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  • 2018-02-26T00:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 45m
  • 7h 20m (10 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary, Crime
Two of the UK's top criminal barristers, Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein, explore historical murders where the convicted went to the gallows pleading their innocence, in a new series for BBC One Daytime. Investigating cases which bear all the hallmarks of a miscarriage of justice, they join forces with a living member of the convicted criminal’s family and a variety of specialist experts to re-examine the crime, evidence and trial. While the barristers employ modern forensic techniques to ask whether the original conviction was safe, the family member explores the social and historical context of the crime, and their ancestor's life. Jeremy and Sasha will then decide whether they believe they have a strong enough case to present to a senior Crown Court judge, who will then determine whether he believes the conviction was safe and should be upheld, or unsafe and could be re-opened.

10 episodes

Series Premiere

2018-02-26T00:00:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 2018-02-26T00:00:00Z44m

Criminal barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein reinvestigate the historic case against Charlotte Bryant, and the story of a murder that tore a family apart in the 1930s.

2018-02-27T00:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 2018-02-27T00:00:00Z44m

Criminal barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass reinvestigate the notorious case of Devlin and Burns, two petty thieves who were sentenced to death for murder in 1951.

2018-02-28T00:00:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 2018-02-28T00:00:00Z44m

Criminal barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass explore the questionable case against Alfred Moore, who was sentenced to death for murdering two policemen in Huddersfield in 1951.

2018-03-01T00:00:00Z

1x04 Episode 4

1x04 Episode 4

  • 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z44m

Criminal barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass review the historic case against John Dickman - a story of robbery, murder and potentially a fatal miscarriage of justice from 1910.

2018-03-02T00:00:00Z

1x05 Episode 5

1x05 Episode 5

  • 2018-03-02T00:00:00Z44m

Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass re-examine a story of love, infidelity and murder - the case of Edith Thompson, sentenced to hang following the death of her husband in 1922.

2018-03-05T00:00:00Z

1x06 Episode 6

1x06 Episode 6

  • 2018-03-05T00:00:00Z44m

Top barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein re-examine a seaside case of murder and mistaken identity from 1900.

2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

1x07 Episode 7

1x07 Episode 7

  • 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z44m

Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass re-investigate an alleged false confession that led to the hanging of William Burtoft for the murder of Frances Levin in Manchester in 1933.

2018-03-07T00:00:00Z

1x08 Episode 8

1x08 Episode 8

  • 2018-03-07T00:00:00Z44m

Barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein scrutinise a violent burglary and murder from 1931. The murder weapon could be key to the conviction and execution of Henry Seymour.

2018-03-08T00:00:00Z

1x09 Episode 9

1x09 Episode 9

  • 2018-03-08T00:00:00Z44m

Barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein investigate a gang-related murder in Clapham Common in 1953 that left one teenager dead and another man sentenced to hang.

Season Finale

2018-03-09T00:00:00Z

1x10 Episode 10

Season Finale

1x10 Episode 10

  • 2018-03-09T00:00:00Z44m

Top criminal barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass investigate a rural case of murder and moonlighting in Ireland in 1894.

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