The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies (2014)

Directed by

Roger Michell

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

57 min

Rated

18

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired schoolteacher is wrongly suspected of a young woman's murder. He endures harsh public judgment and media scrutiny even after being released.

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What happens

The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies is a 2014 British television miniseries. It tells the real-life story of retired schoolteacher Christopher Jefferies, who was questioned by police as a suspect in the murder of Joanna Yeates. He was vilified by the press, partly because of his eccentric appearance, even after he had been released on bail by the police. The miniseries was directed by Roger Michell, written by Peter Morgan, and stars Jason Watkins as Jefferies. The title is taken from The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll, a fictional account of media defamation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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