Name: Crimes That Shook Britain
Released: 2008-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Tom Roberts

TV Show · Documentary · Crime

Reconstructions, interviews, and archival material is key in this series. Crimes That Shook Britain reveals the stories behind the most horrific crimes ever to hit the UK. Featuring intimate interviews with victims, families, and investigating officers, this series gains unprecedented access, and through exclusive never-before-seen footage, explores the highest-profile crimes to rock the nation.

2008 · 46m

Starring Tom Roberts

EPISODE 1

Shipman

Dr Harold Shipman is one of the world's prolific serial killers. In 2000 he was convicted of murdering 215 patients by lethal injection.

46m
EPISODE 2

Stephanie Slater

In 1992, 25 year old Stephanie Slater was abducted from an empty house and held for eight torturous days in a make shift coffin.

48m
EPISODE 3

The Russell Murders

In 1996, two girls and their mother were brutally attacked in the English countryside of Kent.

46m
EPISODE 4

Beverly Allitt

In 1991 newly qualified nurse, Beverley Allitt, carried out despicable crimes. Instead of caring for children on her ward, she was murdering them.

46m
EPISODE 5

Hungerford

A lone gun man, Michael Ryan, opened fire on villagers killing sixteen people and injuring a further fifteen.

46m
EPISODE 6

Sarah Payne

In 2000, eight- year-old Sarah Payne vanished while playing in a field near her grandparent's home.

46m