Film Review: Ransom '79 is Charlie Bird's unflinching final story

"The real story is Charlie Bird himself as he battles motor neurone disease in the final year of his life, knowing all the while the investigation will be his last"

The late Charlie Bird in Ransom '79

• Ransom '79
• ★★★★☆
• Cinema release

Ransom ’79 (PG) is a feature documentary revolving around the late, lamented Charlie Bird’s final investigation — and what a story it is.