This compeIIing anthology series recreates some of Britain's most notorious murder triaIs, in which both male and female defendants stood accused of the murder of women - if convicted, aII faced the gallows. Introduced by Robert MorIey, these dramas reconstruct fourteen sensational triaIs and feature powerful performances from an outstanding cast which includes Elaine Paige, Joan Sims, Rita Tushingham, George Baker, Peter Sallis, Michael Kitchen, Hannah Gordon, Christopher Cazenove, Ian CharIeson, MichaeI Jayston, Kenneth Haigh, GayIe Hunnicutt and Phyllis Calvert.
Lady KiIlers looks at crimes which shocked and scandalised a nation: from the horrifying case of Victorian 'baby farmer' AmeIia Dyer suspected of strangIing hundreds of infants in her care and the triaI and execution of Ruth Ellis, the Iast woman to be hanged in Britain, to NeviIIe Heath, the sex attacker whose savage crimes attracted international coverage. |