Crimes That Shook Britain
A look at some of the most infamous crimes in U.K. history
Cast:Tom Roberts , Patricia Winker , Dermot Murnaghan , Paul Bergquist , Don Gayle , Ernest Vernon , Vanessa Winter-Lambourne , Nig Richards , Ian Dowden , Mark McCormick , Helen McGahan , Eric Campbell , Dorrie Partington , Laurence Alison , Michael Ralph Jones , Claryn Scott , John Clarkson , Gary Simpson
S4.E1 ∙ Stephen Lawrence
In 1993, a young black man is brutally murdered by a gang of white youths. The investigation that follows would damage relations between the police and London's African Caribbean community.
S4.E2 ∙ Raoul Moat
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.
S4.E3 ∙ Garry Newlove
This is a real reconstruction on Gary Newlove and the events which lead up to his death by a gang of youths outside is house in Warrington. This shows the effect of gang culture and binge drinking and what it can lead to.
S4.E4 ∙ The Yorkshire Ripper
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.
S4.E5 ∙ Christopher Foster
Failed businessman Christopher Foster killed his wife and daughter before burning their mansion in Shropshire to the ground in August 2008.
S4.E6 ∙ Colin Ireland
In the summer of 1993, gay men in London were being terrorized by a brutal killer. Colin Ireland, a loner from Southend, had made a macabre resolution - to become a serial killer.
