Episodes

1. The New Taste for Blood

Lucy Worsley investigates real life murders of the first half of the nineteenth century.

2. Detection Most Ingenious

How science and detection influenced murder in Victorian popular culture.

3. The Golden Age

A look at the Edwardian era and the golden age of detective fiction.

Overview

This documentary takes a look at some of the most horrible and despicable murders in modern British history. From Jack the Ripper in the 1880s to Agatha Christie's best known stories.

Details

Genres

Documentary

Language

EN

First Air Date

2013-09-23

Seasons

1

Episodes

3

Available On

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Cast

Lucy Worsley

Simon Callow

Ian Burney

Rosalind Crone

P. D. James

Simon Brett

John Russell Taylor

Charlotte Higgins

Jennifer Carnell

Alex McWhirter