Place of Execution

Name: Place of Execution
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2008-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7

About Place of Execution

On a freezing December night in 1963, 13-year-old Alison Carter took her dog for a walk and was never seen again. As the entire country watched, newly-promoted Detective Inspector George Bennett turned up enough evidence to see his suspect hanged and was hailed a hero by the people of Scardale.

Place of Execution is a crime and mystery series that ran on ITV1. Its themes are mother daughter relationship, village, reporter, and pedophilia.

It ran for one season of 3 episodes between September 2008 and October 2008.

Juliet Stevenson appears as Catherine Heathcote, Lee Ingleby as DI George Bennett, Philip Jackson as Old George Bennett, and Greg Wise as Philip Hawkin. It is adapted from a novel.

In the United States it streams on Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, and Acorn TV Apple TV channel. Sherlock, The Defence, and Lupin make useful companions to Place of Execution, all filed under investigation and police.