A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
TV-14
8.1
2013
Documentary
This documentary takes a look at some of the most horrible and despicable murders in modern British history. From Jack the Ripper in the 1880s to Agatha Christie's best known stories.
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- Cast：
- Lucy Worsley , Simon Callow , Ian Burney , Rosalind Crone , P. D. James , Simon Brett , John Russell Taylor , Charlotte Higgins , Jennifer Carnell , Alex McWhirter
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EP1 - The New Taste for Blood
September. 23,2013
Lucy Worsley investigates real life murders of the first half of the nineteenth century.
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EP2 - Detection Most Ingenious
September. 30,2013
How science and detection influenced murder in Victorian popular culture.
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EP3 - The Golden Age
September. 30,2013
A look at the Edwardian era and the golden age of detective fiction.
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