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Red White on Blue: The Chelsea FC Story

ITV

True crime may be the genredu jour– and as regular readers will know, I am a self-confessed devotee – but it does have an Achilles heel: however detailed, insightful and well-produced such shows are, all too many merely warm over the old remains of a cold case, adding nothing new or significant to the mix. One could argue that the mere act of bringing such long-dormant cases back into the light of day can prompt new witnesses to come forward, or new evidence to be discovered, and there have, indeed, been several high-profile examples, most notably the case of Adnan Syed, following the worldwide success of the Serial podcast. Yet all too often the gruesome details of someone else’s pain are offered up simply for the purposes of entertainment. The ethical issues this raises are, of course, self-evident.

But the same cannot be said of the new series ofInfamous. Last night’s episode closed with new evidence so genuinely jaw-dropping that one was left wondering how the Met failed to unearth it at the time. I will, needless to say, allow you to discover the exact nature of this revelation, but safe to say, you will not be disappointed.

Red White on Blue: The Chelsea FC Storycharts the club’s evolution from a struggling mid-table side to giddying success on the back of Roman Abramovich’s inexhaustible pot of cash. Presenter Jim White (a lifelong Red, hence the title) is an entertaining front-man, bringing a lifetime of football knowledge to proceedings, as well as a keen eye for irony as the odd

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HOLY SHIT! WTAF?

submitted 2 hours ago by Investig8er

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And we all thought the Mitch thing was a cliffhanger. This puts a bomb under the whole bloody case

submitted 2 hours ago by BernietheBoltcutter

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See what you did there, Bern

submitted 2 hours ago by Brian885643

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Bit crass, don’t you think? In the circs? People died

submitted 2 hours ago by AngieFlynn77

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That guy Serafini is either the luckiest effin’ investigator in the history of crime or there’s more to this than meets the eye. No way something like that just fell into his lap

submitted 2 hours ago by TruCrimr

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Lucky, maybe. Insufferable, definitely. He’s really starting to get on my tits

submitted 1 hour ago by RonJebus

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Not as bad as that t*sser Rupert. What a self-important

submitted 1 hour ago by Slooth

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AND lying through his arse. Haven’t heard so much bullsh*t in under five minutes since the last Tory party political broadcast #figures

submitted 1 hour ago by JimBobWalton1978

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