Seven Network · Ended

Catching Milat

Crime · 2015

Last aired: S1 E2, Part 2 · 2015-05-24

The true story of how the NSW Police Taskforce Air, and in particular Detective Paul Gordon, tracked down and caught Ivan Milat – the man responsible for the infamous Backpacker Murders in Australia's Belanglo State Forest from 1990 onwards. Set against a backdrop of a public alarm, high level government pressure and an international press demanding a result, Catching Milat is a pacy, psychological thriller.

Cast

Malcolm Kennard Ivan Milat

Geoff Morrell Superintendent Clive Small

Richard Cawthorne Detective Paul Gordon

David Field Detective Neil Birse

Season 1

E1 Part 1 2015-05-17 · 85 min The discovery of the bodies of missing backpackers in the forest South West of Sydney sparks Australia's biggest ever manhunt. Propelled by public outcry and Government pressure, a police Task Force is set up headed by the new face of Australian policing -Superintendent Clive Small.

E2 Part 2 2015-05-24 · 83 min In May 1994, the task force arrests Ivan Milat in a highly orchestrated and very public raid. Milat is behind bars; Small got his man. But only two days after the arrest, a sensational twist: the man who cracked the case and who arrested Milat, is sacked by Small.

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