Overview
- Channel 4 re-aired both parts of 24 Hours in Police Custody: The Butcher of Suburbia back to back on Wednesday, March 4.
- Brenda Blethyn–led drama A Woman of Substance takes the show’s usual Wednesday 9pm slot from March 11.
- Spin-off series 24 Hours in A&E returns to Channel 4 on Thursday, March 12, at 10pm.
- The two-part special revisits the 2024 killing of 74-year-old Annette Smith, whose lodger Scott Paterson confessed and received a life sentence with a 20-year minimum term.
- Producers billed the case as deeply disturbing and it drew strong viewer reactions, with all episodes available to stream on Channel 4’s free All4 service.