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Crimes That Shook Great Britain
''Crimes That Shook Britain'' is a television series first aired in 2008 on Crime & Investigation (European TV channel), Crime & Investigation UK, focusing on uncovering the truth behind crimes that shocked the nation. Some episodes were also rebroadcast in random episode order from 2014 to 2019, on Channel 5 (British TV channel), Channel 5 originally under the title ''Britain's Worst Crimes.'' Through drama reconstructions, witness accounts, interviews with police and the victims families, the series explores some of Britain's most infamous cases and murderers. Tom Roberts narrated all eight series, while Dermot Murnaghan presented and narrated another version of the show from series 6 onward. Episodes Series 1 (2008) #The Hungerford massacre; in August 1987, 27-year-old Michael Ryan (mass murderer), Michael Ryan shot dead 16 people (including his elderly mother) in the Berkshire town of Hungerford before turning the gun on himself. #Harold Shipman; in January 2000, 54-year-ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dermot Murnaghan
Dermot John Murnaghan (; born 26 December 1957) is a British broadcaster. A presenter for Sky News, he was a news presenter at CNBC Europe, Independent Television News and BBC News. He has presented news programmes in a variety of time slots since joining Sky News in 2007. He also presented the BBC quiz show '' Eggheads'' between 2003 and 2014 before Jeremy Vine took over full-time. On 8 September 2022, Murnaghan broke the news of Queen Elizabeth II's death and presented the afternoon rolling news coverage as Sky News was the first British television news organization to report the monarch's passing. Early life and education Murnaghan was born in Barnstaple, Devon in south-west England. He and his family later moved to Northern Ireland, first to Armagh, then to Newry, County Down, and then to Holywood. Murnaghan was educated at two schools in Northern Ireland: St Malachy's Primary School in Armagh and Sullivan Upper School (a grammar school) in Holywood, followed by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |