Mark Austin
Real Crime (2001)
Season 1
N/A
Released June 6, 2001
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Crime, Documentary
Keywords: imdb.murder, imdb.robbery, imdb.heist, imdb.con-man, imdb.gangster, imdb.gang, imdb.gun + 14 more, imdb.knife, imdb.stabbing, imdb.miscarriage-of-justice, imdb.murderess, imdb.infanticide, imdb.rape, imdb.pervert, imdb.fingerprint, imdb.dna, imdb.money, imdb.wealth, imdb.homicide, imdb.police, imdb.reenactment
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Rachel Nickell Story
Examination of the police investigation into the murder of Rachel Nickell,
who was stabbed to death on Wimbledon Common in 1992. A crime for which,
at the time of this programme, no one had ever been convicted. Former
Detective Inspector Keith Pedder, who has since left the force, discusses
his controversial and widely criticised handling of the case, and one-time
suspect Colin Stagg reveals how it affected his life
Nov. 30, 2000, midnight
S1E2 - Justice For Julie
Ann Ming's campaign to change the ancient double jeopardy law,
by which nobody can be tried twice for the same crime, following
the acquittal of a Stockton man who later admitted murdering her
daughter Julie Hogg
Nov. 30, 2001, midnight
S1E3 - Crocodile Tears
Calculating killers who try to hide their guilt behind brazen public displays
of grief and crocodile tears for the victims, often making cynical televised
appeals for information and breaking down convincingly in front of the cameras
Nov. 30, 2001, midnight
S1E4 - Cracking The Serial Killers Code
The story of how double-murderer Colin Pitchfork became the first criminal to be snared by DNA fingerprinting. In the mid-1980s, Pitchfork raped and
killed two Leicestershire schoolgirls, but despite exhaustive investigations evaded capture, largely due to a false confession and a bogus blood test which
threw police off his scent until a chance remark in a pub redirected them to the true perpetrator of the crimes
Nov. 30, 2001, midnight
S1E5 - A Deadly Secret
For six months, nine-year-old David Stocker had been in and out of hospital with a debilitating but mystery illness. His condition baffled doctors at Great Ormond Street and he was put on a drip - but what the medical staff didn't know was that David was being slowly and systematically poisoned by his attentive but deranged mother, Petrina, a long-term sufferer of Munchausen's Syndrome. After David's death, Petrina was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to five years
S1E6 - The Truth About the Babes in the Wood
How revelations by jailed paedophile Ronald Jebson finally allowed police to close the case of the infamous 'Babes in the Wood' murder in which the entwined bodies of two children were found in Epping Forest in May 1970. Lifer Jebson played an elaborate psychological game with the police, claiming to know the identity of the murderer before the truth finally emerged in 2000
July 14, 2002, midnight
S1E7 - John Bindon
The story of John Bindon, a man who successfully bridged the gap between royalty, the underworld and showbusiness. Mean and moody Bindon was spotted by Ken Loach and given a lead role in Poor Cow. Fame soon followed, but while he enjoyed the high life, Bindon never severed his underworld ties
May 5, 2002, midnight
S1E8 - Kenny Noye - A Face From the Past
How the hunt for the killer of Stephen Cameron on a slip road to the M25 in 1996 turned into a worldwide manhunt for notorious criminal Kenneth Noye. The programme follows the police operation to track down Stephen's killer, and the Kent Police officers involved talk for the first time about the final stakeout in Spain.
June 6, 2002, midnight
S1E9 - Tracie Andrews - Blood on her Hands
Documentary telling the story of Lee Harvey's murder at the hands of his fiancee Tracie Andrews, who was jailed for life in 1997. Featuring a dramatised account of their volatile relationship, plus interviews with friends and relatives of the couple, and police officers involved in the investigation
July 7, 2002, midnight
S1E10 - Lady In The Lake
Thirty-year-old Carol Park, a teacher and mother of three, was brutally murdered by her husband in 1976. Gordon Park bludgeoned his wife Carol to death with an ice axe and dumped her weighted body in Coniston Water, one of the deepest lakes in England. Park lived with the secret for a remarkable 21 years. This is the story of a seven year police investigation to bring her killer to justice.
Aug. 8, 2002, midnight
S1E11 - Bombers on the Run
Dec. 1, 2009, midnight
S1E12 - Tobin - Portrait Of A Serial Killer
Jan. 14, 2010, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: June 6, 2001
Last Air Date: Nov. 28, 2011, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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