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Another Bradford serial killer and this one is even more disgusting and depraved than Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper.

A documentary that includes harrowing descriptions of his crimes and cruelty, and is not for the faint of heart. A true account that is just as disturbing as anything Hollywood could invent.

Spoilt somewhat for me by Christa Ackroyd playing up for the camera in extreme ham-actor mode.

Having worked in Aberdeen for a couple of years I was keen to see this series in order to check in on the great City and hopefully be entertained, but I could only watch one episode I'm afraid.

Unfortunately the writing was pretty uninspired, and the acting was very dour and wooden.

As with most modern UK TV series, the writers/commissioners/casting etc. Seem to be more concerned with ticking boxes rather than producing quality, original drama. With so much competition from other broadcasters and streaming services you would expect that the BBC along with ITV, Channels 4 and 5 etc. Would be upping their game - but they just seem to churning out similar, mundane and average at best programmes.

As someone who loves visiting Gibraltar I thought this series would be really interesting. It wasn't. Despite Gibraltar's geographical location on the tip of southern Europe, with Africa just across a narrow strip of water, and the fact that it is a UK dependancy, there must be more to policing it than removing drunk old men from hotel bars and nicking kids with a spliff in their pocket. One of the cops was clearly playing up for the camera every time he was on screen, and the narration was embarrassingly bad.

I guess it looked a good idea on paper when the idea was being pitched to the broadcasters - but there really isn't enough content to make it worthwhile.