banatyne takes on
big tobacco
iraq's lost
generation
afghanistan:
lifting the veil
undercover mother
afghanistan unveiled
charles: the
meddling prince
undercover mosque
monkeys, rats and
me: animal testing
burma's secret war
britain's rubbish
undercover in
the secret state
gypsy wars
re-opening
the post
undercover with
new labour
my friend
the mercenary
touts on tour
profiting from
kids in care
third class post
the best for
my child
islam unveiled
iran undercover
the child sex trade
blood and revenge
truth and lies
in baghdad
lifting the veil:
zarmina's story
secrets of the
saudi state
down the tube
unholy war
beneath the veil
looking for ricky
party crashers
bloody foreigners
children of the
secret state
prime suspects &
witness to murder

Looking for Ricky

Looking for Ricky' is an investigation into the disappearance of Ricky D'Cotta, a London boy who left east London for the Tenerife 80's club scene and never returned. It begins with interviews of people who knew Ricky as a boy, and then moves out to the island to try and trace Ricky's last moves in Tenerife. The story develops into an expose of the islands drug-fuelled criminal underworld, in which everyone, from the editor of the local paper to the police, seems somhow implicated.

In the course of the film it is discovered that 5 unidentified bodies exist, which may be Ricky's remains. Although DNA tests using samples from Ricky's family prove inconclusive, the final statement from Ricky's best friend reveals that Ricky was almost certainly murdered, following a botched robbery of a local drugs baron.

 

 

 

 
 

Looking For Ricky
Channel 4 Cutting Edge.

Produced and Directed by Simon Egan

Edited by Misha Manson-Smith

First broadcast 5th June 2001.

 
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