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One new true crime each week, either modern (the murder of Mrs X in the 1980s) or historical (Maybrick's murder in the 1880s). Michael Winner introduces the show and because of low production values, interrupts with 2 or 3 voiceovers to speed the plot. Winner usually manages to be as patronising as possible as he recounts the cloying moral-of-the-tale in his closing piece to camera.

6 Episodes

  • The Village Murders
    E1
    The Village MurdersIn the 1980s, Colin Pitchfork raped and murdered two girls in Leicestershire. This is the story of the case that changed the course of criminal history when, for the first time, genetic DNA fingerprinting was used to identify the killer.
  • The Lady and the Baroness
    E2
    The Lady and the BaronessThis is the fascinating case of a high society family fraud.
  • Rachel McLean
    E3
    Rachel McLeanThis is the story of how brilliant detective work trapped the killer of 19-year-old Oxford University student Rachel McLean.
  • The Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Job
    E6
    The Knightsbridge Safe Deposit JobA dramatized recreation of an audacious armed robbery. This is the story of how detectives tracked down handsome Italian playboy Valerio Viccei, the mastermind behind one of the biggest bank robberies in history.
  • Murder by the Sea
    E7
    Murder by the SeaIn the early 1980s, Susan Barber partied for nearly a year, thinking she had gotten away with the murder of her husband, Michael, after she poisoned him with weedkiller.
  • A Twist in the Tale
    E8
    A Twist in the TaleA Surrey businessman was kidnapped and then tethered to a tree in the Devon countryside for five days.

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