David Threlfall

Possessing what they believe to be the killer's genetic "fingerprint," David and Alec initiate the world's first "DNA manhunt." But as thousands of samples are tested and costs continue to rise, David worries the operation will be shut down before they can find the killer.

When 15-year-old Lynda Mann turns up murdered, DCS David Baker leads the investigation to search for her killer but struggles to find any worthwhile leads in the difficult case. Meanwhile, scientist Alec Jeffreys works tirelessly to make a breakthrough in DNA research.

The final season finds its end during the cold winter of 1901, taking the heroes to a place where a dark secret they all share emerges to destroy the lives they've built.

This dramatised documentary series tells the story of the rise and fall of Ancient Rome through the six key turning points. Factually accurate and based on extensive historical research, it reveals how the greed, lust and ambition of men like Caesar, Nero and Constantine shaped the Roman Empire.

A three-part British police drama tells the true story of scientist Alec Jeffrey's discovery of DNA fingerprinting in the 1980s and its introductory use by Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker in catching a double murderer.

"On January 20 [1942], 15 [German] officials attended a conference at Wannsee on the outskirts of Berlin. Comprised of mid-ranking SS commanders and a variety of government ministers, the meeting was organized by SS Major Adolf Eichmann under the direction of the ruthless and efficient Chief of Security Reinhard Heydrich. It was to be a polite conference ... but beneath this thin veneer of manners lay an evil intent. By the meeting's close, the fate...

"Unconventional Detective Declan Miller has a problem. Still desperate to solve the murder of his wife, a young man has just appeared on his doorstep with a briefcase . . . containing a pair of severed hands. Miller knows this case is proof of a contract killing commissioned by local ne'er-do-well Wayne Cutler--a man he suspects might also be responsible for his wife's death. Now Miller has leverage, but unfortunately, he also has something that both...

In this BBC full-cast production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena run to the woods and stumble into a life separate from time itself.
Fairy magic wreaks havoc and midsummer madness takes over as lovers tread the delicate line between fantasy and reality.
Sylvestra le Touzel stars as Titania in this delightful comic fantasy, with Samuel West as Lysander, David Threlfall as Theseus,

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It is Reid's first day back at H Division and the police force he once commanded is now under Inspector Drake's authority. Despite his initial anxiety, it soon becomes clear that Reid's investigative instinct is as sharp as ever.

Three years have passed. Reid is drawn back to Whitechapel to investigate a case made by Jackson and Drake that has condemned his old associate Isaac Bloom to the hangman's noose.