British true crime

True Crime Presents is a 2025 UK documentary anthology series, available on DRTV, examining some of Britain's most significant criminal cases through archive footage and expert testimony.

Storbritanniens Største is a DRTV documentary series streaming in 2025 covering landmark British criminal cases, available on Denmark's public broadcaster DR.

BritBox Original series 'Gone' is based on the real disappearance of music teacher Alana Polly, whose unsolved case forms the backbone of a new true crime drama led by detective Annie.

Crimewatch UK is a BBC public affairs programme that reconstructed thousands of unsolved serious crimes to solicit public help, first broadcast 7 June 1984.

The Investigator: A British Crime Story is an ITV documentary series hosted by Mark Williams-Thomas, reopening cold case murders including the 1985 disappearance of Carole Packman and the 1977 World's End killings.

Britain's Darkest Taboos is a reality documentary series covering multiple shocking crimes — murder, arson, and abuse — committed within families and relationships across Britain, streaming on Pluto TV and Prime Video.

24 Hours in Police Custody is a Channel 4 documentary series following real criminal investigations by Bedfordshire Police, from arrest to charge, across 20+ episodes since 2014.

Cold Cases Reopened is a 2024 true crime anthology series on the True Crime channel and ITVX, revisiting unsolved murders including the 'Cold Call Killer' case of Sharon Gill.

Evidence of Evil is a UK true crime documentary series airing on ITVX and Channel 5, exploring multiple cold cases cracked by digital and forensic technology, including the 40-year-old murder of Janet Commins.

Eight-part British documentary series hosted by Robbie Coltrane examining baffling UK murder cases solved by critical forensic evidence. Streams on Crime+Investigation, Pluto TV and Inside Crime.

Established British true crime podcast They Walk Among Us has released an episode covering a shocking family tragedy in the UK, where a teenage girl was brutally killed and her mother disappeared without a trace. The episode reconstructs the hours leading up to the attack.

British true crime podcast They Walk Among Us has released an episode on a deeply disturbing family case, in which a teenage girl is found brutally murdered, the mother vanishes without a trace, and the father returns home to signs of a violent struggle and bloody evidence throughout the house.

Laura Connelly left a bar in Paisley near Glasgow after an evening with old school friends, but never made it home. Attacked and killed within sight of her doorstep, her case became the focus of a gripping podcast investigation into how a killer struck so close to safety.

The UK True Crime Podcast marked a significant milestone with episode 499, released on April 9, 2026, examining the case of Laura Connelly, who was murdered in Paisley near Glasgow after a night out with friends.

In 1975, British police launched one of the most ambitious drug investigations ever undertaken, targeting two LSD manufacturing operations run from rural Wales and London. By 1977, over 800 officers from 11 police forces had dismantled what amounted to one of the world's largest acid production networks.

On February 8, 1983, a routine plumbing job in North London uncovered human remains that would lead to one of Britain's most disturbing serial murder cases. The discovery of Dennis Nilsen — and his confessed 15 victims — revealed critical gaps in how European police tracked predatory killers operating within urban anonymity.

On the night of August 6-7, 1985, five members of the Bamber family were shot dead at their Essex farmhouse. While police initially suspected the victims' adopted daughter, her brother Jeremy was later convicted—but questions about what really happened continue to circulate nearly four decades later.

On 12 July 1987, an organised gang broke into the Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Centre in London and emptied a large number of security boxes in what is regarded as one of the biggest robberies in British history.

On August 8, 1963, a gang of 15 thieves stopped the Royal Mail train near Buckinghamshire, England, and made off with £2.61 million in used banknotes. The heist shocked the nation and launched one of the era's most dramatic manhunts—one that would span continents and decades.

Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper who terrorized northern England during the 1970s and claimed 13 victims, died on November 13, 2020, at University Hospital of North Durham. The 74-year-old serial killer tested positive for COVID-19 in late October and refused treatment for the virus.