The Murder Detectives: UK's answer to podcast Serial?

In the wake of US podcast Serial, Channel 4 presents a hard-hitting new true-crime trilogy

The Murder Detectives
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The Murder Detectives, Channel 4's new true-crime series about police attempts to solve the murder of a teenager, has been called "harrowing" and "intensely dramatic". Is it the UK's answer to the gripping American podcast Serial?

The three-part documentary series, filmed in the style of a drama, follows detectives as they piece together what happened to 19-year-old Nicholas Robinson, who was stabbed last year in Bristol.

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