Crimes That Shook Britain
Failed businessman Christopher Foster killed his wife and daughter before burning their mansion in Shropshire to the ground in August 2008.
2026-01-31 08:52:19 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 09:49:24 +0000 UTC(57m)
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Britain's Darkest Taboos
Former Detective Superintendent David Swindle and psychologist Emma Kenny give us an insight into Jamie Reynolds' twisted mind and reveal the full extent of his morbid fascination with extreme violence against women.
2026-01-31 02:29:55 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 03:26:16 +0000 UTC(56m)
Britain's Darkest Taboos
Former Detective Superintendent David Swindle and psychologist Emma Kenny examine Gemma Hayter's child-like trust in people and look at chilling CCTV recordings that show her being led to her death.
2026-01-31 01:35:01 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 02:29:55 +0000 UTC(54m)
Robbie Coltrane's Critical Evidence
In 1973, three young girls were beaten, raped and strangled over a six-week period. The Saturday Night Strangler escaped justice for almost 30 years. But new techniques in DNA technology and a midnight exhumation finally uncovered the killer.
2026-01-31 00:38:06 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 01:35:01 +0000 UTC(56m)
Robbie Coltrane's Critical Evidence
On 12th May 2014 a human torso was discovered in a suitcase during routine maintenance work on a Birmingham canal. With no useable DNA and no other body parts, the case initially seemed impossible to crack.
2026-01-30 23:42:27 +0000 UTC→2026-01-31 00:38:06 +0000 UTC(55m)
Robbie Coltrane's Critical Evidence
It was a missing person's case that shook the people of Scotland to their core. Within a week of Suzanne Pilley disappearing from her place of work in Edinburgh, police were convinced they were hunting for a killer - despite not having found a body.
2026-01-30 22:46:51 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 23:42:27 +0000 UTC(55m)
Robbie Coltrane's Critical Evidence
Robbie Coltrane examines the harrowing case of a London landlord who sadistically tortured and murdered two of his tenants.
2026-01-30 21:50:02 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 22:46:51 +0000 UTC(56m)
Robbie Coltrane's Critical Evidence
Hilda Murrell, a 78-year-old distinguished rose-grower, was found dead in woodland near her home town. Despite a huge investigation by the British police, detectives failed to find her killer and conspiracy theories muddied the waters still further.
2026-01-30 20:54:10 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 21:50:02 +0000 UTC(55m)
Crimes That Shook Britain
The story of the Marchioness a pleasure boat that collided with dredger Bowbelle and sank within minutes resulting in the loss of 51 lives.
2026-01-30 16:02:19 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 17:00:49 +0000 UTC(58m)
Crimes That Shook Britain
Crimes That Shook Britain lifts the lid on the biggest scandals ever seen and re-tells the stories of the worst crimes ever committed, through the eyes of the people placed right at the heart of the tragedies.
2026-01-30 15:05:26 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 16:02:19 +0000 UTC(56m)
Crimes That Shook Britain
In 1985, PC Keith Blakelock was murdered during a riot on a housing estate in London, triggered after a black woman died of heart failure during a house search. Nobody has been brought to justice for his murder, despite three investigations.
2026-01-30 14:08:20 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 15:05:26 +0000 UTC(57m)
Crimes That Shook Britain
The hunt for five year old April Jones was the largest missing persons search in UK police history when she vanished in October 2012. But on October 6th a local man, Mark Bridger, was charged with her disappearance.
2026-01-30 13:09:49 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 14:08:20 +0000 UTC(58m)
Crimes That Shook Britain
Rochdale Groomers: Documentary examining the sex abuse scandal which occurred in the North of England and appeared to go undetected for quite some time. (S7, ep 2)
2026-01-30 12:13:02 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 13:09:49 +0000 UTC(56m)
Crimes That Shook Britain
Arguably Britain's most infamous serial killer, Peter Sutcliffe became known as The Yorkshire Ripper when he began murdering women in Yorkshire during the 1970s.
2026-01-30 11:14:53 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 12:13:02 +0000 UTC(58m)
Crimes That Shook Britain
Denise Fergus reflects on the murder of her son. Two-year-old James Bulger was tortured and killed by 10-year-olds Jon Venables and Robert Thompson in 1993.
2026-01-30 10:11:29 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 11:14:53 +0000 UTC(1h3m)
Crimes That Shook Britain
The hunt for Raoul Moat was one of the largest in British history, after he wounded his ex-girlfriend, killed her new partner and shot and blinded police constable David Rathband.
2026-01-30 09:07:27 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 10:11:29 +0000 UTC(1h4m)
Crimes That Shook Britain
In April 2007, Clare Wood met George Appleton on a dating website and they embarked on a relationship together. Unbeknownst to her, Appleton was a criminal with a severe history of violence against women.
2026-01-30 03:35:41 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 04:34:32 +0000 UTC(58m)
Britain's Darkest Taboos
In the early hours of September 10, 2011, Danai Muhammadi and an accomplice used a garden spray to start a blaze that killed his estranged wife Melissa Crook, his father-in-law Mark Crook and his own baby, 15-month-old Noah Crook.
2026-01-30 02:40:16 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 03:35:41 +0000 UTC(55m)
Britain's Darkest Taboos
Lewis Daynes lured 14-year-old Breck Bednar to his flat after grooming him over the internet for several months. He used duct tape to bind his young victim's wrists and ankles before slashing his throat in a sadistic attack.
2026-01-30 01:43:49 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 02:40:16 +0000 UTC(56m)
Crimes That Shook Britain
A hard-hitting look at the murder of Rachel Nickell, who was sexually assaulted and murdered in front of her two-year-old son on Wimbledon Common in 1992.
2026-01-30 00:44:46 +0000 UTC→2026-01-30 01:43:49 +0000 UTC(59m)