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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Why are suspects in TV crime dramas always so busy when the police arrive?

Now pay attention ... Miller and Hardy arrive to disturb someone at work in Broadchurch.
Now pay attention ... Miller and Hardy arrive to disturb someone at work in Broadchurch. Photograph: Colin Hutton/ITV

I’ve noticed that in every TV crime drama, whenever the police visit someone to question him or her, the suspect or witness always carries on doing their job - fixing an engine or mending fishing nets for example. In real life don’t people stop what they’re doing and concentrate on the questions? I’m sure I would be paying very close attention if I thought the police suspected me of a crime. But perhaps that’s just me and my guilty conscience …

Graham Bellinger, Hoole, Chester

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