The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story S01E01 - Chapletown
Summary:
Episode one, Chapletown, explores the early years of the investigation from 1975, when the first Ripper murder occurred.
The location of the first two murders in Chapeltown, then well-known as Leeds's main red light district, led the police to decide that prostitution was the connection between the attacks. After the second murder in January 1976, the police announced they were hunting a ‘prostitute killer' and the investigation became driven by this theory.
The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story S1E1 Screenshot
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Show Name....... A Very British Crime Story
Rating.......... N/A
Premiered....... 2018-03-12
Type............ Documentary
Genre........... Crime | Legal
Plot............ Series in which film-maker Gillian Pachter re-examines the Ruth Ellis case. In July 1955, Ruth was the last woman to be hanged in Britain for the murder of her lover David Blakely. It is a case that shocked the nation and has its place in ushering in the defence of diminished responsibility and the eventual abolishment of capital punishment. Gillian wants to find out why, in such a seemingly open-and-shut case, it still divides opinion on whether Ruth got the justice she deserved
Cast............ Gillian Pachter ... Presenter
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Network......... BBC Four
Country......... United Kingdom
Language........ English
Runtime......... 60 mins
Status.......... Running
Air Date........ Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 21:00
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/shows/35231/a-very-british-crime-story
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Episode Name.... Episode 1
Season.......... 1x01
Plot............ In this first episode, Gillian takes a forensic look at the police investigation and discovers worrying assumptions and problematic omissions. There is also a key witness who was never questioned by the police - Ruth's 10-year-old son Andre, who took his own life in the 1980s. He left behind an cassette that Gillian uses to piece together what the boy knew. Experts shed new light on the involvement on an alleged accomplice and Gillian tracks down those who met Ruth and David
Runtime......... 60 mins
Air Date........ 2018-03-13 Tuesday, 16:00
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1422285/a-very-british-crime-story-1x01-episode-1
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Episode Name.... Episode 2
Season.......... 1x02
Plot............ In episode two Gillian turns her attention to Ruth's trial, which took just a day and a half. She starts with a tape-recorded conversation from the 1980s between Ruth's son Andre and the barrister who led the prosecution. Andre expresses doubts about his mother's trial, calling into question her state of mind and whether she was a cold-blooded killer. Gillian is interested to know whether the defence shared these concerns and she turns her attention to Ruth's solicitor. There are immediate and compelling questions about how he was hired, who by and why. He pursued a defence strategy so risky that the judge was forced to put his foot down. Gillian draws on expert opinion from top legal minds who know the case intimately, and they paint a portrait of a woman trapped not only by the constraints of 1950s society but by the narrow parameters of English
Runtime......... 60 mins
Air Date........ 2018-03-14 Wednesday, 16:00
URL............. http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1422286/a-very-british-crime-story-1x02-episode-2
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