Silent Witness actor Emilia Fox explores murder cases in new C4 series

Daily Mirror

17-06-2025

In a documentary that thinks it's a drama, Emilia Fox teams up with real experts to solve cold case murders
A slightly confused format, In The Footsteps Of Killers (tonight June 17, C4, 10pm) sees actress Emilia Fox, whose only expertees here is Silent Witness 'acting as a pathologist', join forces with an actual criminologist and detective to solve real cold cases. She troops around after Professor David Wilson and former senior cop Dr Graham Hill, asking them pertinent questions as they rake over the original investigations for new leads. It's fascinating enough for anyone with a morbid interest in murder cases that were well known at the time but have never been solved.
The black-and-white opening titles see Emilia and David walking down a street with intent, as if they are in a Nordic crime drama, while eerie music plays. Not quite sure what genre it wants to be, this is actually a straight documentary looking to explore cold cases, with Emilia prodding the experts. Then they head to an 'important location', while explaining the first case.
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In this episode, the team examines the 1993 murder of 42-year-old Bulic Forsythe, a manager at Lambeth Council, who was savagely beaten in his own home in Clapham, London, before the property was set on fire. Emilia says: 'The fire brigade was called to this block of flats. His head had been repeatedly beaten. There was no sign of break-in.' Professor Wilson wades into the various theories before briefing Graham on the case. Was Bulic murdered for personal reasons? Or was he silenced, to prevent him from whistleblowing, by dark forces operating within his council workplace? No one seems to want to talk, but the trio looks to uncover new evidence.
In The Footsteps Of Killers is airing on Channel 4 tonight (June 17) at 10pm.
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