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ON THE TEAM DC Des Nellany and DS Jill Billington

BBC2, 9pm We’re fascinated by murder cases, hence our insatiable appetite for endless Sherlock-style TV drama. But there’s nothing more gripping (or astounding) than real life crime.

With amazing access, this fourpart series follows Manchester’s murder detectives over the course of a year as they try to unravel complex cases.

And to add to the tension, everything is shot in real time, lending an extra urgency to proceedings.

In this episode, when a burnt body is discovered in a homeless camp under railway arches, the Major Incident Team are called to the scene and very soon a murder investigation is underway.

Detective Superintendent Jon Chadwick, head of MIT, takes on the case but with no CCTV and no witnesses, the team has little to go on. But extensive forensic work leads detectives into the world of the city’s exploding young homelessness crisis.

Elsewhere, a woman is the victim of a horrific petrol bombing in her own home. With the suspected attacker, her brother, on the run with more bombs, police launch a full-scale manhunt.