The Hunt for Peter Tobin

2025•3h 0m

DocumentaryCrime

Inside the shocking investigation into three missing young women that eventually revealed a serial killer.

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Production

Firecrest Films

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

March 4, 2025

Last Aired

March 4, 2025

Networks

BBC Scotland

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Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Episode 1

Air date: 2025-03-04

In 1991, two teenagers disappear without a trace in different parts of the UK. Fifteen years later, the murder of a woman in Glasgow reveals a terrible link between all three cases.

Episode 2

Air date: 2025-03-04

With Peter Tobin accused of the brutal murder of Angelika Kluk at a church in Glasgow, detectives analyse what dark secrets might lurk in his past.

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