The Man in the Mask: An Orkney Murder

2025•6.0/10

CrimeDocumentary

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Full of jaw-dropping twists, this is the extraordinary story of the first murder in Orkney for 25 years as the police suspect a schoolboy of shooting dead a waiter in a restaurant.

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BBC Scotland

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Status

Returning Series

First Aired

November 25, 2025

Last Aired

November 25, 2025

Networks

BBC Scotland

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Season

Witnesses, Woods and Bullets

Air date: 2025-11-25

After the murder of Bangladeshi waiter Shamsuddin Mahmood, schoolboy Michael Ross becomes the police’s prime suspect - but did he do it?

The Schoolboy and the Waiter

Air date: 2025-11-25

Hazel investigates the backgrounds of victim Shamsuddin Mahmood and convicted murderer Michael Ross. She explores whether it could have been a hitman who committed the murder.

The Sniper and the Witness

Air date: 2025-11-25

Twelve years after the murder, a new eyewitness dramatically comes forward saying he saw Michael Ross with a balaclava and a gun just before the murder. Hazel investigates his story.