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Synopsis: London Road documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street. When a local resident was charged and then convicted of the murders, the community grappled with what it meant to be at the epicentre of this tragedy.
Director(s): Rufus Norris
Production: BBC Worldwide North America
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
76%
TV-14
Year:
2015
91 min
1,188 Views


I f***ing am.

I reckon it's one Polish bastard.

We'll f***ing have him.

- You automatically think it could be him.

- Yeah.

That's the scary thing.

That he could be amongst us.

Walking around us every day

and we don't know.

Yeah!

- It could be anyone in here.

- Yeah.

Which has now really scared me

now I'm thinking about it!

I'm just gonna, like, cry!

But they do say it's somebody.

Either a policeman or a lawyer.

Or a priest!

This was on the radio.

Always utter rubbish on Suffolk Radio.

Well, we've never had

anything like that before. No.

We're all a bit... frightened

to go out at night. Yeah.

But then we are anyway.

Some people say that

they're terrified of going anywhere.

Well, goodness me, there's a...

There's a mass murderer on the loose.

A psychopath. On the loose.

Dreadful. Dreadful.

It's as though somebody's

chucked acid over you

and you can feel it all over you.

It's... Standing here, you can feel it.

We're all guilty.

No, we're not.

No, we're not. No, we're not!

Just one person is or whatever ends up

being the final tally, but...

No, we're not.

The rest of us are s... are sane.

You automatically think it could be him

Yeah

You automatically think it could be him

That's the scary thing

That he could be amongst us

And look walking around with us

Every day and we don't know

Yeah

We don't know

Like, anyone

It could be anyone in here

Like, anyone, it could be anyone in here

For all we know

Which has scared me

Now I'm thinking about it

- I'm just gonna, like, cry

- Ha-ha!

You automatically think it could be him

You automatically think it could be him

It could be him

Erm... well, some serial killer

Seems to be on the loose

And, erm, has sort of attacked

Prostitutes from in the Ipswich area

And they've been found dead, naked

In various different areas

Surrounding Ipswich

One ten minutes away from my house

Which is scary

And it was found on the body on the land

Of a girl that goes to my school

- So that's a bit scary

- Yeah

I used to go out every Friday and

Saturday night and I don't go out any more

It's not safe for young girls and women

Out in Ipswich any more

- It's not safe

- Yeah

It's not safe for young girls and women

Out in Ipswich any more

- It's not safe

- Yeah

As it used to be

It's quite scary to think

How the world's come to this

You automatically think it could be him

Yeah

You automatically think it could be him

Like, anyone

It could be anyone in here

Like, anyone

It could be anyone in here for all we know

Which has now really scared me

I'm just gonna, like, cry...

Ha-ha!

You automatically think it could be him

You automatically think it could be him

It could be him

Something like this happens

And you realise that there's so much

So many things that are bad in the world

That's the fire alarm

We're all going to die...

Ha-ha-ha-ha.

- But it's exciting

- Cos nothing ever happens in Ipswich

This is the first bit

Of local scandal we've ever had

Being girls, gossip mongers

We're like, "It's quite exciting"

- It's quite exciting

- Yeah, yeah

You automatically think it could be him

You automatically think it could be him

Yeah

Like, anyone

It could be anyone in here

Like, anyone

It could be anyone in here for all we know

Which has now really scared me

I'm just gonna, like, cry

Ha-ha, yeah

It could be anyone here

Which has now really scared me

Now I'm thinking about it

I'm just gonna, like, cry

Ha-ha

You automatically think it could be him

You automatically think it could be him

It could be him

You automatically think it could be him

Yeah

You automatically think it could be him

That's the scary thing

That he could be amongst us

Walking around with us every day

And we're... we don't know

Yeah

We don't know

You've got this feeling of suspicious

by everybody.

Upon everybody else.

Is it him? Is it him?

Is it him? Is it him? I dunno.

Yeah.

London Road, please.

'And of course there are reports

the Met is closing on potential suspects.

'Although police

won't be drawn on the exact figure,

'it's thought there are around 50 people

they're very interested in talking to. '

It's, it's hard to find to fathom out.

Anybody doing it, really, isn't it?

Wha, wha, what was their motive behind

it?

Were there signs of this type

of behaviour? It just...

He's a white male aged between 23 and

He'll live in the local area

He would have been fascinated

Absolutely fascinated

With murders in his younger youth...

'Silent night

He would have tortured animals

Up till his mid-teens as well

Then he'd have had a number

Of numerous relationships

Up until he was about 25, 26

They'll have been failed

He's probably been married

Lives on his own but with a partner

And he'll definitely

Definitely, definitely

Know all the victims

Apart from one... realistically

And that'll have been his one

That he mucked up on

Cos the other ones

Would have been fine with going with him

And it's probably why he strangled her

Because she panicked...

'Virgin mother and child...

It's, it's hard to fathom out

anybody doing it, really, isn't it?

Wha, wha, what was

their motive behind it? It just...

It just...

I- I-I've studied serial killers

Since in my mid-teens

And it doesn't mean I'm... I am one

But, er...

Oh, right.

Just find it interesting

But, but, as I say, you know

Just to emphasise

It doesn't make me a serial killer so...

Gives me a bit of the shudders

Quite honestly

'... in heavenly peace... '

His failed relationships will be

Because he became violent when drunk

Actually, he'll be an alcoholic

Or he'll have trouble

With substance abuse as well

And also in the last... last six weeks

Actually, about the last

Two... two months approximately

He'd have probably quit his job

Or he'd be off sick

Or to that effect... he, er...

He, he'll be a local in the local pubs

He'll be a bit of a loner

But, erm, that's it, spot on who he is

I guarantee it...

'Holy infant

so tender and mild...

- It's horrifying, isn't it?

- Yeah

I- I-I've studied serial killers

Since in my mid-teens

And it doesn't mean I'm... I am one

- But, er...

- Oh, right

Just, er, find it interesting

But, but as I say, you know

Just to emphasise

It doesn't make me a serial killer so...

It gives me a bit of the shudders

Quite honestly

Er, for each girl there was a team,

a different team,

and they all questioned us.

And it... it was getting awful.

We were so getting fed up

with just being asked, you know.

They were asking if you had nose hair.

Ear hair.

Wha... wha... Goodness knows

why they wanted to know that.

Police kept issuing these strange things

about what you should and shouldn't do,

but they never said, "Don't be a

prostitute and get into a stranger's car,"

which was the obvious thing, really,

wasn't it?

Cos everyone else was quite safe

walking the streets.

We assumed particularly when, I mean,

it was just prostitutes he seemed to be...

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Alecky Blythe

Alecky Blythe is a British playwright and screenwriter. She has written several plays, including the acclaimed 2011 musical London Road.Her first play Come Out Eli won a Time Out Award. The Girlfriend Experience premiered at the Royal Court and then transferred to the Young Vic in 2009. Do We Look Like Refugees? won a Fringe First Award at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival. London Road opened at the National Theatre-Cottesloe in 2011 to widespread acclaim. It was named Best Musical at the Critics' Circle Awards and transferred to the National's larger Olivier stage in 2012. Her newest play Have I Been All My Life? opened at the New Vic Theatre in April 2012. In other work, Blythe took part in Headlong Theatre's production of Decade at St Katherine's Docks. She wrote and co-directed a BBC2 documentary on the London riots. She is also working on a film script. Blythe is best known for her pioneering work in verbatim theatre. Her theatre company Recorded Delivery was set up in 2003 to advance this branch of theatre. more…

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