Channel 4 has commissioned Catching My Stalker (working title), a new documentary spotlighting a chilling real-life case where the system failed — and the victim refused to stay silent.
The film centres on Grace, a woman from Watford whose life was upended by a persistent stalker. After repeated attempts to get police intervention went nowhere, Grace and her boyfriend Daryl turned the lens on their own lives. Armed with phones, a doorbell camera, and a true crime mindset, they documented every detail themselves. That evidence became the key to a conviction.
Produced by Story Films, the team behind Channel 4’s To Catch a Copper, the one-off will roll out under the broadcaster’s First Cut strand. It blends real-time doorbell and police bodycam footage with intimate interviews, text exchanges, and audio logs, capturing the escalation from fear to action.
Director Helen Waddell uses the case to press into deeper territory — examining how gender, consent, and self-doubt collide when victims are left to fight alone. Executive producer Liza Williams called Grace and Daryl’s decision to share their story an act of “remarkable courage.” Channel 4 commissioner Rita Daniels described the project as a powerful window into a disturbingly common issue.
The numbers back it up. One in five women and one in eleven men will face stalking in their lives, yet conviction rates remain under two percent. Catching My Stalker doesn’t just recount what happened. It shows what it takes for victims to be believed — and the price they pay in the meantime.
An airdate is yet to be confirmed.
