The highly-acclaimed two-part dramatisation of one of America's most baffling and controversial criminal cases. Starring
Atlanta, 1979. The city's police force is in a state of civil war, with crime figures rising and accusations of racial prejudice rife.
To this climate of anger and bitterness a new factor is added - a series of murders - all young black children. The police seem unable to solve these vicious crimes and, before long, the people decide to take matters into their own hands. Then comes a startling breakthrough ... Screenplay by ABBY MANN
Produced by SHELDON PINCHUK and BILL FINNEGAN
Directed by JOHN ERMAN
(For cast see page 67. Part 2 on Wednesday 9.00pm)