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Catch Me a Killer is an 11-part true crime television series set in South Africa, based on cases worked on by forensic psychologist and police investigator Micki Pistorius in the 1990s. It stars British actress Charlotte Hope as Pistorius.




Premise


The series is based on the autobiography of the same name by South African forensic psychologist and police investigator Micki Pistorius, who was instrumental in securing convictions for many serial killers in the late 1990s.




Cast


Charlotte Hope as Micki Pistorius
Donna Cormack-Thomson as Erika
Steven John Ward as Mark
Vaughn Lucas as AJ Oliver
Grant Ross as Jannie
Sean Cameron Michael as Robert Ressler




Production


South African playwright and screenwriter Amy Jephta was lead writer on the series, with other writers being Sarah Hooper, Jessica Ruston, and Oliver Frampton. It is directed by Rene van Rooyen, Tracey Larcombe, and Brett Michael-Innes. Pistorius was a consultant on the series, and also provided emotional support to Hope during filming.
The series was co-produced by the German production company Night Train Media, along with CMak (UK) and M-Net (SA).
Production design was by Warren Gray.




Release


Catch Me a Killer was screened in the International Panorama section of the 2024 edition of Series Mania in Lille, France, having its French premiere on 19 February 2024. It was the first South African series to feature in Series Mania.
The series was released by South African streaming service Showmax in February 2024, and in the UK on Alibi on 5 March 2024. It became available at the same time on free streaming service SBS on Demand in Australia. The series is available in the United States and Canada on BritBox.




Reception


The French film festival Series Mania described Catch Me a Killer as "A female Mindhunter in the guise of a wonderfully-produced true-crime series".




Awards and nominations


The series won "Best Production Design – TV – Light Entertainment & Band 1 Programmes" in the British Film Designers Guild Awards, with production designer Warren Gray, supervising art director Sara Hartinger, and set decorators Anneke Botha and Annicia Bloom named as recipients.




References






External links


Catch Me a Killer at IMDb

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