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Compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which both male and female defendants stood accused of the murder of women. Introduced by Robert Morley, seven hour-long dramas reconstruct sensational
Season 1
7.9/1028 votesNot for the Nervous
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/27/1980
The story of Kate Webster, a maid who killed her employer Julia Thomas in Richmond in 1879.
Director: Valerie Hanson
Writer: Arden Winch
- 7.5/1030 votes
Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/3/1980
The story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
Director: Nicholas Ferguson
Writer: Frances Galleymore
- 7.5/1014 votes
Suffer Little Children
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/31/1980
The story of 'baby farmer' Amelia Dyer, convicted in 1896 of the murder of several children in her care.
Director: Nicholas Ferguson
Writer: Nemone Lethbridge
- 7.4/1022 votes
Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/17/1980
The case of Charlotte Bryant, who was hanged for poisoning her husband with weed-killer.
Director: Valerie Hanson
Writer: Jeremy Sandford
- 6.5/1025 votes
Murder at the Savoy Hotel
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/20/1980
The story of Marie Marguerite Fahmy who shot dead her Egyptian husband in 1923 at London's Savoy Hotel.
Director: Philip Draycott
Writer: Helena Osborne
- 6.1/1021 votes
Killing Mice
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/10/1980
The story of Mary Pearcey, who murdered her employer and baby in 1890.
Director: Nicholas Ferguson
Writer: Edwin Pearce
- 5.4/1020 votes
Miss Madeleine Smith
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/24/1980
The story of Madeleine Smith, a respectable spinster who was accused of killing her lover in 19th-century Edinburgh. The case was famously found to be "not proven".
Director: Joan Kemp-Welch
Writer: Susan Pleat