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ITV drama Manhunt is telling the real-life story – over three nights – of how serial killer Levi Bellfield was brought to justice.
The policeman who pieced together the evidence to catch him, Det Ch Insp Colin Sutton, is played on screen by Martin Clunes.
Bellfield was convicted of killing three young women in south-west London and Surrey in the early 2000s.
Here’s what happened in the case that is being dramatised on screen.
Amelie Delagrange was a 22-year-old French student who had been living in Twickenham for three months when she was killed on 19 August 2004.
She had been working at a patisserie in Richmond and was in the UK to further her studies, as she had a “passion for the English language”. She had a close circle of friends and a boyfriend also living in the UK.
Amelie, from Amiens, was a “good student, sensible and never gave her parents any problems”, her mother Dominique Delagrange said.
The previous year, Marsha McDonnell had been murdered, on 4 February.
The 19-year-old was on a gap year before starting university, having completed her A-levels, and was planning a trip to Australia.
Marsha had been working in a gift shop in Kingston, Surrey, on her year off. She was passionate about music, and a music room at a children’s hospice was named after her following her murder.
Milly Dowler was 13 when she was murdered in March 2002.
She was a Year 9 pupil at Heathside School in Weybridge, Surrey, and lived in nearby Walton Park with her parents and sister.
Milly was described as being a pretty, popular and intelligent teenager, with friends saying she was “always trying to make people laugh and smile”.
Det Ch Insp Colin Sutton became involved in the case when Amelie Delagrange was murdered.
At the time, arrests had already been made in connection with the murder of Marsha McDonnell. The link to Milly Dowler’s death had not yet been found.
There were fears a serial killer was on the loose. But it was the investigation into Amelie’s death that would lead to the jigsaw pieces coming together that led to Bellfield being caught.
Amelie’s body was found on Twickenham Green where she was attacked after a night out with friends. Having missed her bus stop, she was walking home across the green.
She had been struck over the head with a hammer, as had Marsha McDonnell.
Marsha had been to the cinema with friends on the night she was attacked, just yards from her home in Hampton where she lived with her parents, sisters and brother. She had got off a bus and was walking back home when she was killed.
It was only when Bellfield was convicted of the two women’s deaths in 2008 that he became the key suspect in the unsolved murder of Milly Dowler.
Milly had been walking home from a railway station after school when she was kidnapped. Her body was later found 25 miles away in Yateley Heath, Hampshire. It later emerged she had been strangled.
Bellfield also attempted to murder Kate Sheedy, 18, in May 2004 by running her over twice in a car near her home in Isleworth, west London. She survived her injuries and went on to give evidence against Bellfield.
Colin Sutton says that, when he was tasked with leading the team of detectives finding out who killed Amelie, he had to put out of his mind the similarities with Marsha’s murder.
“It was very much my view that whatever had gone on in the past, the best chance of solving the crimes was with the most recent, with Amelie,” he said.
“If we got a suspect, we would go back and look at others and see if he fitted in. It turned out quite well.”
As Manhunt showed, CCTV played a crucial role in the case. It included CCTV of Amelie Delagrange on the bus that took her to Twickenham Green, after she missed her stop – and images of Marsha McDonnell on the bus home.
He said: “All I had was a dead girl in the middle of Twickenham Green. We decided what we would do was search out every piece of CCTV for miles around.”
In total, 2,000 hours of footage were viewed by detectives – and the drama shows how colleagues questioned Colin Sutton’s decision to allocate so many of his staff to that laborious job.
But as viewers saw in the first episode, a key breakthrough in the case came from a team reviewing CCTV taken from external cameras on passing buses. Their footage showed a white van had arrived at the green just before Amelie was killed, and stayed for eight minutes before being driven off.
But they could not track down the van, eliminating 26,000 Ford Courier vans – like the one seen in the footage – from their inquiry.
The breakthrough came after a woman suggested her ex-boyfriend was a potential suspect. His name was Levi Bellfield.
He was a wheel clamper who owned a white van. It later emerged he also owned a Toyota Previa with blacked-out windows – like the one that ran over Kate Sheedy. He was arrested in November 2004, when we was found hiding in his loft.
BBC Look North presenter and reporter Alison Freeman was working for the BBC News website at the time, and interviewed Kate Sheedy for an article.
“The murders struck a particular chord with me and one of my colleagues as we were both young women living in south London at the time.
“Over the past few weeks I’ve seen adverts for the series about the manhunt for Levi Bellfield. Because covering the murders is something that has stayed with me, I felt really keen to watch it.
“I even sent a text to my former colleague just before the start of the programme to see if she was watching too – even though we live hundreds of miles from each other now.
“When we began reporting the killing of Amelie, we quite quickly questioned if there was a link with Marsha McDonnell’s death, as they both stood out as really unusual murders.
“No apparent motive or overtly sexual element. Just violent attacks on young women walking home at night – as any of us might do.
“I’d only interviewed Kate Sheedy a week or so before Amelie’s death. She was such a strong, determined and dignified young woman.
“She fought to survive horrific injuries, whilst unable to understand why anyone would do something like that. It was a horrifying thought that it could have happened to anyone.”
Levi Bellfield was given a whole-life prison sentence in June 2011 after being found guilty of murdering Milly Dowler.
He was already in jail for the murders of Amelie and Marsha and the attempted murder of Kate at the time.
It was claimed last month that Bellfield, now 50, was part of a child sex gang that has never been brought to justice.
Bellfield, who now calls himself Yusuf Rahim, was linked in a report to six men accused of paedophilia, murder and grooming.
There were also reports in 2017 that Bellfield had allegedly confessed to the murder of Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter Megan in Kent, in 1996.
Police had previously said they had found no link between Bellfield and any other crimes, despite detectives having said at the time of his conviction that he was behind 20 other attacks on women.
Colin Sutton, who is now retired from the force, wrote a book on the case. The ITV drama was closely based on his book.
He said everything has been done with “full disclosure” to the victims’ families, and that he had “real encouragement” from some.
He told the Radio Times: “They knew the story of the effort that went into the investigation and how hard we worked.
Actor Kevin Spacey remained silent as he appeared in court to face a charge of indecent assault and battery stemming from an allegation of groping in 2016.
He is accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old male at a bar in Nantucket, Massachusetts, in 2016.
A not guilty plea was entered on the two-time Oscar winner’s behalf by his lawyers.
The Scottish director of a new film about the world’s most famous comedy double act described it as “a love story about these two guys, who just happened to be Laurel and Hardy”.
When Aberdeenshire-born director Jon S Baird first read the script for Stan & Ollie, which tells the story of Laurel and Hardy’s final tour of the UK and Ireland, he says he “actually cried”.
Actor Kevin Spacey has appeared in court to face a charge of indecent assault and battery stemming from an allegation of groping in 2016.
The two-time Oscar winner is expected to plead not guilty during the court hearing on the Massachusetts resort island community of Nantucket.
Claims of sexual assault have also been investigated by London and LA police.
On Christmas Eve, Spacey, 59, posted a remarkable video contesting the allegations against him.
In a video titled “Let Me Be Frank”, Spacey appeared in character as Frank Underwood from the Netflix series House of Cards, and said: “I’m certainly not going to pay the price for the thing I didn’t do.”
Wearing a suit and appearing composed, Spacey arrived at the packed courtroom on Monday after arriving on his private jet.
He nodded in court when the judge told him he was not allowed to contact the victim.
His lawyer had earlier asked the judge to allow the hearing to happen without Spacey present, but that request was refused.
The alleged victim is the son of former television news presenter Heather Unruh, who spoke publicly about the incident last year.
She accused Mr Spacey of buying her then 18-year-old son alcohol – the drinking age in Massachusetts is 21 – and then groping him.
Ant and Dec have won the TV presenter category at the National Television Awards (NTAs) for the last 17 years, but can they do it again?
Ant’s only presenting gig alongside Dec last year was on Saturday Night Takeaway after he took a break following his arrest for drink-driving.
He was also seen in pre-recorded material for Britain’s Got Talent but Dec hosted the live shows alone.
Dec then hosted I’m A Celebrity… with fellow nominee Holly Willoughby.
It was the first time since the show began that Ant had stepped back from presenting duties.
So could it be Holly’s turn to take home the prize?
A hit with viewers for her I’m a Celeb… Get Me Out of Here! stint, her main presenting job is on ITV’s This Morning with, Phillip Schofield, who is also nominated for best presenter.
The Chase host Bradley Walsh and Graham Norton are also in the running.
There is also an extra category in this year’s awards – one that recognises new drama.
A Discovery of Witches, The Cry and Girlfriends go up against Globe-winning shows Killing Eve and Bodyguard in the category.
Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer is also up for best drama performance as is Bodyguard’s Richard Madden.
Elsewhere, there is fierce competition in some of the more established categories like The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment award.
I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! goes up against Love Island, which had its best ever viewing figures in 2018.
Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and The Graham Norton Show also feature in the category.
Love Island and All Round to Mrs Brown’s are also in the running.
The serial drama, or best soap award is also always a big talking point and last year the award went to ITV’s Emmerdale.
This year the show goes up against Coronation Street, EastEnders and Hollyoaks.
Quiz Show
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
A League Of Their Own
Catchphrase
Pointless
The Chase
New Drama
A Discovery Of Witches
Bodyguard
Girlfriends
Killing Eve
The Cry
Talent Show
Britain’s Got Talent
Dancing On Ice
Strictly Come Dancing
The Voice UK
The X Factor
Drama
Call The Midwife
Casualty
Doctor Who
Our Girl
Peaky Blinders
TV Presenter
Ant & Dec
Bradley Walsh
Graham Norton
Holly Willoughby
Phillip Schofield
Factual Entertainment
Ambulance
DIY SOS: The Big Build
Gogglebox
Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs
The Great British Bake Off
Drama Performance
Cillian Murphy, Thomas Shelby, Peaky Blinders
Jodie Comer, Villanelle, Killing Eve
Jodie Whittaker, The Doctor, Doctor Who
Michelle Keegan, L. Cpl Georgie Lane, Our Girl
Richard Madden, Sgt David Budd, Bodyguard
The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award
All Round To Mrs Brown’s
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Love Island
The Graham Norton Show
Serial Drama
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks
Serial Drama Performance
Bonnie Langford, Carmel Kazemi, EastEnders
Danny Dyer, Mick Carter, EastEnders
Emma Atkins, Charity Dingle, Emmerdale
Jack P Shepherd, David Platt, Coronation Street
Lucy Pargeter, Chas Dingle, Emmerdale
Comedy
Benidorm
Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father
Mrs Brown’s Boys
Peter Kay’s Car Share
The Big Bang Theory
Newcomer
Aedan Duckworth, Oliver Morgan, Hollyoaks
Alexandra Mardell, Emma Brooker, Coronation Street
James Moore, Ryan Stocks, Emmerdale
Neet Mohan, Dr Rashid ‘Rash’ Masum, Casualty
Ricky Champ, Stuart Highway, EastEnders
Daytime
Good Morning Britain
Loose Women
Sunday Brunch
The Jeremy Kyle Show
This Morning
TV Judge
David Walliams
Louis Tomlinson
Robbie Williams
Robert Rinder
Simon Cowell