Discovery has commissioned Woodcut Media to produce British Police: Our Toughest Cases and a second season of The Killer in My Family. Both shows will appear on Discovery’s free-to air channel Quest Red.

Blue Ant International will act as worldwide distributor (outside of the UK) and has provided deficit financing for the new series, as well as season 2 of The Killer in My Family.

Delving into some of the most harrowing and challenging of investigations, British Police: Our Toughest Cases (6 x 60) explores the cases that devastated communities, defined careers and took their toll on even the most experienced officers; from murders to violence, sexual attacks and child abuse.  The series will feature in-depth interviews with the CSIs, detectives, family liaison officers, and arresting officers at the very centre of the investigations who all provide unique insight into each operation and their impact and why, in some instances, they took decades to solve.  Also featured will be some of the victim’s families who share their perspective on the devastating impact that these crimes had on their lives.

British Police: Our Toughest Cases was ordered by Clare Laycock, SVP Head of Lifestyle and Entertainment Brands, and commissioned by Charlotte Reid, Senior Director of Production and Development. Romy Page is Commissioning Executive for Quest Red, Matthew Gordon and Kate Beal are Executive Producers for Woodcut Media and Solange Attwood is Executive Producer for Blue Ant International.

Featuring high-profile cases including Britain’s most dangerous prisoner Robert Maudsley, a second season of The Killer in My Family (6 x 60) explores homicide and its impact from the perspectives of murderer’s family members and those who knew the killer personally. Whether it’s the father, sister, ex-wife or the child, each episode will get up close and personal to these individuals to discover the devastating impact of living with a killer.

Season Two of The Killer in My Family is executive produced by Jamie Watkins, Content Sourcing and Acquisition Manager (Discovery). Matthew Gordon and Kate Beal (Woodcut Media), and Solange Attwood (Blue Ant International).