Synopsis
This powerful series of programmes features dramatic reconstructions of some of Britian's most notorious crimes - a collection of cases which are exciting, moving and surprising, each demonstrating how truth can be stranger than fiction.
Episodes
1E1All Good Friends - The Case of the Handless CorpseA dramatization of the murder of drug world figure Martin Johnstone, a crime spanning three continents and resulting in the conviction of five men.2E2Wallpaper WarriorA dramatization of incidents involving Eddie Horner, a factory worker active in union politics radicalized to murder.3E3Deadly ObsessionA dramatization of a murder resulting in the conviction of businesswoman Kathleen Calhaem, involving unrequited love, jealousy, and blackmail.4E4Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKayMuriel McKay was kidnapped from her home in Wimbledon on 29th December 1969 and her body was never found. The media was enlisted to try and help the police to find her. But the police blamed the media involvement for their failures.5E5The Britoil AffairA couple's cunning plan to defraud one of the world's largest oil companies of more than £20 million, by transferring money from the British company's accounts into accounts at a Swiss bank.6E6A Question of IdentityErwin van Haarlem is a man of mystery. Living in London in 1986 and ostensibly a Dutch art dealer, he is in fact spying for Czechoslovakia with a mission to track down supporters of the dissident group, Chapter 77.7E7Dear Roy, Love GillianA 16 year-old girl becomes a pen pal to an incarcerated convict, and her subsequent murder may or may not be linked to their on-paper romance.
