''Killer Net'' is a British television

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mini series, first broadcast on

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in May 1998. The drama was written and produced by

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, directed by Geoffrey Sax and featured a cast of up and coming actors. One of the main selling points of the series was that it starred Jason Orange of

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, but it was also one of the introductions to the small screen of

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Plot

The series is set around the lives of three students living in

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, whose contribution to an internet-based computer game leads them right into the heart of an investigation into a serial killer.

Cast

* Tam Williams as Scott Miller *

as Joe Hunter * Emily Woof as Suzie Scott * Zoe Lucker as Carol Butler * Jason Orange as Brent Moyer * Sara Stephens as Tracy Wilson * Kathy Brolly as Charlotte 'Charlie' Thorpe * Mark Tandy as Robin Butler-Cooke * Simon Meacock as Tony 'Scruffy' O'Reilly *

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as DCI Collingwood * Richard McCabe as DI George Colby * Stephen Boxer as DS Hawkes * Raquel Cassidy as WPC Pamela Boxer * Mark Barton Hill as Jamie * Mark Denham as Jarvis

Production

Locations

Location filming for ''Killer Net'' was completed throughout the late summer of 1997. Many scenes were filmed in Brighton, East Sussex. Scenes set on the actual game "Killer Net" were all filmed in

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, in and around the Camden Passage antique area. The university that the students attend is not

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, but it is in fact the

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. Up until the end of the 1990s, Eastern Terrace in

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was used as student lodgings. and number eight was used as the property where the students live. It has since been converted back into accommodation and is one of the most expensive properties in Brighton. The club featured in the programme is The Zap club in the Kings Road Arches, Brighton. The Casino is actually the ''

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'' opposite the West Pier on Kings Road and later doubles as the block of flats in which Brent Moyer ( Jason Orange) lives. The road in which the police question Scott about his car is Princess Street, Brighton, outside the Marlborough Pub. There are various invaluable scenes filmed inside the West Pier pavilion. The Palace Pier has many scenes filmed on it. When the students go out celebrating after winning the game, the MG is pictured turning from Marine Parade into the Old Steine. The opening shot from Scott's window is a view down Marine Parade and shows the forecourt of the Bristol Bar in Paston Place.

Episodes

References

External links

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Sing-Along-A-Killer-NetOfficial Site on Internet Archive
{{Lynda La Plante 1998 British television series debuts 1998 British television series endings 1990s British drama television series Channel 4 television dramas Channel 4 miniseries 1990s British crime television series 1990s British television miniseries British thriller television series British English-language television shows Films directed by Geoffrey Sax Television shows set in Brighton