Killer Net

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Killer Net
Genre Crime drama
Thriller
Created by Lynda La Plante
Written byLynda La Plante
Directed by Geoffrey Sax
StarringTam Williams
Paul Bettany
Emily Woof
Kathy Brolly
Mark Tandy
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersSteve Lanning
Liz Thorburn
ProducerLynda La Plante
Production locations Brighton, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Running time50 mins. (w/out advertisements)
Production companyLa Plante Films
Original release
Network Channel 4
Release5 May (1998-05-05) 
26 May 1998 (1998-05-26)

Killer Net is a British television crime drama mini series, first broadcast on Channel 4 in May 1998. The drama was written and produced by Lynda La Plante, directed by Geoffrey Sax and featured a cast of up and coming actors. One of the main selling points of the series was that it starred Jason Orange of Take That, but it was also one of the introductions to the small screen of Paul Bettany. [1]

Contents

Plot

The series is set around the lives of three students living in Brighton, whose contribution to an internet-based computer game leads them right into the heart of an investigation into a serial killer.

Cast

Production

Locations

Location filming for Killer Net was completed throughout the late summer of 1997. Many scenes were filmed in Brighton, East Sussex. Scenes set on the actual game "Killer Net" were all filmed in Islington, in and around the Camden Passage antique area. The university that the students attend is not Brighton University, but it is in fact the University of Surrey in Guildford.

Up until the end of the 1990s, Eastern Terrace in Kemp Town, Brighton was used as student lodgings. and number eight was used as the property where the students live. It has since been converted back into accommodation and is one of the most expensive properties in Brighton. [2]

The club featured in the programme is The Zap club in the Kings Road Arches, Brighton. The Casino is actually the Holiday Inn opposite the West Pier on Kings Road and later doubles as the block of flats in which Brent Moyer (Jason Orange) lives. The road in which the police question Scott about his car is Princess Street, Brighton, outside the Marlborough Pub. There are various invaluable scenes filmed inside the West Pier pavilion. The Palace Pier has many scenes filmed on it. When the students go out celebrating after winning the game, the MG is pictured turning from Marine Parade into the Old Steine. The opening shot from Scott's window is a view down Marine Parade and shows the forecourt of the Bristol Bar in Paston Place.

Episodes

#TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [3]
1"Episode 1"Geoffrey SaxLynda La Plante5 May 1998 (1998-05-05)TBA
Psychology student Scott Miller meets fellow student Charlie through an internet chat room, and instantly becomes obsessed with her.
2"Episode 2"Geoffrey SaxLynda La Plante12 May 1998 (1998-05-12)TBA
Scott returns to his classes, determined to catch up on the work he has missed, when the CD-ROM for Killer Net arrives.
3"Episode 3"Geoffrey SaxLynda La Plante19 May 1998 (1998-05-19)TBA
DCI Collingwood informs Scott that the dead body that has been found has been identified as Charlie.
4"Episode 4"Geoffrey SaxLynda La Plante26 May 1998 (1998-05-26)TBA
Scott is remanded in custody, while DCI Collingwood interviews fellow students who were at the club on the night that Charlie was killed.

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