Series

A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

20131 season7.6Documentary

This documentary takes a look at some of the most horrible and despicable murders in modern British history. From Jack the Ripper in the 1880s to Agatha Christie's best known stories.

Episodes

1. The New Taste for Blood

Lucy Worsley investigates real life murders of the first half of the nineteenth century.

1h

2. Detection Most Ingenious

How science and detection influenced murder in Victorian popular culture.

1h

3. The Golden Age

A look at the Edwardian era and the golden age of detective fiction.

1h

Cast

Lucy Worsley

Self - Presenter

Simon Callow

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Ian Burney

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Rosalind Crone

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P. D. James

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Simon Brett

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John Russell Taylor

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Charlotte Higgins

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Jennifer Carnell

Self

Alex McWhirter

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Kathryn Johnson

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Michael Kirk

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Mathew Prichard

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Kate Summerscale

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Victor Gammon

Self

Matthew Sweet

Self