Murder Prevention was a British police drama inspired by the real-life Homicide Prevention Unit within the Metropolitan Police

Metropolitan police

Metropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force...

. It was produced for Five by World Productions

World Productions

World Productions is a British television production company, founded in the early 1990s by acclaimed producer Tony Garnett. The company's first major series was the police drama Between The Lines , and throughout the decade they went on to produce a succession of highly successful drama series...

 who previously produced the television series The Cops

The Cops (TV series)

The Cops is a British television series made by World Productions for the BBC.The production, set in the fictional town of Stanton in Northern England, was noted for its documentary-style camerawork and uncompromising portrayal of the police force...

. The series consisted of three two-part stories. Later repeats edited the two-parters so that they were screened as three longer running episodes.

According to series creator Declan Croghan, "Murder Prevention is the first pre-crime drama ever, anywhere."

Overview

The series followed the work of the fictitious Murder Prevention Unit (MPU) as they attempted to prevent murders from taking place. By using modern scientific techniques and basic police instinct, the unit's aim was to gather enough evidence of intent to kill in order to arrest potential murderers.

Cast

• Conor Mullen
  Conor Mullen
  Conor Mullen is a Dublin-born actor who played Stuart McElroy in Holby City and Aidan Dohertry in the 2007 BBC1 drama series Rough Diamond.-Career:...
  
   as DCI Patrick Goddard
• Mark Lewis Jones
  Mark Lewis Jones
  Mark Lewis Jones is a Welsh actor, whose roles include that of a police inspector in BBC drama series, 55 Degrees North, a whaler in the movie, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and Tecton, a soldier in Troy....
  
   as DS Ray Lloyd
• Sean Gallagher as DC Neil Stanton
• Michael Smiley
  Michael Smiley
  Michael Smiley is a British comic and actor currently living in England.-Biography:Smiley was born in 1963 in Belfast, and moved to London in his 20s with his wife...
  
   as DC Maurice Gibney
• Sarah Smart
  Sarah Smart
  Sarah Smart is an English actress.Smart was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. Her career started as a child, notably in the television series Woof!. She is best known for a series of well-regarded television roles including Virginia Braithwaite, daughter of a lottery winning family in...
  
  as DC Karen Hughes
• Tom Brooke as DC Mark Rosen - a rookie profiler

Episodes

• Episodes 1-2: False Prophet (30 October 2004 and 6 November 2004)
• Episodes 3-4: Last Man Out (13 November 2004 and 20 November 2004)
• Episodes 5-6: Judgement Day (27 November 2004 and 4 December 2004)

External links

• Memorable TV - Murder Prevention