• StatusEnded
  • Rating8.3
  • Created by:Gerry Dawson, Alastair Laurence, Michael Poole, Rachel Jardine, Matthew Thomas
  • Production
    CompaniesBBC
  • GenreDocumentary
  • Episode
    Runtime60mins
  • First Air
    Date2013-09-23
  • NetworksBBC Four

Overview

This documentary takes a look at some of the most horrible and despicable murders in modern British history. From Jack the Ripper in the 1880s to Agatha Christie's best known stories.

Casts

Lucy Worsley

Simon Callow

Ian Burney

Rosalind Crone

P. D. James

Simon Brett

John Russell Taylor

Charlotte Higgins

Jennifer Carnell

Alex McWhirter

Kathryn Johnson

Michael Kirk

Mathew Prichard

Kate Summerscale

Victor Gammon

Matthew Sweet

Graham Greene