In the Footsteps of Killers

This is a strange set up for a show.

Talking to families is emotional and must have been hard for the families.

But the scenes of the two "gathering information" are cringe inducing, poorly acted staged and scripted moments.

Why? Just make a documentary, skip all the faux nonsense.

Initially seems like it will be a good programme, but it is just a let down.

Throughout each episode they hint at how the killer 'needs to be found' and how important their work is.

By the end of each episode and all they have achieved upsetting the family members again by making them relive it all and they end up no closer to the truth. They just stand in various woodlands looking concerned and the woman marches around pretending to take important emergency phone calls. And then they find nothing out, give up on the investigation and then it's the end of the episode. Pointless build up for nothing.

What a shame. This could have been a good investigation if proper ex police investigators were used. This is just a staged, almost pseudo-documentary, but with real victims and their distraught families. This feels like exploitation of tragic events to make scripted-reality worthy of one of the History Channel's awful alien/bigfoot 'investigation' programmes. I feel so sorry for the families and they deserve better than this.

This would be laughable we're it not factual. It appears the American habit of turning documentaries into low rate drama's has reached the UK. With the amount of camera angles, there must be so many takes of the same scenes, pained expressions and it sounds scripted. Awful. You're dealing with real life dead victims here, the way this is filmed makes it feel like a lunchtime soap opera. Shameful.

If I could give a minus score I would, Very disrespective to the families.

No conclusion just maybes and what if this happened. Even the music is meant to sound like "Silent Witness" really shocking anyone who make or be part of this.