TV tonight: the search for the murderer of Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee
A documentary series gains impressive access to the detectives who have been hunting for the killer since 2019. Plus: Mark Gatiss returns as a bookish postwar sleuth. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, Channel 4 The 2019 murder of the journalist Lyra McKee in Derry was a grim reminder that, while the Troubles are in abeyance, it’s still a stretch to describe them as being over. Filmed across seven years, this thr
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- The Guardian
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- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 26 Aug 2026, 05:20 UTC
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- Byline
- Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue and Simon Wardell
- Section
- Television
A documentary series gains impressive access to the detectives who have been hunting for the killer since 2019. Plus: Mark Gatiss returns as a bookish postwar sleuth. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, Channel 4 The 2019 murder of the journalist Lyra McKee in Derry was a grim reminder that, while the Troubles are in abeyance, it’s still a stretch to describe them as being over. Filmed across seven years, this thr
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TV tonight: the search for the murderer of Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee
A documentary series gains impressive access to the detectives who have been hunting for the killer since 2019. Plus: Mark Gatiss returns as a bookish postwar sleuth. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, Channel 4 The 2019 murder of the journalist Lyra McKee in Derry was a grim reminder that, while the Troubles are in abeyance, it’s still a stretch to describe them as being over. Filmed across seven years, this thr
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