True Crime Documentaries
Dead Calm: Killing in the Med?
In June 2023, an overloaded trawler flips in front of a Greek coast guard patrol boat. More than 600 men, women and children die in the water. A billionaire’s super yacht takes survivors to shore. The accounts of these survivors suggest that coast guard is at fault–something the Greek authorities deny. This film reveals the dark secret hidden behind the beauty of Greece’s holiday islands.
War and Justice: The Case of Marine A
In Afghanistan, 2011, Royal Marine Alexander Blackman shot an unarmed Taliban insurgent in the chest. After an investigation and recovered head-cam footage, he became the first member of the UK armed forces in recent history to be convicted of battlefield murder. This compelling documentary investigates the case. Was Blackman a murderer or a soldier struggling with the pressures of war?
Kidnapped: A Georgian Adventure
In 1728, 12-year-old James Annesley was snatched from the streets of Dublin, Ireland and sold into slavery in America. He was the victim of a wicked uncle hell-bent on stealing his massive inheritance. Historian Dan Cruickshank traces James’s astonishing journey from the top table of 18th century society to its murky depths. The story helped inspire Robert Louis Stevenson’s revered book Kidnapped.
The Body in the Bag
In 2010, intelligence officer Gareth Williams was found dead inside a locked bag in the bath of his London flat. The case became one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in recent British history. Even now, the public are still asking what happened to this codebreaker, branded a genius since childhood. This true crime documentary investigates whether he acted alone or if other forces were involved.
Murder In Mayfair
In 2008, 23-year-old Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen was killed after a night out in Mayfair, London. Hours after her death the only suspect in the case, Farouk Abdulhak, the son of one of Yemen’s richest and most powerful men, fled the UK. This true crime documentary seeks answers to what happened to Martine and uncovers how money, political power, and Yemeni law protected Farouk.