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4rTOUGHGUYSNoihing's blackand white torDCF|Erk Taylor RaleSpall,leftl and gunmanBilly Porter(Mel R.ido, - whosecharactetis basedon Harry Roberts,oneof a ganq esponsibleor theintamousmurdercaseot 1966



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fllming n BerkshireastOctober.I believendueprocess tl themost mportantaspect fouf criminaljustice ystem.Ihink someonewhohasservedheir ariff should eentitledto parole. ut thinkno homesecretarywouldwant o be heonewho etHarryRobedsout."(In fact,jurisdiction verhis eleaseow iessolelywith theParole oard.See aneloverleal)

I fs doubtful hat hisdramawillhelpJ Roberts's idforparole.Theopening

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prece.I'm imply ot thatperson nymore.I,mnot HarryRobets,policekiller.'mHarryRobertgold-age ensioner

Actor Raido a 3o-year-oldouthLondonerlikened yAmottto ayoungRobertDeNirosays eknewnothingof theoriginalstorywhenhc andedhepolice-killerole.

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RafeSpallplayspolicedetectiveFrank Taylor.the fictional) est alof oneof the hreemurderedofficers.He sayst's his best ole o date.

"I read hefirstepisodg adachatwith hedircctorAdrianShergoldandhen cad hebook.Ittookmefive hoursand t's heonlybook 'veever ead n onesitting. did our auditionsor thepartandl thinkitlthe best haracter'veplayed.The deaofplayingoneperson vera 20-yearperiodwasa realchallenge."

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BBC2dmmatisation f the irst,Z/reLongFirm,wor.twoBaftas nda best ctornomination or tsstarMark Strong.Whichbdngs us back to the title of the new ilm takenfrom the ugly IIe Kil/s Coppers olice-goadingchant hatArnott firstheardwhileon apoliticaldemonstmtion n the 80s.

It is. ayshewriter neof hegreatertroniesof the Robertsmurders hat both footballsuppoders ndanarchistsdopted im assomesortof class ero. The hingaboutHarryRobertsishespent hrcemonthsusinghisjungle raining,usinghismilitaryknow-how, singwhathehadbeen aught by the state o evade he state. think

that'swhat madehim standout.Thealarchistswhochantedhisnamesawhim as epresentingthefudealsasan enemyof thestatq when hedoesdtsharc hosevi€wsat all. I imaging ike mostcriminals,he'son the right mther than the eft."

Amott concedeshat hehorrcrof themurderscontinueso resonate.ohowdifficultwas tproviding balanced ortrayal f theRobertschamcter?Theproblem f thegenre f cdmgwhichI try to avoidgettingstuck nto, isthattherei alwa!sa danger f creating vildemonsand callygoodsuperhumanriminals. illyPorteris tery minorvillaiu.Theone hinghe'sgoodatis using-euns.hichhe eamediDhe

Army.There's othingspecial r supernatwalabouthim.Theredbea realdangerf he urnedout to be hisgrinningdemonic lgure,andlikewise t d be a*{ul if he las seen s hishug€lyslmpathetic heloof the underclassightingagainst pprcssion . e'sneither f thosehings."

And of Roberts imself?Harry Robertswasstoppedn a carbecauset hadan out-of-datea-\disc.Hewasn't hisgrcat uper-villain. egotobsessedyguns ndhe ostcontrol. TerryPayne

ROBERTS-4I YEARS OlISincehedeathn ai l as t ea r f195OshildmurdererJohn traffen, risoner31191arryRobertsas ecometheongest-servjngnmatein heBrit ishenalsystem4l years,threemonths,tobeprecise.Forthepastyearhe'sbeenl"e atLit l lehey.modernategorypriso"nCambridqeshire.espiteheart ttack arlierthis ea t e emainsii ,bright nd lert. eb

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LIFEFORA KILLERCaughtEftera three-monthmanhunt n 1966rHarryRoberts (Flctured lett In1996, is stlll :n ail

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High ourt ndthe ouseofordsioaccesso h eso-calledsersit ive ateriafailfailed,hough ord inghamfCornhil lsaithat heParole oard'stanceid infringe"thprinciplesf openustice.

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