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Catching History’s Criminals: The Forensic Story
Episode Two - Traces of Guilt
- Broadcast
- 2015 (59 mins)
Traces of Evidence: Every contact leaves a trace. The killer will leave something at the scene of the crime - hairs , fibres or they will take something away with them such as the soil on their shoes. It’s...
Catching History’s Criminals: The Forensic Story
Episode Three - Instruments of Murder
- Broadcast
- 2015 (59 mins)
Instruments of murder: The key piece of evidence that detectives are always desperate to find is the murder weapon. It can hold vital clues that will expose the killer. In this programme we look at four...
The Challenger
Episode One
- Broadcast
- 2013 (89 mins)
When the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up in 1986, it was the most shocking event in the history of American spaceflight. The deaths of seven astronauts, including the first teacher in space Christa...
Lab Detectives
Paint and Glass
- Broadcast
- 2001 (14 mins)
Dr. Anya Hunt analyses glass, each batch is unique and when studied under a microscope. Paint also has a fingerprint. Broken glass and chipped paint are very common features of a large number of crimes....
Lab Detectives
Tape
- Broadcast
- 2001 (14 mins)
A man’s alibi to his girlfriend’s murder centres on a mysterious phone call. Police enquiries locate a public phone box in a sleepy village and a subsequent search reveals a broken cassette tape in a...
Lab Detectives
Toxicology
- Broadcast
- 2001 (14 mins)
John Allan convicted in Liverpool for the murder of his partner Cheryl Lewis. He poisoned her with cyanide while on holiday in Egypt the previous year. Her body was embalmed and returned to the UK. The death...
Lab Detectives
Fibres
- Broadcast
- 2001 (14 mins)
There are millions of fibres in modern life and each can be traced to its source using mlcroscoplc analysis. The results can also be compared between a garment and fibres found at a crime scene. A original...
Lab Detectives
Entomology
- Broadcast
- 2001 (17 mins)
Flies are often the first witness to a murder. They follow the microscopic telltaIe signs of death to find a body to feed on. The corpse Is covered with eggs within hours. After 4 days, insect species are...
Lab Detectives
DNA
- Broadcast
- 2001 (14 mins)
David Mulcahy was convicted of 3 murders and a series of horrific rapes years after tfie crimes were committed. In the 1980s DNA testing was In Its Infancy but the science grew up and caught Mulcahy. Without...