Series 5

1. The Silent Witness

1996-08-05 · 30m

Jan 1926; Kathleen Smith meets Jack Derham but her husband Frank is determined to win her back.

2. The Great Romancer

1996-08-05 · 30m

1919; Arthur Goslett has two wives, Evelyn and Daisy. Daisy confronts him and he decides to murder Evelyn.

3. Ring of Truth

1996-08-12 · 30m

1865; Adolf Beck is identified as swindler John Smith. He is sentenced to twelve years. His name is finally cleared in 1907.

4. The Golden Goose

1996-08-12 · 30m

1909; George Storrs fears for his life but the police fail react to a ringing bell and he is found dead.

5. Murder of a Memsahib

1996-08-19 · 30m

Sept 1911; Frances Orme was found dead at the Savoy, in Lucknow. Her friend Eva Stephens is put on trial for poisoning her.

6. A Place of Execution

1996-08-19 · 30m

1884; John Lee was due to hang for the murder of Emma Keyse but on three occasions it failed.

7. An Evil Business

1996-08-26 · 30m

1560; Queen Elizabeth I's close friendship Robert Dudley is frowned on. When Dudley's wife dies, scandal threatens the monarchy.

8. Dearest Pet

1996-08-26 · 30m

1855 Glasgow; Madeleine Smith is the prime suspect in the murder of Emile L'Angelier, a man considered outside of her class, but whom she had an illicit affair with. L'Angelier is murdered with arsenic, arsenic that Smith was known to purchase.

9. Who's Sorry Now?

1996-10-04 · 30m

Jan 1928; Harry Pace dies of arsenic poisoning. His wife Beatrice was released due a lack of evidence and the possibility Harry killed himself.

10. The Woman in Grey

1996-10-04 · 30m

February 1882; Esther Pay is tried for poisoning Georgina Moore but acquitted due to faulty evidence.

11. The Monster of Reading

1996-10-11 · 30m

1929; American stage actor Philip Yale Drew is accused of murdering a tobacconist, in Reading but he claims to have no memory.

12. The Letter Killeth

1996-10-11 · 30m

August 1908; Major General Charles Luard is the prime suspect when his adored and much loved wife Daisy is killed. Charles receives a string of poison pen letters, and is driven to a tragic act.