagher Michael Smiley Sarah Smart Tom Brooke
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producer(s)	Simon Heath
Producer(s)	Eleanor Greene
Running time	48 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Five
Original run	30 October 2004 – 4 December 2004
External links
Website

Murder Prevention was a British police drama inspired by the real-life Homicide Prevention Unit within the Metropolitan Police. It was produced for Five by World Productions who previously produced the television series The Cops.^[1] The series consisted of three two-part stories.^[2] Later repeats edited the two-parters so that they were screened as three longer running episodes.^[3]

According to series creator Declan Croghan, "Murder Prevention is the first pre-crime drama ever, anywhere."^[1]

Overview

The series followed the work of the fictitious Murder Prevention Unit (MPU) as they attempted to prevent murders from taking place. By using modern scientific techniques and basic police instinct, the unit's aim was to gather enough evidence of intent to kill in order to arrest potential murderers.^[1]

Cast

• Conor Mullen as DCI Patrick Goddard
• Mark Lewis Jones as DS Ray Lloyd
• Sean Gallagher as DC Neil Stanton
• Michael Smiley as DC Maurice Gibney
• Sarah Smart as DC Karen Hughes
• Tom Brooke as DC Mark Rosen - a rookie profiler

Episodes

• Episodes 1-2: False Prophet (30 October 2004 and 6 November 2004)
• Episodes 3-4: Last Man Out (13 November 2004 and 20 November 2004)
• Episodes 5-6: Judgement Day (27 November 2004 and 4 December 2004)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Murder Prevention - A New Drama Series For Five" (Press release). Five. 2004-10-11. http://www.five.tv/aboutfive/press/pressreleases/20041011_murderprevention/. Retrieved 2008-12-08. 
2. ^ "Memorable TV - Murder Prevention". http://www.memorabletv.com/m/murder-prevention.html. Retrieved 2008-12-08. 
3. ^ "BFI - Film & TV database - Murder Prevention". BFI. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/40729. Retrieved 2008-12-08. 

External links

• Murder Prevention at the Internet Movie Database
• Murder Prevention at TV.com
• Memorable TV - Murder Prevention