''Murder Prevention'' is a six-part British television

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series, written and created by Declan Croghan, that first broadcast on

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on 30 October 2004. Inspired by the real-life Homicide Prevention Unit within the

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, the series follows a unit headed up by DCI Patrick Goddard (

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), who attempt to prevent murders from taking place by using modern scientific techniques and basic police instinct to gather enough evidence of intent to kill in order to arrest potential murderers before they offend. According to Croghan, "''Murder Prevention'' is the first pre-crime drama ever, anywhere." The series was produced by

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, who had previously produced BAFTA-award-winning police procedural television series '' The Cops''. The series consists of three two-part stories, although later repeats edited the two-parters into three longer running episodes. Also credited as principal members of the cast are

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as Mullen's second-in-command, DS Ray Lloyd; Sean Gallagher as Lloyd's wingman, DC Neil Stanton;

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as DC Mark Rosen, a rookie profiler; and

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and

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as DCs Maurice Gibney and Karen Hughes. The series was due for release on DVD on 20 February 2006 via Target Media, although due to the company's collapse, was never released.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Prevention-DVD-Sean-Connery/ The series remains unreleased on DVD.

Cast

as Patrick Goddard;

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as Ray Lloyd;

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* Sean Gallagher as Neil Stanton;

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as Maurice Gibney; detective constable *

as Karen Hughes; detective constable *

as Mark Rosen; detective constable * Badria Timimi as Louise Cole;

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* Peter Wight as Donald Winkler;

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* Kerry Elkins as Kerry Phillips;

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* {{IMDb title, id=0433500, title=Murder Prevention
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