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Railway Murders[2] is a documentary series narrated by Nicholas Day. It debuted in May 2021 on Yesterday.[3] In September 2021 it was broadcast on ZDFinfo.[4][5] Regular contributors include Donald Rumbelow, Judith Rowbotham and Alan Moss.[6]
Railway Murders | |
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Also known as | Murder on the Railway[1] |
Genre | Documentary |
Written by | William Simpson |
Directed by | William Simpson |
Presented by | Nicholas Day |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Patricia Hickey Lyndy Saville Dominic Saville Daniel Thomas Emma Sparks |
Producer | Ashley Hall |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | 3DD Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Yesterday |
Release | 2 May 2021 |
Episode list
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editEpisode | Date | Title | Description |
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1 | May 2, 2021 | The First Railway Murderer | In 1864, the body of wealthy banker Thomas Briggs is found on the tracks between Bow and Hackney Wick stations in London—the first murder on a British railway. |
2 | May 2, 2021 | The Body in the Tunnel | In 1881, young writer Percy Lefroy Mapleton becomes fixated on a stage actress and is driven to a violent crime. |
3 | May 2, 2021 | The Police Killer | Shedding light on the murder of Detective Sergeant Robert Kidd, London & North Western Railway Police in September 1895, the first time a railway police officer was murdered in the line of duty. |
4 | May 2, 2021 | The Newcastle Train Murder | In 1910, the city of Newcastle becomes transfixed by the murder trial of John Dickman, accused of murdering a train clerk and stealing his wages. |
5 | May 2, 2021 | The Guardsman | The story of Jimmy Alcott, a troubled young man who, in 1952, staked out a railway station and plotted a theft that would end in murder. |
6 | May 2, 2021 | Death on the Underground | The unsolved mystery of an elderly Polish countess traveling home from a party who was stabbed to death at Gloucester Road tube station in May 1957. |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Murder On The Railway | Yesterday Channel". yesterday.uktv.co.uk.
- ^ "Apple TV". AppleTV (in German).
- ^ "Railway Murders Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "Railway Murders - Geheimnisvolle Verbrechen". www.zdf.de (in German).
- ^ ""Railway Murders – Geheimnisvolle Verbrechen" in ZDFinfo: ZDF Presseportal". presseportal.zdf.de (in German).
- ^ "Railway Murders". UKTV, 3DD Productions. 2 May 2021.
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