Above Suspicion: The Red Dahlia
A young girl's body is dumped, horrifically mutilated and drained of blood. Her death is an ominous mirror image of an unsolved 1940s case in Los Angeles known as "The Black Dahlia". ...展开Detective Constable Anna Travis must race against time to catch this copycat killer, dubbed "The Red Dahlia" from the flower his victim wore in her hair. But there are no suspects and a media frenzy is spiralling out of control.
Cast
Kelly Reilly as DC Anna Travis
Ciarán Hinds as DCI James Langton
Ty Glaser as Louise Pennel
Nadia Cameron-Blakey as Commander Jane Leigh
Shaun Dingwall as DI Mike Lewis
Michelle Holmes as DC Barbara Maddox
Celyn Jones as DS Paul Barolli
Amanda Lawrence as DC Joan Faukland
Edward MacLiam as Richard Reynolds
Sylvia Syms as Mrs. Hedges
Simon Williams as Charles Wickenham
Stuart Organ as DCI Morgan
Production
This series was based on a copycat murderer re-enacting the Black Dahlia murder. Lynda La Plante adapted this from her own novel The Red Dahlia.
Reception
The first episode was watched by 6.8 million viewers (26% of all viewers), taking the 9pm slot from its main rival, the return of the BBC series Hustle.[4] The program was reviewed favourably by The Daily Telegraph, with a request for "More please."