Murdertown
Katherine Kelly, Anita Rani and Emilia Fox travel around the UK to examine crimes that rocked a local community and shocked the nation.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Katherine Kelly , Emilia Fox , Anita Rani , Christina Moore , Bernard Adams , Laura Connor , Yvonne Adams , Paul Barton , Ruth Tully , Frank le Duc , Lyndsey Kelly , Nigel Green
S1.E2 ∙ Dartford
"Dartford" examines the murder of Claire Tiltman in Dartford, Kent, and the impact it had on the local community.
S1.E3 ∙ Dundee
This episode looks at the crimes of Robbie McIntosh and features an interview with one of his victims, who miraculously survived his attack.
S1.E4 ∙ Barnsley
This episode examines the murder of a 69 year old man in Barnsley. With no signs of forced entry or motive, police are at a loss, until CCTV footage reveals something unexpected.
S1.E5 ∙ Pontypridd
This episode looks at the case of a butcher in Pontypridd, who decapitated a woman and kept her head as a souvenir.
S1.E6 ∙ Tamworth
This episode looks at the murder of 17-year-old Heather Tell in Tamworth.
S1.E7 ∙ Watford
This episode examines the case of Anne Cook who was stabbed to death by Leon Amos as she walked her dog in Watford.
S1.E8 ∙ Huddersfield
This episode looks at the case of David Mitchell, who murdered his convicted paedophile lover and dumped the body in a Huddersfield canal.
S1.E9 ∙ Sunderland
This episode examines the crimes of Steven Grieveson, aka the Sunderland Strangler.
S1.E10 ∙ Brighton
This episode looks at the case of a murderer in Brighton who confessed to his crimes at a tarot card reading.
S2.E1 ∙ Portsmouth
The true crime series returns. Katherine travels to Portsmouth to learn about Allan Grimson, a former Royal Navy petty officer who murdered two men on 12th December of 1997 and 1998 and may have killed others on the same date each year.
S2.E2 ∙ Wrexham
Following his release from prison Jordan Davidson burgled retiree Nicholas Churton at knife point, threatening him but leaving him unharmed. Days later Churton's bloody and beaten body was discovered in his home.
S2.E3 ∙ Middlesborough
The story of Reginald Wilson, who planned to carry out the perfect murder. He selected Dr David Birkett to be his victim and posing as a courier entered his home killing him with a hammer. But Wilson made a fateful mistake.
S2.E4 ∙ Ipswich
The story of Britain's youngest female double-killer. 15-year-old Lorraine Thorpe befriended two alcoholics and got them to help her torture and kill Rosalyn Hunt. The trio then turned their attention to Lorraine's own father Desmond.
S2.E8 ∙ Nuneaton
In Nuneaton, we hear from David Freeman, who's younger sister Naomi Smith was tragically murdered on her way to post a letter, as he tells us of the family's quest for answers about who could have done this to her.
S2.E9 ∙ Grimsby
Devastated father Keith Vincent retells the story of the sequence of events that led to his son Adam living on the streets of Grimsby, and the circumstances which eventually led to his brutal murder at the hands of a notorious drugs gang.
S2.E10 ∙ Croydon
Airing as a part of domestic violence awareness week - this film tells the dramatic and shocking story of Mario Celaire - a man who viciously assaulted two women he claimed to love.
S3.E1 ∙ Milton Keynes
Rachel Manning had been to a 1970s-themed fancy dress party and Chicago's nightclub with boyfriend Barri White before going missing in the early hours of 10 December 2000. The teenager was found dead in undergrowth at Woburn Golf Club two days later. She had been strangled and her face disfigured with a steering lock, which was located 500m (546 yards) from her body.
S3.E2 ∙ Wakefield
In 1994, Wendy Speakes was targeted by sadistic killer Christopher Farrow as she got off a bus and walked to her home after work. He managed to trick his way into the 51-year-old's home.
S3.E3 ∙ Wigan
Tells the story of the murder of 15-year-old Louise Sellars, who went missing in 1995. The following day, her body was found five miles from her home in a field, strangled and severely beaten. Police immediately began questioning residents with a particular focus on the teenage population of Appley Bridge. The questioning allowed them to zero in on a suspect, Darren Ashurst, whose car was spotted on the evening in question, driving erratically.
S3.E4 ∙ Wishaw
17-year-old student Zoe Nelson was last seen on 22 May 2010 before residents reported seeing a fire in a nearby woods later that evening. The following day her body was found the next day badly burnt.
S3.E5 ∙ Bath
Melanie Road, 17, was murdered on her way home from a nightclub in Bath in 1984. She had been out with her boyfriend and friends, but Melanie had been sexually assaulted and brutally stabbed 26 times on her way back home. A milkman found her body the following day.
S3.E6 ∙ Southampton
Pennie Davis' body was found with multiple stab wounds in a field where she rode her horse in the village of Beaulieu on 2nd September 2014. The case centered on Mrs. Davis' relationship with Benjamin Carr, 22, the son of her estranged partner, who had "lasting hate and anger" towards her.
S3.E7 ∙ Oxford
Vikki Thompson went missing in Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire, while walking her dog on 12th August 1995. The dog returned home without her, raising the alarm. After a frantic search, she was found alive but badly beaten - she died six days later in hospital.
S3.E8 ∙ Leicester
Police found 72-year-old Jane Hings' body on Sunday, September 24th, 2017. DNA samples found at the scene found a match for then 25-year-old Craig Keogh, who was subsequently arrested.
S3.E9 ∙ Lichfield
In July 1999, the remains of Wendy Upton were found in nearby woods; she was identified using dental records. Upton had been reported as missing nine months previously. At the time, police launched a major campaign to find the missing 40-year-old even staging reconstruction of her movements on the day she disappeared with the help of the local community.
S3.E10 ∙ Whitby
In April 2012, Dawn and George Kibble visited the flat of Dawn's sister Julie Davison, concerned for her well being after repeated phone calls went unanswered. On arrival, they found Julie's lifeless body on the blood-stained floor of her kitchen. She'd been attacked, stabbed multiple times, and left for dead.
S4.E1 ∙ Rotherham
The true crime documentary returns for a 4th series, now presented by actress Emilia Fox. Emilia travels to Rotherham to uncover the details of a horrific double murder separated by more than two decades.
S4.E2 ∙ Swanley
Emilia Fox visits the town of Swanley in Kent to uncover the details of a tragic case that quickly turned into an international manhunt for a notorious criminal who'd been involved in the Brinks Mat Robbery in 1983.
S4.E3 ∙ Glasgow
In April 2015, 24-year-old student Karen Buckley went missing whilst on a night out with friends in Glasgow. Emilia visits the Sanctuary nightclub where she was last seen and learns about the investigation that tried to find her.
S4.E4 ∙ Peterborough
In 1979, Sally Ann McGrath went missing, having last been seen in Peterborough city centre. Police assumed she had simply run away, it took nearly 8 months for her body to be found - and even longer to investigate her murder.
S4.E5 ∙ Mablethorpe
The quiet seaside town of Mablethorpe was an unlikely location for what seemed to be an organised hit on a couple in their 50s. Emilia travels to the Lincolnshire coast to learn about the violent murders of Joan and John Stirland in 2004.
S5.E1 ∙ Blackburn
The story of Jordan Monaghan from Blackburn, who murdered his girlfriend Evie Adams and his two young children Logan and Ruby.
