Compelling, true-life stories are at the core of these three new telemovies that lay bare human behaviour at its best and worst. Tell Them Lucifer Was Here - 1 x 120’ This is the tragic story of the 1998 murders of Australian Police officers Rod Miller and Gary Silk, which centres on the efforts of the Lorimer Task Force in tracking down their killers in the biggest criminal investigation in Australia’s history. Infiltration - 1 x 120’ Colin McLaren was a detective with a reputation for thumbing his nose at authority and an appetite for hard, if not impossible cases. Going undercover with Australia’s Calabrian Mafia, it would prove to be the most dangerous and thrilling 18 months of his life. The Man Who Got Away - 1 x 120’ David McMillan was born privileged, but chose a life of crime. By his early 20s he had made the Interpol Top Ten Most Wanted list. His partner in crime happened to be the love of his life, Clelia Vigano, together they were an unstoppable force. Until she lost her life in a prison fire and the guilt spurred him on to even greater risks. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Des Monaghan, Greg Haddrick & Jo Horsburgh FORMAT AVAILABLE Tell Them Lucifer Was Here TX: 7th February 2011 at 8.30pm on Channel 9 (Australia).
Infiltration TX: 14th February 2011 at 8.30pm on Channel 9 (Australia).
The Man Who Got Away TX: 21st February 2011 at 8.30pm on Channel 9 (Australia).
Nine’s Underbelly telemovie Tell Them Lucifer was Here broadcast on 7th Feb 2011 and pulled an audience of 1.37m , ranking as the #1 show for Monday night.
Its Melbourne audience was especially big with 519,000 ahead of 377,000 in Sydney and 196,000 in Brisbane. Melbourne was the setting for the true crime drama depicting the 1998 murder of two Victorian policemen.