British broadcasting legend, Jill Dando, was killed by a single bullet on her doorstep in 1999 in broad daylight. Despite one of the biggest homicide investigations in British history, the murder remains unsolved. This three-part series takes viewers through the twists and the turns of a true crime mystery as her family, friends, journalists, investigators and lawyers wrestle with the question: Who Killed Jill Dando?
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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 - Did you kill Jill Dando?
00:03 - She was so polished and so professional.
00:09 - Jill Dando!
00:10 - In many ways, I think people saw Jill as a TV Diana.
00:14 - So glamorous, it's wonderful.
00:16 - Jill was at the top of her game.
00:18 - She was the nation's sweetheart.
00:20 - The golden girl of British television
00:23 murdered on her doorstep in broad daylight.
00:28 (sirens blaring)
00:31 - Everyone had a theory about who was responsible.
00:36 Criminal networks, mafia, Russians, jilted lovers.
00:41 - Is this an assassination?
00:43 Is this an execution?
00:44 - The Crimewatch presenter may have been assassinated
00:47 by a Serbian gunman.
00:49 - Speculation focuses on a possible stalker.
00:52 - This was one of the largest murder investigations
00:54 the Metropolitan Police ever had to face.
00:56 - It was the biggest reward in criminal history
00:58 in this country.
00:59 - Today, a man was arrested on suspicion of murder.
01:03 - Do you recognize the person in the picture?
01:07 - Anyone.
01:08 - That's a picture of you, Mr. George.
01:12 - During the course of the search,
01:13 we recovered a lot of undeveloped film.
01:16 - This was an injustice.
01:18 - If you did not murder Jill Dando.
01:21 - It makes me angry that they've taken eight years
01:24 of my life.
01:26 - After his acquittal, there has been no more serious
01:29 investigation into Jill Dando's death.
01:31 - People are still coming to terms
01:33 with one of the most bizarre murders ever committed.
01:36 - Why the killer?
01:37 What benefit would anybody accrue from killing Jill Dando?
01:41 - The files should still be open on this case.
01:44 They should be looking.
01:46 - To be sitting here 24 years on and saying
01:48 that we still do not know who killed Jill Dando
01:53 is mind boggling.
01:55 (dramatic music)
01:57 - Whoever did it is still out there.
01:59 (dramatic music)
02:02 (dramatic music)
02:05 (dramatic music)
02:09 (dramatic music)
02:11 (dramatic music)
02:14 (dramatic music)
02:17 [BLANK_AUDIO]