Real Crime
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Real Crime is a British documentary television series produced by ITV Studios
for the ITV
network. Each episode examines a notorious crime and includes interviews with relatives of the victims. It has been broadcast since 2001 and is currently in its tenth series. From 2008 each episode is presented by Mark Austin and is often listed as Real Crime with Mark Austin.
ITV Studios
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for the ITV
ITV
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network. Each episode examines a notorious crime and includes interviews with relatives of the victims. It has been broadcast since 2001 and is currently in its tenth series. From 2008 each episode is presented by Mark Austin and is often listed as Real Crime with Mark Austin.
2001
- Wednesday 6 June 10:20pm - The Hunt for Wearside JackWearside JackWearside Jack is the nickname given to John Samuel Humble , a hoaxer who pretended to be the Yorkshire Ripper in the late 1970s. In 2006 he was convicted for perverting the course of justice.-Taunting letters:...
- Wednesday 13 June 10:20pm - I Was a Great Train RobberGreat Train Robbery (1963)The Great Train Robbery is the name given to a £2.6 million train robbery committed on 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England. The bulk of the stolen money was not recovered...
- Wednesday 20 June 10:20pm - Ben Needham: Somebody Knows
- Wednesday 27 June 10:20pm - The Rachel Nickell Story
- Wednesday 11 July 10:35pm - Who Killed the Pageant Queen?
- Wednesday 5 September 10:20pm - The Gang the KraysKray twinsReginald "Reggie" Kray and his twin brother Ronald "Ronnie" Kray were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in London's East End during the 1950s and 1960s...
Feared
2002
- Monday 18 March 11:00pm - Kenny NoyeKenneth NoyeKenneth James Noye is a British criminal who was convicted of the 1996 murder of Stephen Cameron.Noye was involved in laundering the proceeds of the Brink's-MAT robbery in 1983–4. While he was being investigated for his part in the robbery, he stabbed to death police officer John Fordham who was...
: A Face from the Past - Friday 12 April 11:00pm - Justice for JulieMurder of Julie WardJulie Ward was murdered in Kenya in 1988 whilst on safari in the Masai Mara game reserve. The subsequent investigation into her death was notable for the campaign by her father, John Ward; firstly to persuade the Kenyan authorities to recognise that his daughter was murdered, and secondly to try to...
- Tuesday 7 May 9:00pm - Crocodile Tears
- Tuesday 14 May 9:00pm - Tracie AndrewsTracie AndrewsTracie Margurite Andrews is an English woman who murdered her fiancé, Lee Raymond Harvey on 1 December 1996.-Murder:...
: Blood on her Hands - Monday 24 June 10:30pm - Mr Nice Guy
- Monday 1 July 11:00pm - Starring John BindonJohn BindonJohn Dennis Arthur "Biffo" Bindon was a British actor and bodyguard who had close links with the London underworld. In numerous films, he played gangsters or tough police detective. Bindon has been described as "the archetypal actor-villain, and an all-round 'good geezer'". He was also notable for...
- Monday 15 July 11:00pm - The Truth About the Babes in the WoodBabes in the Wood murdersThe Babes in the Wood murders is a name which has been used in the media to refer to several child murder cases in which the bodies of multiple victims were found concealed in woodland...
- Monday 29 July 10:25pm - Cracking the Killers' Code
- Monday 5 August 11:00pm - The Heiress and the Kidnapper
- Monday 12 August 10:25pm - Angel of Death: The Beverly AllittBeverly AllittBeverley Gail Allitt is an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering four children, attempting to murder three other children, and causing grievous bodily harm to a further six children...
Story - Monday 30 September 11:00pm - Britain's Richest Killer
2003
- Sunday 27 April ??:??pm - Justice for My Daughter
- Monday 29 September 11:00pm - Til Death Us Do Part
- Tuesday 14 October 9:00pm - Lady Jane
- Sunday 21 December 11:20pm - Murder in Mind
2004
- Monday 5 January 11:00pm - Jeremy BamberJeremy BamberJeremy Nevill Bamber was convicted in England in 1986 of murdering five members of his adoptive family—his father, mother, sister, and her six-year-old twin sons—at his parents' home at White House Farm, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, in the early hours of 7 August 1985...
- Monday 26 January 11:00pm - Love You to Death
- Monday 29 March 11:00pm - Girl Snatcher
- Tuesday 15 June 9:00pm - Who Killed the Pageant Queen: The Prime Suspect
2006
- Monday 3 July 9:00pm - Skydiver: Murder or Suicide?
- Monday 2 October 11:00pm - Married to a Monster: At Home with the M25 RapistAntoni ImielaAntoni Imiela is a British rapist and paedophile of German and Polish origin, found guilty of the rape of nine women and girls, and the kidnap, indecent assault, and attempted rape of a 10-year old girl...
2007
- Tuesday 9 January 11:00pm - The Caroline Dickinson Murder
- Tuesday 16 January 11:00pm - The Lady of the Lake
- Tuesday 27 February 11:00pm - The Beauty Salon Killer
- Tuesday 20 March 11:00pm - The Almost Perfect Murder
- Tuesday 27 March 11:00pm - The Perverted World of Marc DutrouxMarc DutrouxMarc Dutroux is a Belgian serial killer and child molester, convicted of having kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls during 1995 and 1996, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom he murdered. He was also convicted of having killed a suspected former accomplice, Bernard Weinstein,...
- Tuesday 17 April 11:00pm - Killed by a Perfect Son
- Tuesday 24 April 11:00pm - A Killer Came Calling
- Tuesday 1 May 11:00pm - A Deadly Secret
- Tuesday 8 May 11:00pm - Nailing the Nail BomberDavid CopelandDavid John Copeland is a former member of the British National Party and the National Socialist Movement, who became known as the "London Nail Bomber" after a 13-day bombing campaign in April 1999 aimed at London's black, Bangladeshi and gay communities.Over three successive weekends between 17...
2008
- Monday 28 April 9:00pm - Murder at Harvey Nicks
- Wednesday 25 June 9:00pm - The Fight for Sarah's Law
- Monday 22 September 10:35pm - Serial Killer on Camera
- Monday 29 September 10:35pm - The 30 Year Secret
- Monday 6 October 10:35pm - The Hunt for Mr Swirl
- Thursday 16 October 9:00pm A Very Special Constable
- Thursday 23 October 9:00pm - Death of a Hostess
- Thursday 30 October 9:00pm - The Suffolk Strangler
- Thursday 13 November 10:40pm - The Cat and Mouse Killer
- Wednesday 19 November 10:50pm - Diamond Geezers
- Thursday 27 November 10:40pm - Killer on the RunDavid BieberDavid Francis Bieber also known under the alias Nathan Wayne Coleman is an American convicted murderer. A fugitive from the United States, he murdered PC Ian Broadhurst and attempted to murder PCs Neil Roper and James Banks on 26 December 2003 in Leeds, England, sparking a nationwide search...
- Thursday 4 December 10:40pm - The Angel of Death
- Thursday 11 December 9:00pm - James Bulger: A Mother's Story
- Monday 15 December 10:40pm - Death on the Bay
- Wednesday 17 December 10:40pm - The Mystery of the Missing Earl
2009
- Monday 15 June 9:00pm - Caught in the Crossfire
- Monday 22 June 9:00pm - Rachel Nickell: Case Closed
- Monday 29 June 9:00pm - Sally Anne Bowman: Murder on the Doorstep
- Monday 6 July 9:00pm - HannahMurder of Hannah FosterThe murder of Hannah Foster is a British murder case where a 17-year-old student was raped, strangled and murdered after a night out in Southampton in March 2003. Foster was murdered by an Indian Sikh immigrant Maninder Pal Singh Kohli...
's Killer: Nowhere to Hide - Thursday 23 July 10:35pm - The Man Who Didn't Cry
- Thursday 30 July 10:35pm - A Shot in the Dark
- Thursday 6 August 10:35pm - The Tesco BomberTesco bomb campaignThe Tesco bomb campaign was an attempted extortion against British supermarket chain Tesco which started in Bournemouth, Dorset, in August 2000 and led to one of the largest and most secretive operations ever undertaken by Dorset Police...
- Tuesday 1 December 10:35pm - Bombers on the Run
2010
- Thursday 14 January 10:35pm - TobinPeter TobinPeter Britton Tobin is a convicted Scottish serial killer and sex offender now serving a sentence of life imprisonment for the murders of three young women....
: Portrait of a Serial Killer - Monday 16 August 9:00pm - Death on Duty
- Monday 23 August 9:00pm - Murder of a Father
- Thursday 2 September 9pm - Yvonne FletcherYvonne FletcherWPC Yvonne Joyce Fletcher was a British police officer fatally shot during a protest outside the Libyan embassy at St. James's Square, London, in 1984. Fletcher, who had been on duty and deployed to police the protest, died shortly afterwards at Westminster Hospital...
: Justice Betrayed - Monday 27 September 10:35pm - Bringing Down the Gooch
- Monday 4 October 10:35pm - Britain's Biggest HeistSecuritas depot robberyThe Securitas depot robbery was the largest cash robbery in British history, that took place on the evening of 21 February 2006 from 18:30 GMT until the early hours of 22 February...
- Monday 11 October 10:35pm - The Black Cab RapistJohn WorboysJohn Worboys , is a convicted British serial rapist, known as the Black Cab Rapist. He was convicted in March 2009 for attacks on 12 women. Police believe that he may have had more than one hundred victims, possibly being Britain's most prolific sex attacker.-Personal history:Worboys lived alone in...
- Monday 18 October 10:35pm - Gunn Law
2011
- Monday 7 November 10:35pm - The Game Show Killer
- Monday 14 November 10:35pm - The Jigsaw Murder
- Monday 21 November 10:35pm - Fallen Angel
- Monday 28 November 10:35pm - Manhunt
External links
- Real Crime with Mark Austin at TV.comTV.comTV.com is a website owned by CBS Interactive. The site covers television and focuses on English-language shows made or broadcast in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Japan...