A real dead body halted filming of a scene involving a fake dead body on BBC serial killer show

A real dead body disrupted shooting of BBC serial killer drama, Rellik. The crew - which had arrived to shoot their own scene involving a dead body - was told to leave.

A real dead body was found on the sets of British serial killer show, Rellik. One of the cast members recounted the story of how the crew - scheduled to shoot a scene that involved a dead body - was turned away by the cops.

Rellik is a six-part BBC serial killer drama.

Paterson Joseph, who plays a psychiatrist on the six-episode drama, told The Mirror: “The crew arrived to film their own dead body and the police told them they weren’t able to, because they’d found a real dead body. It was bizarre, fact being stranger than fiction.”

Dormer’s character suffered an acid attack in the show, around the same time that a wave of similar attacks were reported in the UK.

“Then there were the acid attacks which happened at the same time as we were filming ours. It’s a strange show when it brings out these coincidences,” Joseph said.

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