TRUE CRIME

TV GUIDE

Thursday 30th April

CALENDAR

3.30 PM

JUDGE JUDY

Series 23, Episode 141

Neighbours fight over the collateral damage caused by a fight between their dogs, one of whom allegedly requires cosmetic dental surgery.
Genre: Factual

4.00 PM

JUDGE JUDY

Series 23, Episode 142

After losing an election, a couple accuse the winning union members of sending out 800 defamatory flyers to voters
Genre: Factual

4.25 PM

JUDGE JUDY

Series 23, Episode 143

A college junior is caught red-handed when a misspelled word in a text matches the same word keyed onto a car.
Genre: Factual

4.50 PM

JUDGE JUDY

Series 23, Episode 144

When a child is arrested for an assault at school, his parents fight over the cost of attorney fees.
Genre: Factual

5.15 PM

JUDGE JUDY

Series 20, Episode 85

A mechanic claims his customer bought a lemon and is now trying to pin her bad decision on him; she claims his repair work only made matters worse.
Genre: Factual

5.40 PM

JUDGE JUDY

Series 20, Episode 86

The teenage owner of nine Pit Bulls comes up with an unbelievable story to defend against charges that his animals attacked a German Shepard.
Genre: Factual

6.05 PM

JUDGE JUDY

Series 20, Episode 87

In a dispute over an allegedly pregnant cow, a woman shares a bizarre story about how her cow is growing a tree in its nasal cavity.
Genre: Factual

6.30 PM

JUDGE JUDY

Series 20, Episode 88

In the middle of the night, a young boy steals car keys and goes on a joy ride that ends in a crash that flips the SUV he was driving and hits three other cars.
Genre: Factual

7.00 PM

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

8.00 PM

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

9.00 PM

NEW SCOTLAND YARD FILES

The Murder of Geeta Aulakh

When Geeta Aulakh was fatally attacked on the way to pick up her children, Detectives tried to find a motive. The case took a new direction after an informant came forward.
Genre: Detective

10.00 PM

BRITAIN'S ALMOST PERFECT MURDERS

The Doctor of Death

Dr Hawley Crippen flees to Canada but is caught and hanged for his wife Cora's murder in 1910. A discovery in 2007 suggests that the remains aren't hers.
Genre: Factual

11.00 PM

MURDER UK

Over the Wall

Shane Gilmer and Laura Sugden were planning a quiet night out when a horrific ambush shattered their lives.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE TENANT FROM HELL

Geoffrey Wansell revisits the case of David Ellis, who murdered landlord Alec Warburton in Dolwyddelan, North Wales, before fleeing to Ireland.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE PARTY KILLER

Geoffrey Wansell revisits how Charlotte Pinkney vanished from Ilfracombe after going to a party. Police launched a hunt when her handbag was found.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: WICKED BEYOND BELIEF

Geoffrey Wansell revisits how mother and son Penelope John and Barry Rogers drugged and murdered 84-year-old Betty Guy in Wales and were caught by a police recording.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE BLACKPOOL POISONER

Geoffrey Wansell explores how Louisa Merrifield poisoned elderly employer Sarah Ricketts at her Blackpool bungalow for inheritance and was hanged at Strangeways Prison.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: UNRAVELLING THE MURDER OF JANET COMMINS

In 1976, the body of Janet Commins was discovered close to the small Welsh town of Flint. The investigation rocked the community and put huge pressure on police to find the killer.
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: 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: CHILD KILLERS

Simon Toyne travels to Liverpool to unravel the notorious story of the murder of James Bulger, who was abducted and killed by two 10-year-old boys.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: FACEBOOK KILLER

Host Simon Toyne travels to England's North-East to find out about a man dubbed 'The Facebook Killer'.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: GANGLAND MURDERS

Simon Toyne travels to Manchester to examine the gang violence, and turf wars, which have shaped the criminal landscape of one of the UK's most bustling cities.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE LEANNE TIERNAN MURDER

Simon Toyne travels to Yorkshire to investigate the abduction and murder of Leanne Tiernan.
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: THE ARSON MURDERS

Donal MacIntyre meets Detective Inspector Jim Hodgson of Lincolnshire Police to discover how he and his murder squad finally solved the killing of Marina Erte.
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: DOUBLE MURDERS

Simon Toyne revisits a case involving an apparent suicide plot that unearthed in the rural villages of County Derry, when the bodies of a man and woman are found.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: THE MURDER OF COLLETTE ARAM

Simon Toyne heads to Nottingham to explore the murder of Collette Aram, which became the first-ever case to be featured on TV's "Crimewatch".
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: 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: 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: 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 OF A SHOWGIRL

Geoffrey Wansell explores the case of George Shotton, who murdered his wife near Swansea in 1919. This episode features expert interviews.
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: 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: MURDER AGAINST ALL ODDS

Former Scotland Yard detective Jackie Malton is back on the beat in Newport, digging out the case file on a murder that sent shockwaves through the city in 1992.
Genre: Factual

12.00 AM

UK CRIME FILES: MURDER AT THE GATE

Donal MacIntyre meets Detective Chief Superintendent Kate Meynell to discover how she solved the murder of 50-year-old Nigel Bacon from Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire.
Genre: Factual

1.00 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

2.00 AM

BRITAIN'S ALMOST PERFECT MURDERS

The Doctor of Death

Dr Hawley Crippen flees to Canada but is caught and hanged for his wife Cora's murder in 1910. A discovery in 2007 suggests that the remains aren't hers.
Genre: Factual

3.00 AM

MURDER UK

Over the Wall

Shane Gilmer and Laura Sugden were planning a quiet night out when a horrific ambush shattered their lives.
Genre: Factual

4.00 AM

CLOSE CALLS: ON CAMERA

Series 3, Episode 5

A person on the trip of a lifetime is lost in the Australian bush without food and water.
Genre: Factual

4.30 AM

CLOSE CALLS: ON CAMERA

Series 3, Episode 6

A family on a safari holiday is attacked by an elephant as they sit down to eat.
Genre: Factual

4.55 AM

CLOSE CALLS: ON CAMERA

Series 3, Episode 7

A pedestrian is involved in an accident when a bus shunts a parked car into him.
Genre: Factual