
TV series
Great Crimes and Trials
1993–, English, on History.
Great Crimes and Trials is an early 1990s BBC documentary television series. The program consists of archival material combined with never before seen interviews to reconstruct a renowned crime, examining the felon's motives, details of the crime, the investigations and the trial. Each episode is narrated by actor Robert Powell. In the United Kingdom the program is shown on weekdays on the Crime & Investigation Network. 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. The first and second series were released on video by Columbia Tristar in 1997.
- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes
- 78
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Status
- Still running
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- First aired
- 2 November 1993
- Network
- History
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Type
- Scripted
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Great Crimes and Trials has 3 seasons and 78 episodes, about 30 minutes each.
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