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Status
Released
Release
2018
Runtime
45m
Available options inUS
25 years after the verdict in the Jamie Bulger murder trial, we reveal what the jury, public and press never heard, and what his two killers, Thompson and Venables, said during their time in custody from arrest to release.
16 Cast Members
Jon Venables
Self - Murderer, child
Robert Thompson
Self - Murderer, child
James Bulger
Self - Victim, angel
Siobhan Finneran
Narrator
David James Smith
Self - Journalist, Author, case expert
Denise Fergus
Self - Mother of James
Ralph Bulger
Self - Father of James
Arnon Bentovim
Self - Jon Venables' Psychiatrist
Jim Fitzsimmons
Self - Detective Inspector, Merseyside Police
Mandy Waller
Self - Family Liaison Officer for the Bulger family
Laurence Lee
Self - Jon Venables' Trial Solicitor
Amanda Knowles
Self - Secure Children's Home Manager
Albert Kirby
Self - Merseyside Police
Dominic Lloyd
Self - Robert Thompson's Solicitor
Malcolm Stevens
Self - Senior Advisor to the Home Secretary
Michael Howard
Self - Home Secretary
