TRUE CRIME

TV GUIDE

Thursday 17th September

CALENDAR

9.00 PM

UK CRIME FILES: THE SEASIDE STRANGLER

Geoffrey Wansell revisits the case of Stephen Akinmurele, who was charged with murdering five people in Blackpool and the Isle of Man, before committing suicide prior to trial.
Genre: Factual

10.00 PM

BRITAIN'S COUNTRYSIDE KILLERS

The Vanished

We explore the murder of Emma Caldwell, a 27-year-old whose body was found in Limefield Woods in 2005. Iain Packer, a sign installer with a violent past, evaded justice for years.
Genre: Factual

11.00 PM

BRITAIN'S COUNTRYSIDE KILLERS

A Fatal Friend Request

The story of 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood, who was groomed online by Luke Harlow and murdered by his neighbour, Stephen Beadman.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: UNCOVERING MELANIE'S MURDERER

Melanie Road was found murdered in 1984. Despite decades without answers, advances in DNA and persistent police work finally identified her killer.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE LONELY KILLER

Professor David Wilson revisits the case of Dennis Nilsen, who willingly confessed to the murder of 15 young men and delighted in sharing every detail with his interviewers.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: NEWPORT REVENGE MURDER

Geoffrey Wansell explores how an assault investigation jeopardises Robert Henry Davies' new life, a reign of terror begins in Newport, culminating in a murder.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: DOG WALKER MURDER

Donal MacIntyre meets Detective Superintendent Marina Ericson of Norfolk Police to discover how she and her team brought random knife killer Alexander Palmer to justice.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: GANGLAND HIT

Donal MacIntyre meets Detective Superintendent Andy Tattersall to discover how Greater Manchester Police solved the case of Andrew Green's murder.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: DNA COLD CASE SOLVED

Donal MacIntyre meets former Detective Chief Inspector Howard Groves to discover how he put John Sweeney behind bars for the murders of Melissa Halstead and Paula Fields.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: MURDER: BURIED ALIVE

Stephanie Slater vanished while showing a house in Birmingham in 1992. Her kidnapper demanded £175,000, but the ransom drop failed, triggering an intense hunt to save her.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE CLIFF TOP KILLER

Geoffrey Wansell explores the story of John Cooper, who murdered four people on the Pembrokeshire coast. He was convicted decades later thanks to forensic evidence.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: TRACKING A SERIAL KILLER

The bodies of two men are found in neighbouring flats in Derby. A dangerous killer is on the loose and detectives need to act before more people die.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE HEAD ON THE BEACH

Geoffrey Wansell revisits the case of the greed-driven Lithuanian ex-soldier Vitas Plytnikas and an accomplice who murdered Jolanta Bledaite in Scotland.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: A RANDOM MURDER

Connor and Brandon Doran and friend Simon Evans murdered Kevin Bennett in 2014 after attacking him as he slept rough. Kevin later died in hospital, and all three were convicted.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE RAILWAY KILLERS

Jackie Malton examines the case of John Duffy and David Mulcahy, who murdered three women across London in the 1980s before both were convicted in 2001.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE LONGEST MURDER TRIAL

The story of the murder of Lynette White - how her death led to the longest murder trial in British history at the time, and how police work and DNA eventually led to her killer.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE FEMALE KILLER

Donal MacIntyre meets Detective Chief Inspector Martin Brunning to discover how he solved the murders of three innocent men by Joanne Dennehy.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: SERIAL KILLER IN THE MAKING?

Jackie Malton revisits the case of Alun Kyte, the Midlands Ripper, who murdered two women near Leicestershire in 1993 and 1994.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: MURDER OF RACHEL MANNING

Rachel Manning, 19, vanished after leaving a Milton Keynes nightclub in 2000. Wrongly convicted men were later cleared as new forensics exposed the real killer.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE BODY IN THE SUITCASE

Professor David Wilson explores the case of Nathan Matthews, who murdered his stepsister Becky Watts in Bristol, with girlfriend Shauna Hoare convicted of manslaughter.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: A MISTRESS SCORNED

Donal MacIntyre meets former Metropolitan Police Detective Inspector Tony Bishop to learn how he helped solve the fatal poisoning of Lakhvinder Cheema in West London.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: SATURDAY NIGHT STRANGLER

Jackie Malton examines the case of Joseph Kappen, who murdered three young women in South Wales in 1973. He was only identified through pioneering DNA techniques after his death.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: BOARDED BARN MURDERS

Award-winning author Simon Toyne travels to Cheshire to investigate the opportunistic crimes that took place at a remote barn house in Congleton.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: MURDEROUS CARER

Donal MacIntyre meets former Detective Inspector Simon Shuttleworth to discover how he solved the murder of ex-boxer Shaun Cummins in Leicester.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: MURDER - SMOKE AND LIES

Nikitta Grender, 19, was found dead after a 2012 flat fire in Liswerry, South Wales. Forensics showed she and her unborn daughter were murdered, leading investigators to identify her killer.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: BLACKPOOL DOUBLE MURDER

Geoffrey Wansell explores two eerily similar murders that take place ten years apart in Blackpool: two elderly women are killed. Could a cut clothesline unravel this cold case?
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: BRIDES IN THE BATH MURDERS

Dr. Nell Darby explores the story of George Smith, an Edwardian man who married a string of women - only to drown them and steal their money - and was eventually caught in 1915.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: EVIL WALKS THE STREETS

Geoffrey Wansell explores how Graham Fisher prowled the South East coast targeting vulnerable women, committing murder and assault before confessing to his crimes.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: KILLER COMMODORE

Paul Longworth murdered his wife Tina in Southport in 1997, staging it as a suicide. As a result, he received a life sentence.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: MYSTERY OF THE MAN IN THE WOODS

Dr. Nell Darby explores how a young man, Tyrone France, becomes embroiled in Newport's drugs underworld, meeting a disastrous end in a remote forest clearing in 1996.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE UNSOLVED MURDER

Donal MacIntyre meets ex-DCI Clive Driscoll, whose cold case re-investigation of the Stephen Lawrence murder led to the conviction of Gary Dobson and David Norris.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: MULTIPLE IDENTITY KILLER

Donal MacIntyre meets Detective Chief Inspector Andy Guy to discover how he solved the extraordinary double murder of Peter and Sylvia Stuart.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: ACID BATH MURDERS

Geoffrey Wansell explores the case of John George Haigh, who, while in prison, came up with a plan for the perfect murder in the South East of England.
Genre: Factual

1.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE SEASIDE STRANGLER

Geoffrey Wansell revisits the case of Stephen Akinmurele, who was charged with murdering five people in Blackpool and the Isle of Man, before committing suicide prior to trial.
Genre: Factual

2.00 AM

BRITAIN'S COUNTRYSIDE KILLERS

The Vanished

We explore the murder of Emma Caldwell, a 27-year-old whose body was found in Limefield Woods in 2005. Iain Packer, a sign installer with a violent past, evaded justice for years.
Genre: Factual

3.00 AM

BRITAIN'S COUNTRYSIDE KILLERS

A Fatal Friend Request

The story of 15-year-old Kayleigh Haywood, who was groomed online by Luke Harlow and murdered by his neighbour, Stephen Beadman.
Genre: Factual

4.00 AM

48 HOURS

The Search for JonBenét's Killer

Many years after the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, the case remains unsolved. Erin Moriarty dives into the case she's covered since 1999.
Genre: Factual

4.50 AM

CLOSE CALLS: ON CAMERA

Series 2, Episode 9

The tale of a fisherman who was swept from a pier by a ferocious wave into the turbulent sea as his horrified family watched on.
Genre: Factual