About this season
This powerful series of programmes features dramatic reconstructions of some of Britian's most notorious crimes - a collection of cases which are exciting, moving and surprising, each demonstrating how truth can be stranger than fiction.
Episodes (8)
1. The Prince
Aired 22 September 1993
2. When the Lies Run Out: The Ian Spiro Story
Aired 17 November 1993
3. The Ladies Man: Archibald Hall
Aired 24 November 1993
4. Terrible Coldness: Graham Young
Aired 1 December 1993
A dramatization of workplace murders committed by Graham Young, a young man previously convicted of death by poison.
5. Stedul: The Yugoslav Hitman
Aired 8 December 1993
Nikola Stedul, a former Croatian Freedom Fighter, lives in Fife, Scotland with his family. A plan to assassinate him is concocted and the gun-man Vinco Sindicic is sent to the quiet Scottish town to shoot the outspoken exile. After sitting and watching the house for a week, the assassin shoots Stedul several times as he leaves his house for a walk. The plan fails and Stedul survives. Adaptation of true events.
6. The Stonehouse Affair
Aired 15 December 1993
Overwhelmed with debts and facing prosecution for fraud, MP and former minister John Stonehouse decides to fake his own death and start a new life in Australia with his mistress.
7. The White House Farm Murders
Aired 22 December 1993
8. Hot Dog Wars
Aired 8 February 1995