Series 1

Series 1 (1980)


Episodes: 7

Star Cast: Robert Morley ,



Episodes List

Ep.1 Murder at the Savoy Hotel

Air Date: 1980-07-20

The story of Marie Marguerite Fahmy who shot dead her Egyptian husband in 1923 at London's Savoy Hotel.

Ep.2 Not for the Nervous

Air Date: 1980-07-27

The story of Kate Webster, a maid who killed her employer Julia Thomas in Richmond in 1879.

Ep.3 Lucky, Lucky Thirteen!

Air Date: 1980-08-03

The story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.

Ep.4 Killing Mice

Air Date: 1980-08-10

The story of Mary Pearcey, who murdered her employer and baby in 1890.

Ep.5 Don't Let Them Kill Me on Wednesday

Air Date: 1980-08-17

The case of Charlotte Bryant, who was hanged for poisoning her husband with weed-killer.

Ep.6 Miss Madeleine Smith

Air Date: 1980-08-24

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".

Ep.7 Suffer Little Children

Air Date: 1980-08-31

The story of 'baby farmer' Amelia Dyer, convicted in 1896 of the murder of several children in her care.