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''Great Crimes and Trials'' (sometimes titled ''Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century'') is a 1993–1996
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documentary television series
Television documentaries are televised media productions that screen documentaries.
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. The program uses archival material to reconstruct a renowned crime, examining the felon's motives, details of the crime, the
investigations and the
trial
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. Each episode is narrated by actor
Robert Powell
Robert Powell (; born 1 June 1944) is an English actor who is known for the title roles in ''Mahler'' (1974) and '' Jesus of Nazareth'' (1977), and for his portrayal of secret agent Richard Hannay in '' The Thirty Nine Steps'' (1978) and its ...
.
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Series 1 (1993)
Series 2 (1994)
Series 3 (1996)
Broadcasting
The series was originally broadcast on Tuesday afternoons on
BBC2
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in the United Kingdom and in the United States on the
A&E Network
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.
In the mid-late 2000s the program was repeated on weekdays in the United Kingdom on
the Crime & Investigation Network. The broadcast of the series began on Russian
TV-6 channel in the fall 2000.
The 2011 series
In 2011 the
Investigation Discovery
Investigation Discovery (stylized and branded on-air as ID since 2008) is an American multinational pay television network dedicated to true crime documentaries owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. As of February 2015, approximately 86 million Ameri ...
rebooted the series narrated by
Alisdair Simpson
Alisdair Simpson (born 1969) is a British actor, voice-over artist and narrator. He has a distinctive, Male, masculine voice, making him a popular and recognisable narrator of documentaries on television.
He appeared as Ser Donnel Waynward, the ...
, with infamous cases from the late 20th century and the early 21st century. The series aired one season with 26 episodes.
Great Crimes and Trials (2011)
Book
A book to accompany the series was published by
Carlton Books
Welbeck Publishing Group, formerly Carlton Publishing Group, is a London-based independent book publisher of fiction, narrative and illustrated non-fiction, as well as gift and children's books. Established in 2019 by Executive Directors Mark Sm ...
in late 1993 written by
Paul Begg and
Martin Fido
Martin Austin Fido (18 October 1939 – 2 April 2019) was a university professor, true crime writer and broadcaster. His many books include ''The Crimes, Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper'', ''The Official Encyclopedia of Scotland Yard'', ' ...
. Comprising twenty eight true crime cases, the book profiles twenty five of those from series one (including
The Hammersmith Murders), one case which would later be profiled in series three (
Bentley and Craig) and two that were never featured on the programme (
The Krays and
The Moors Murders).
Home Media
Several collections of ''Great Crimes and Trials'' have been released to
VHS and DVD. The first and second series were released on video by Columbia Tristar in 1997. The first series was released on DVD by Columbia Tristar in 2005, and the third series was released on DVD by Network DVD in 2011.
In the US, two collections were released by
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
as part of the "Sony Choice Collection" line of burn-on-demand DVD-R's in 2013.
''Great Crimes And Trials of the 20th Century, Volume 1: Gruesome California'' features six episodes on one disc of crimes that took place in California and ''Great Crimes And Trials of the 20th Century, Volume 2: The Original Gangstas'' features five mob and gangster related episodes on one disc.
References
Cited works and further reading
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External links
*
Crime & Investigation Network listingArchived fro
the originalon 20 August 2007.
IMDb
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1990s British documentary television series
1993 British television series debuts
1996 British television series endings
BBC television documentaries
British crime television series
British television documentaries
English-language television shows