TRUE CRIME

TV GUIDE

Thursday 9th April

CALENDAR

9.00 PM

BRITAIN'S COUNTRYSIDE KILLERS

A Life Cut Short

In 2017, Ellen Higginbottom was murdered by Mark Buckley in Orrell Water Park, Wigan. After fleeing the scene with her laptop and phone, Buckley was caught by police.
Genre: Factual

10.00 PM

BRITAIN'S ALMOST PERFECT MURDERS

The Cop Turned Killer

Police officer Martin Forshaw kills fiancé, Claire Howarth, in Greater Manchester, just days before their wedding. His poor staging of a car crash led to a life sentence.
Genre: Factual

11.00 PM

MURDER UK

A Fatal Goodbye

Hollie Gazzard, a young hairdresser from the UK, was hoping for a fresh start but was tragically killed by her ex, leaving her family and community devastated.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: SKELETON IN THE CARPET

Jackie Malton examines the Cardiff case of Karen Price, missing since 1981, identified through pioneering facial reconstruction, leading to murder convictions for two men.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: KIDNAP AND MURDER OF AN HEIRESS

Jackie Malton examines the kidnap and murder of Muriel McKay in Wimbledon, mistaken for Rupert Murdoch's wife, with two brothers convicted.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: SEASIDE LADY MACBETH

Dr. Nell Darby explores how a scandalous love triangle between a socialite, her young gardener and estranged husband cast a shadow of disrepute over 1930s Bournemouth.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: MURDEROUS BIGAMIST

Geoffrey Wansell explores the case of Pierre LeGris, who reports his wife missing in Dorset and police are instantly wary.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: LADY KILLER

Geoffrey Wansell explores how the murder of an actress triggers a nationwide manhunt. But whilst Neville Heath is on the run in Bournemouth, another body is found.
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

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: 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: THE KILLING OF A DEAF GIRL

Jackie Malton revisits the 1988 murder of Suzanne Greenhill in Newport, Wales, a case uniquely involving the deaf community, ending in a life sentence for Timothy Robson.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE SILENT ASSASSIN

Geoffrey Wansell explores how, in 1994, a waiter was shot dead in a Kirkwall restaurant. Suspect Michael Ross, 15, wasn't convicted until 2008 - 14 years later.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE PLUMSTEAD RIPPER

Jackie Malton examines the murders of Rachel Nickell and Samantha Bissett in London, for which innocent man Colin Stagg was imprisoned before Robert Napper was convicted.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: PARACHUTE MURDER PLOT

Donal MacIntyre meets DI Paul Franklin to discover how Wiltshire Police solved the attempted murder of Victoria Cilliers by her husband, Army Sergeant Emile Cilliers.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: MURDER ON THE ROCKS

Dr. Nell Darby revisits how the discovery of a body on the Scottish island of Little Ross in 1960 prompts a manhunt for his killer, assistant lighthouse keeper Robert Dickson.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: BROTHERS WHO KILL

Professor David Wilson explores the case of brothers David and Roger Cooper, who murdered Roger's mistress in Leicestershire on Christmas Eve, both jailed for 30 years.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: WRONGFUL REVENGE

Geoffrey Wansell explores the case of Colin Gunn, who ordered the murders of Joan and John Stirland at their home in 2004, as revenge for the death of his nephew.
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: 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: 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: 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: MURDER IN THE FAMILY

The body of EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie was discovered in Regent's Canal. Dogged detective work and forensic examination eventually led police to her brother Tony.
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: 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: THE ROAD RAGE KILLER

Tracie Andrews claimed her boyfriend Lee Harvey was killed by a stranger in Birmingham in 1996, but forensic evidence soon exposed her and placed her at the centre of the murder.
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 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

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: 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: CONFESSION OF MURDER

Sharon Carr murdered Katie Rackliff in Farnborough in 1992. Katie was found the next day, it took nearly five years - and Carr's own confession - to solve the case.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: BRITAIN'S YOUNGEST CONTRACT KILLER

Gulistan Subasi was shot dead on her mother's doorstep in Hackney in 2010. The killing was a contract hit, and forensic work led to the killer's conviction.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: ANAGRAM SERIAL KILLER

Jackie Malton revisits the case of Scottish serial killer Peter Tobin, meeting the Glasgow officers and forensic scientists who put him behind bars for the first time on camera.
Genre: Factual

1.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE ROAD RAGE KILLER

Tracie Andrews claimed her boyfriend Lee Harvey was killed by a stranger in Birmingham in 1996, but forensic evidence soon exposed her and placed her at the centre of the murder.
Genre: Factual

2.00 AM

BRITAIN'S ALMOST PERFECT MURDERS

The Cop Turned Killer

Police officer Martin Forshaw kills fiancé, Claire Howarth, in Greater Manchester, just days before their wedding. His poor staging of a car crash led to a life sentence.
Genre: Factual

3.00 AM

MURDER UK

A Fatal Goodbye

Hollie Gazzard, a young hairdresser from the UK, was hoping for a fresh start but was tragically killed by her ex, leaving her family and community devastated.
Genre: Factual

4.00 AM

CLOSE CALLS: ON CAMERA

Series 5, Episode 14

Rescuers rush to the aid of a group of people swept out to sea, only to be dragged in themselves.
Genre: Factual

4.30 AM

CLOSE CALLS: ON CAMERA

Series 5, Episode 16

A family searching for their lost dog on the beach call for help when the dad gets stuck in the mud as the tide turns.
Genre: Factual

4.55 AM

CLOSE CALLS: ON CAMERA

Series 5, Episode 15

A dash cam captures the moment three cars collide on a mountain road, and, a bullock on the pitch nearly hits a village cricket team for six!
Genre: Factual