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10 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Episode 1
Mon, Feb 26, 2018 45 mins
Top criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein reinvestigate the historic case against Charlotte Bryant, and the story of a murder that tore a family apart in the 1930s. Dorset, 1935. Husband and father of five Frederick Bryant drops dead, seemingly poisoned with a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion quickly falls on Frederick's wife Charlotte - an adulterer and, in the eyes of the police, a murderess.
Episode 2
Tue, Feb 27, 2018 45 mins
Criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein reinvestigate the notorious case of Devlin and Burns, two thieves sentenced to death for murder. When Beatrice Rimmer was found dead in her Liverpool home in 1951, the police arrested prolific petty criminals Edward Devlin and Alfred Burns, who were known for a series of robberies around their native Manchester.
Episode 3
Wed, Feb 28, 2018 45 mins
Criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein reinvestigate the historic murders of two policemen, and the mysterious case, conviction and execution of Alfred Moore. Huddersfield, 1951. Two policemen are shot dead in cold blood while staking out the farmhouse of suspected burglar Alfred Moore. Now, nearly 65 years later, Moore's daughter Bronwyne is convinced of her father's innocence.
Episode 4
Thu, Mar 1, 2018 45 mins
The case of John Dickman, who in 1910 became the last man to be hanged in Newcastle Prison, is re-examined by criminal barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass. They reveal a story of robbery, murder and a potential miscarriage of justice. On Friday 18 March 1910, 44-year-old John Nisbet boarded a 10.27am train from Newcastle Central Station.
Episode 5
Fri, Mar 2, 2018 45 mins
Barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass reassess a tragic case of love, infidelity, and murder - the conviction and execution of Edith Thompson. Ilford, 1922 - Edith Thomspon and her lover are convicted of the brutal murder of her husband Percy. A product of an unhappy marriage, Edith began an affair with Freddy Bywaters, a relationship which would end with their joint conviction for murder.
Episode 6
Mon, Mar 5, 2018 45 mins
Top barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein re-examine a seaside case of murder and mistaken identity from 1900, in a case involving false names, suspicious journeys and 100-year-old evidence. Great Yarmouth, September 1900 - a woman's body is found among the sand dunes. She had been murdered.
Episode 7
Tue, Mar 6, 2018 45 mins
Barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass re-investigate an alleged false confession that led to the hanging of William Burtoft for the brutal murder of Frances Levin in her home in Manchester in 1933. Now, more than 80 years later, William's relative Kate is keen to learn more about the case and works alongside Sasha and Jeremy to uncover new details about her great-great-uncle.
Episode 8
Wed, Mar 7, 2018 45 mins
Barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein scrutinise a violent burglary and murder from 1931. The murder weapon could be key to the conviction and execution of Henry Seymour. In Oxford in 1931, 54-year-old widow Annie Louisa Kempson was bludgeoned and stabbed to death in her own home in what appeared to be a violent burglary.
Episode 9
Thu, Mar 8, 2018 45 mins
Barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein investigate a gang-related murder in Clapham Common in 1953 that left one teenager dead and another man sentenced to hang. What appears to be a fistfight masks a more violent clash - someone has a knife. Three men are stabbed, and 17-year-old John Beckley later dies from his injuries.
Episode 10
Fri, Mar 9, 2018 45 mins
Barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass investigate a case of murder in County Cork, Ireland, in 1894. A man is dragged from his bed and beaten by two men. With serious injuries and a gunshot to his arm, he is discovered early the next morning. His neighbour calls for a priest and a doctor, but it is too late - James Donovan has been murdered.