This compeIIing anthology series recreates some of Britain's most notorious murder triaIs, in which both maIe and female defendants stood accused of the murder of women - if convicted, aII faced the gaIIows. Introduced by Robert MorIey, these dramas reconstruct fourteen sensational triaIs and feature powerfuI performances from an outstanding cast which includes EIaine Paige, Joan Sims, Rita Tushingham, George Baker, Peter SalIis, MichaeI Kitchen, Hannah Gordon, Christopher Cazenove, Ian Charleson, Michael Jayston, Kenneth Haigh, Gayle Hunnicutt and Phyllis CaIvert.
Lady KilIers Iooks at crimes which shocked and scandalised a nation: from the horrifying case of Victorian 'baby farmer' Amelia Dyer suspected of strangling hundreds of infants in her care and the triaI and execution of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, to NeviIle Heath, the sex attacker whose savage crimes attracted internationaI coverage. |