Killers (2000 film)

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Killers is a short BBC film written by David Eldridge and directed by Mike Wadham.

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Part of the drama lab series on BBC Three, Killers is set in a house in east London in which a group of lads are having a party. It looks at the relationships between young lads and how those relationships change when a female is added to the equation. Overseen by Tony Jordan, it stars Roland Manookian, Brooke Kinsella and Thomas Aldridge.

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    Killers at IMDb