Episode 1

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Episode 1 of 3

Duration: 1 hour

Ten people are secretly filmed as they witness what they believe to be a real crime - a knife attack in a Manchester pub. But when they are later interviewed by the police, their memories are radically different to each other's and to what really happened.

In an extraordinary experiment with the Greater Manchester Police, the problem of eyewitness recollection is dramatically brought into focus, as are the remarkable techniques used by the modern police to counter our unreliable memories. Narrated by Philip Glenister.

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Credits

Narrator
Philip Glenister
Producer
Peter Leonard
Producer
Kate Shiers-Ghellere

Broadcasts

  • Sun 18 Apr 2010 22:50 BBC Two only on England, Northern Ireland, Scotland

  • Sun 18 Apr 2010 23:40 BBC Two only on Wales

  • Mon 10 May 2010 23:20 BBC Two only on England, Northern Ireland, Wales

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