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The Wrong Man? 20 Years Behind Bars

2025 · ITN · Channel 5 · DOP

drama recon · stunt · car · rope access · drone

In 1998 British-born Paul Denham was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in a California prison. He continues to work tirelessly to clear his name.

A glass of cola with a striped straw and a lit cigarette in an ashtray on a red diner table, figures blurred behind.
A man in a striped polo shirt smiles across a diner booth at a woman seen from behind, window blinds lit from outside.
Two red plastic baskets of burgers and chips on a diner table, with soft drinks and a crew member seated beyond, out of focus in the foreground.
A police capped figure seen through a car window at night, another vehicle's rear lights glowing behind, lit in deep blue with red flare highlights.
Torchlit close-up through a car window of a slumped figure in a bloodstained white t-shirt, a member's shoulder blurred in the foreground.
Rear view of a man in a peaked police cap and shirt at night, a car's tail light glowing red in the background.
Night-time roadside scene with a saloon car lit by torchlight, an officer and two forensic crew in white overalls standing nearby.
Night-time view through a car windscreen showing a driver and a hooded passenger in the back seat, lit by a dim interior light.
A woman in a teal polo shirt smiles at an unseen figure beside a brick wall, wall clock and wooden sideboard with telephone.
Close-up of a woman in a white visor holding a red corded telephone to her ear, shuttered window blurred behind her.
Close-up of a man in a striped polo shirt looking down, in a kitchen lit by daylight from a window behind him.
A woman lies on a bed writing on paper, lit by two bedside lamps, a plaid shirt hanging on the headboard behind her.
A dark, wrapped object held towards the camera in close focus, with a hooded figure in red blurred behind in dim light.
A gloved hand holds a yellow duct-taped object beside wooden shelving, dimly lit in a red-sleeved close-up.
Two forensic investigators in white coveralls examine a brick fireplace and mantelpiece in a living room, viewed from behind a sofa.
Rear view of a woman with hair in a clip holding a cream telephone receiver to her ear in a kitchen, bananas visible on worktop behind.
A hand lifts the receiver from a cream corded telephone on a table, backlit by a curtained window.
A hooded figure in a pickup points a handgun through the open window, seen past an out-of-focus figure in the foreground.
A saloon with headlights on faces a pickup on an open runway at dusk, a driver leaning out pointing a gun towards the car.
A saloon with headlights on and a pickup travel along an empty runway-like road under an overcast sky, framed from behind.
A police officer leans into a saloon car window at night, torchlight from headlamps behind, a passenger slumped inside.

It's really no exaggeration to say they are among the very finest work we've done in the crime space - and we have done a lot of good stuff

Ian Rumsey, Managing Director of Content, ITN

Behind the scenes

A hand holds a Cooke Panchro 25mm cine lens, with a camera rig and laptops visible out of focus on a bed behind.
Lighting stands and a softbox rigged outdoors on tarmac beside a grass verge, with portacabins and a car park under a partly cloudy sky.
A camera crew member lies in a car boot operating a rigged cinema camera, framing a saloon car ahead on an open tarmac road.
Camera rig with monitor mounted in a vehicle, filming a saloon car with headlights on approaching along an open road.
A camera operator crouches in the bed of a black pickup, filming with a shoulder-mounted camera, on a road under an overcast sky.
Director
Myles Judd
Executive producers
Andy Dunn, Daniel Smith
Producer
Priya Biring

Sourcechannel5.com

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