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Murder at the Party

When a man is murdered for no apparent reason by a guest at a party, it’s down to traditional and digital forensics to identify a suspect and bring them to justice.

A 34-year-old man is fatally stabbed as he visits a group of friends who are socialising in one of the bedrooms of a multi-occupancy property in Birmingham.

With vital evidence compromised during the attempts by paramedics to save his life, detectives use CCTV and financial transactions to track their suspect and apprehend him just before he boards an international flight out of the country.

The forensic team employ a mixture of traditional and digital methods to try to determine whether or not the witnesses are telling the truth.

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58 minutes

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Credits

RoleContributor
NarratorSiobhan Finneran
Executive ProducerDavid Hodgkinson
Series ProducerNatalie Maynes
DirectorMatt Haan
DirectorAoife Carey
DirectorJules Endersby
Production ManagerNancy Rushforth
Production CompanyBlast! Films Ltd
ComposerAlexander Parsons
EditorAsim Ali
EditorDenis McWilliams

Broadcasts

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Watch exclusive Open University interviews with some of the programme’s featured investigators

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Explore a crime scene, find evidence and learn from forensics experts on The Open University website

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