A new Channel 5 drama is set to explore a Worcestershire murder case that gripped the nation in the 1990s.
Suspect: The Road Rage Killer will explore the murder of Lee Harvey by his partner, Tracie Andrews.
Andrews, then living at The Becks in Alvechurch, stabbed 25-year-old Mr Harvey 37 times at Alvechurch as the couple made their way home from Bromsgrove’s Marlbrook pub in December 1996.
Andrews was sentenced to life in prison for the crime and spent 14 years behind bars.
Andrews will be played by Emma Rigby, who is best known for her time in Hollyoaks playing Hannah Ashworth.
The programme will draw from first-hand accounts, archive transcripts, and police records and has been described by Channel 5 as a ‘gripping psychological crime thriller’.
The programme’s synopsis says: “Tracie Andrews always dreamed of being famous. Now her dream is becoming a nightmare.
“In December 1996, Tracie walks into a police station in Worcestershire, the apparent traumatised victim and the sole witness to her fiancé’s murder.
“Twenty-five-year-old Lee Harvey has been killed on a dark country lane following what appears to be a terrifying road-rage attack.
“Tracie is injured, shaken, and desperate for justice.
“She tells police they were chased by another car driving aggressively. When both vehicles stop, a confrontation erupts.
“The driver backs away, but the passenger approaches and launches a brutal attack. The murderous stranger Tracie describes as having ‘staring eyes’ vanishes into the night, leaving her beaten on the road with her dying fiancé.
“As the investigation unfolds, Tracie’s account becomes the foundation of the case and her image becomes inseparable from the story. Media attention explodes.
“Press conferences and headlines transform her into a blonde bombshell figure of public sympathy, a recognisable face attached to a national fear. Her testimony is replayed, analysed, and consumed, turning a grieving fiancée into a cultural fixation.
“But as detectives revisit timelines, cross-check statements, and test forensic evidence, doubt begins to creep in. Small inconsistencies grow harder to ignore. Interviews shift in tone.
“The enquiry pivots. Slowly, the woman who entered the station as a witness finds herself at the centre of suspicion.”
The drama will air on Channel 5 at 9pm on Monday, July 13.
