C5 commissions new true-crime format The Incident Room

Channel 5 has ordered a new, true-crime format called The Incident Room from Leeds-based True North.
The 2 x 60’ format will accurately recreate incident rooms – the fast-moving hubs of any murder investigation.
Viewers will be led through each step of the investigation by the original detectives who worked on the case including interviews with friends and family members, forensic experts and psychologists.
Federico Ruiz, commissioning editor, unscripted, Channel 5 & Paramount+, said: “Take a deep breath and get ready to step into the shoes of real-life homicide detectives at the business end of grisly murder investigations. Crime is a tough space to break new ground but recreating a living, breathing, Incident Room does exactly that. Forget what you’ve seen on TV dramas, this is the real deal.”
Executive producer for True North, Andrew Sheldon, added: “The idea was to recreate the precinct of a real Incident Room to reveal how detectives solved their most challenging cases. We see the investigations in the incident room itself, in the cells, in the Interview Room and in the Family Liaison Suite where victim’s families are debriefed.
“The format allows the viewers to understand how and why the key decisions were taken that brought notorious killers to justice.”
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