The Investigator: A British Crime Story

I watched both seasons of The Investigator before I looked it up on IMDB. I thought both seasons were OK (otherwise I would have stopped watching) and am surprised to see all the very low ratings (0, 1, 2 etc).

The show is based on true unsolved crimes. The crimes and events are convoluted and fascinating to learn about. And although Mark Williams-Thomas ("the Investigator") doesn't solve the mysteries, I give him credit for retracing the original investigations and turning over every stone and shedding some new light on the mysteries. The show follows his thought processes which involves numerous red herrings and dead ends. But hey that's real life investigative work. It's why the mysteries still remain unsolved after 30 years.

So while the underlying stories are interesting, there was a lot of filler. As other commenters have pointed out, there was a lot of repetition. A little bit of repetition is necessary because the stories are so convoluted and it is easy to lose track, but the show goes overboard. Both seasons could have easily been edited down to an 90 minutes each.

That said, I enjoyed it and have no problem recommending it if you like true crime dramas. Especially season 1.

The presence of the investigator who is credited with unmasking notorious DJ and charity pedophile Sir Saville should not convince anyone to waste their time here. Over four and three episodes, respectively, these two criminal investigations are simultaneously sensationalist and utterly boring (a significant achievement), replacing development with endless repetition, supposition and speculation. In the end, nothing is unearthed that wasn't known from the start, and the biggest mystery is no longer 'Who dunnit?' but 'why make it?'

A meandering " investigation " of the murder of a girl in Sussex. England. A crime which happened 35 years ago. While the killer is probably identified, the search goes to Scotland. There it investigates an unrelated set of murders. Why it wastes time doing this is beyond my understanding. The perp of those was in jail. I think these digressions are to pad out the show. This is like Geraldo Rivera stunt shows. All hype and padding. It could have been good if in the end it had a concrete result. I watched a couple of episodes and padding was obvious. He has done this in other similar shows .

Well 3 hours of my life I can't get back. If the main character of this show is actually an accomplished police detective as claimed, then I am setting up a criminal enterprise in England. Normally I am all over British crime shows as they tend to be top notch. This,however, is a load of repetitive drivel that meanders aimlessly between the odd revelation but never reaches any satisfactory conclusion. Other reviewers suggest it would make an interesting 1 hour documentary, I wouldn't even give it that much. Its just some self aggrandized near do well who rides around in his Jag pretending to play copper while getting the hopes up of terribly distraught people.

This is almost like an American documentary with the amount of repetition of footage. Trying to stretch this to four episodes was a bit optimistic