The Untold Truth About Indian Wrestling. The series traces the meteoric rise of wrestling in India, and also explores the dark underbelly of crime often associated with it.
John McKeown emphatically dislikes being a policeman. Two teenage boys discover a murdered man at a breakers yard they had intended to rob. They are arrested on suspicion of murder, but it becomes obvious to McKeown that these were just two amateur burglars who got more than they bargained for. During the course of the investigation, McKeown discovers that Dex, 17, a parks and gardens laborer, is bringing up his younger brother and sister alone. An unlikely friendship develops as McKeown becomes impressed by what Dex is making of his life.
Tony Robinson's Crime and Punishment is a British documentary for Channel 4.
In a four-part series, Tony Robinson goes on a fascinating and sometimes bizarre journey to discover the origins of our laws and what we do to people when they break them. From trials by boiling water, through the decapitation of a king, to the emergence of our modern democracy, it is a journey that starts two thousand years ago and remains unfinished today.
It aired on Australian screens in 2009 on ABC1.
The story of how the crimes of ‘respected’ GP Harold Shipman were first discovered and how he was eventually apprehended and charged with the murder of 15 of his own patients.
We meet the men and women who came face to face with some of the world's most notorious murderers yet escaped with their lives. Featuring extraordinary first-hand testimony from the survivors, alongside commentary from criminologists and forensic psychologists, this series shares real-life stories of abduction, torture and rescue, providing a unique insight into the behaviour of convicted killers from those who managed to escape them.
A shootout on a city street, a hostage crisis, and a gun battle in a tiny apartment...three brave officers face these harrowing life or death situations and put themselves "In the Line of Fire" to save the lives of the citizens they've sworn to protect.
With insider access only true outlaws can boast, Tim, Tickle, Mark, and Digger investigate notorious crimes from the moonshine underworld to uncover the secrets, syndicates, mayhem, and murder at the fringes of America's centuries-old backwoods tradition.
Three unsolved homicides explored: Nanette Krentel, dead in her burned Louisiana home; Elizabeth Salgado's murder in Utah; Brian Egg's killing during a California camping trip. Investigators pursue leads and evidence to crack these cases.
Investigates devastating murder cases where the victim and killer are family. Forensic psychologist Kerry Daynes analyses the psychology of the killer, exposing the red flags leading up to each murder.