The British Airways Killer (2024) User Reviews

Way too long

[cghesketh · 4/10 · 1 March 2024]

It's an interesting enough story, even if it's one that's been told many times before. Man kills wife (or ex-wife), gets caught, comes up with an incredulous excuse (in this case, a temporary mental disorder), and goes to prison.

There's recordings of his original phone call to the police, footage of the police interviews and investigations, and from the court room. There's also interviews with some of the people that were involved in the case at the time.

Unfortunately, all of that put together does not take up even half of the total running time.

There is a lot of filler. While some background of the couple is useful, this show was almost like a biography that included the murder and aftermath almost as a sideline. It's a great pity, because had it just stuck to the facts, it would have been fascinating.

Muddled and Overpowering Intrusive Music

[carolkettle · 5/10 · 6 March 2024]

Very muddled, choppy presentation of the horrific events. Instead of following a time line of events, there were news items, announcements from a later date thrown in all over the place. Over powering background (!)music which played loudly and intrusively over dialogue. At times had to put subtitles on to understand what was being said. Surely background music, should be just that. Felt that it was very loud and ruined any atmosphere. There was a lot to commend the production and the interviews with family and friends were very good. Please in any future productions do without the loud intrusive 'music' it ruins it!