TV show

Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

201959m1 seasons3 episodesDocumentary, Crime

The stories of murder investigations and their extraordinary consequences, which overturned laws, transformed police interrogation and revolutionised forensic detection.

Seasons

Episode 1

DNA

Oct 9, 201959m

The story of the hunt to find the killer of two teenage girls in 1980s Leicestershire which led to an extraordinary forensic breakthrough - DNA fingerprinting.

Episode 2

Double Jeopardy

Oct 16, 201959m

Shocked by the failure to convict her daughter’s killer, a mother fights for justice by taking on the legal establishment and overturning an 800-year-old law.

Episode 3Latest episode

Interrogation

Oct 23, 201959m

The story of how a 1970s miscarriage of justice involving three teenage boys would lead to a radical overhaul of police powers and a brand new method of investigation.