Sociopolitical Documentary with no narration published by A&E in 2017 - English language
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When there's a murder with no suspect, no leads and perhaps not even a body, that's when investigators face their toughest test. Evidence must be gathered. Evidence must be analysed. But evidence is worthless if it can't be pinned to a suspect... Most murder victims knew the person that killed them. That's why homicide, in many cases, is a straightforward crime to solve. Yet 20 percent of UK homicides are classified as "circumstances unknown".
Hosted by Robbie Coltrane, Critical Evidence is based on real-life crime stories. In the series, Scottish star actor Robbie Coltrane deals with Britain's most extraordinary murder cases and their investigation. And who's better to host a British investigative true crime series? Coltrane's father worked as a police pathologist and the boy devoured his father's medical and crime literature at a young age. And many of us remember legendary crime drama Cracker and Coltrane as a heavy drinking, chain-smoking detective Fitz.
In this second season of Critical Evidence, Robbie Coltrane reveals eight of the hardest, most complex and baffling murder cases ever to be investigated by British police. The focus of each programme is the trail of evidence: how it was discovered, what it meant and how it became critical to crack the case. With interviews from the lead investigators and forensic specialists, many speaking for the first time, Robbie reveals the astonishing twists and turns of often stranger-than-fiction cases. It is a record of the detectives' art: using skill and determination to solve seemingly unsolvable cases - because the only difference between success and failure is critical evidence.
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4) Countryside Killings: Graham Backhouse
Robbie Coltrane examines why Graham Backhouse attempted to kill his wife with a car bomb before murdering his neighbour in 1984.
A murder and attempted murder in the idyllic Cotswolds village of Horton leave police baffled. In the driveway of an idyllic country house, police officers make a terrible discovery: a young mother of two has been fatally injured by a car bomb. On 9th April 1984, Margaret Backhouse had climbed to driver's seat of her husband's Volvo and turned the ignition key, setting off a pipe bomb filled with nitroglycerine and shotgun pellets. Her husband is beside himself with grief. He is also certain that the perpetrator was actually targeting him - after all, it was his car. Police are investigating this mysterious case of false leads... The exploded car and severed sheep's head gave clues of the perpetrator, but the truth amazed even the researchers who have seen everything.
Crucial evidence for this episode: blood spatter, car bomb, sticky note, fiber.
