Appropriate Adult

Season 1

Based on a true story, Janet Leach (Emily Watson, "Gosford Park") finds herself sitting in on serial killer Fred West's (Dominic West, "The Wire") highly charged police interviews as his 'appropriate adult' - a person from the community who assists vulnerable adults facing criminal charges. She struggles to hear traumatic confessions but driven by her sense of duty to discover the truth.

20113 episodes13+

Drama

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S1 E1 - Episode 1
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December 9, 2011
44min
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The routine life of Gloucester woman Janet Leach is dramatically transformed when she asked by police to sit in as an 'appropriate adult' on interviews with serial killer Fred West who, within minutes, makes a shocking confession of murder. From that moment on she is drawn into the center of the investigation and a complex personal relationship with West.
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S1 E2 - Episode 2
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December 9, 2011
45min
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With Janet Leach no longer involved in the police interviews, Fred West refuses to speak to the police. His wife Rosemary is similarly uncooperative, and Janet receives a call asking her to resume as West's appropriate adult. Fred West appears to be delighted and resumes co-operation with the police. But, once again, this co-operation is on his own terms.
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S1 E3 - Episode 3
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September 11, 2011
46min
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The remains of Anna McFall are found, and Fred suggests to Janet her resemblance to Anna is highly significant to him. As Janet tries to persuade Fred to break with Rosemary and reveal the whole truth, she becomes ever more closely involved with him - an involvement which, ultimately, proves to have shattering consequences for her at the trial of Rosemary West.
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