The Force (II) (TV 2009)

This film is a real life who-dunnit, but a who-dunnit where, at the outset, the police cannot identify either victim or killer. As the case unfolds, it presents an extraordinary snapshot of Britain in the 21st century.

Director:

Patrick Forbes

Storyline

The film starts with the mystery of a burnt body lying in a English cornfield on an idyllic summer's day. The police know their victim has been strangled, her body carried in a suitcase to a remote field and then set alight; but not who she, or her killer is. Then they find a witness, who's seen a battered car being driven around the crime scene, the day before the killing. Offender profilers advise whoever chose that lonely spot knew the area. A database search of car registrations throws up four names, one of them with a Hampshire bank account. The chase is on. As Ziaul Haque is arrested at his workplace, a London hotel, the manager mentions that one of his staff is missing, a Polish girl - Sylwia Sobczak. Sylwia and Ziaul were having an affair. There's a frantic race against time to gather evidence. Ziaul's saying Sylwia is uncontactable because she's on holiday in her native country. The search is hampered by technology: the computer system that won't allow the police to type the ...

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Plot Keywords:

police | murder

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 November 2009 (UK)

Box Office

Budget:

£150,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Oxford Film & Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

76 min 76 min (original release)

Color:

Color (Digibeta PAL)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 / (high definition)

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