8.4/10 5 votes#1 - Ben Field
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/2022
The story of 30-year-old church warden Ben Field, who was jailed in 2019 for the murder of Peter Farquhar, 69, whom he duped into a fake relationship and persuaded to change his will, before drugging him with a cocktail of pills
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 5 votes
#2 - Lewis Daynes
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/2022
A case highlighting the dangers of online grooming, 14-year-old Breck Bednar was lured to a London flat before being killed by a fellow teenager.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 16 votes
#3 - Harold Shipman
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 3/17/2020
Harold Shipman: A profile of one of the most prolific serial killers in history. With an estimated victim-count of 250, what drove his horrific crimes?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 15 votes
#4 - Dale Cregan
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 4/7/2020
A profile of serial killer Dale Cregan, who was sentenced to life in prison after the senseless murders of two men and two police officers in 2012.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 9 votes
#5 - Andrzej Kunowski
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 4/28/2020
A look at the crimes of Andrzej Kunowski, a man so vicious he was nicknamed the Beast after raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl in 1997.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 12 votes
#6 - David Heiss
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2019
A look at the 21-year-old killer who brutally took the life of British student Matthew Pyke, after developing an obsessive infatuation with his girlfriend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 10 votes
#7 - Mark Hobson
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2019
Mark Hobson walked out on his happy family with no explanation on New Year's Day. Five years later he went on a murder spree, killing his girlfriend, her sister and an elderly couple. Criminologists and psychologists try to decode this enigma.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 24 votes
#8 - Ian Huntley
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/16/2017
Ian Huntley murdered two 10-year-old schoolgirls in a case that shocked the nation and changed the course of British policing.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 15 votes
#9 - Vincent Tabak
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2019
A chilling look at a man responsible for one of the biggest police investigations in Bristol - the cold-blooded murder of Joanna Yeates.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 15 votes
#10 - Robert Black
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2019
A look at the Scottish serial killer who preyed on young girls between the ages of five and 11 throughout a six-year killing spree.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 7 votes
#11 - Andrew Dawson
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 5/19/2020
A profile of the double-killer who branded himself the 'Angel of Mercy', after murdering two of his neighbours in cold blood.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 29 votes
#12 - Peter Sutcliffe
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/9/2017
The Yorkshire Ripper. Examining some of the UK's most prolific killers. Peter Sutcliffe's five-year killing spree claimed 13 victims.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 31 votes
#13 - Joanna Dennehy
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/6/2017
The first woman in British history to be given a whole life sentence, Joanne Dennehy's 2013 rampage saw her murder three men and attack two more.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 20 votes
#14 - Dennis Nilsen
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/20/2017
A look at the north London serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who murdered at least 12 men before being caught when he began flushing remains down the toilet.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 19 votes
#15 - Mick Philpott
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/17/2018
An examination of Mick Philpott, the notorious Derby father of 17 who murdered six children, five of them his own, when he set his own home on fire.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 16 votes
#16 - Mark Bridger
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/3/2018
In 2012, April Jones disappeared from outside her home in Wales, never to be seen again. Her abductor, and murderer, was found to be Mark Bridger.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 17 votes
#17 - Roy Whiting
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/2018
New. Roy Whiting: A profile of child killer Roy Whiting, the convicted sex offender who abducted and murdered eight-year-old Sarah Payne.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 10 votes
#18 - Angus Sinclair
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2019
A profile of the man responsible for the cold-blooded murder of two teenage girls in 1977, known as the World's End Murders.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10 10 votes
#19 - Christopher Halliwell
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2019
A look at the convicted double-murderer responsible for taking the lives of Becky Godden-Edwards in 2007 and Sian O’Callaghan in 2011.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 33 votes
#20 - Fred and Rose West
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/23/2017
Between them, Fred and Rose West killed at least 12 girls over two decades in Gloucestershire. What fuelled their appetite for murder?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 18 votes
#21 - Peter Tobin
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/4/2017
When Peter Tobin was convicted for raping and murdering a Polish student in 2006, further investigation linked him to two more murders.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 16 votes
#22 - Raoul Moat
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/2018
The story of Raoul Moat, who shot his ex-girlfriend, her new lover and a policeman, leading to the largest manhunt in modern British history.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 11 votes
#23 - The Sunderland Strangler: Steven Grieveson
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 4/8/2018
The story of Steven Grieveson, the so-called `Sunderland Strangler', who murdered four teenage boys before his capture.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 8 votes
#24 - Colin Ireland
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2019
He decided to become a serial killer and brutally snatched away the lives of five innocent men. This is the story of the calculated murderer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 13 votes
#25 - Stephen Seddon
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 3/31/2020
A closer look at the murderer Stephen Seddon, a convicted fraudster who killed his parents in a cold-blooded crime as he tried to get his hands on their £230,000 estate.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Britain’s Most Evil Killers
Every episode of Britain’s Most Evil Killers ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Britain’s Most Evil Killers!
The smiling parents, the respectable groom, the helpful official... all with evil inside. Britain's Most Evil Killers explores the crimes of Britain's most brutal killers.
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Top Episode Ratings Summary
"Ben Field" is the best rated episode of "Britain’s Most Evil Killers". It scored 8.4/10 based on 5 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/20/2022. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Lewis Daynes".