Julian Fellowes, an Oscar®-winning screenwriter (Gosford Park) and veteran actor (Monarch of the Glen), combines his talents in a BBC series that enticingly blends period drama with true crime. These five high-profile murder cases, spanning four decades, baffled investigators and remain unsolved. Fellowes guides viewers through dramatizations of the events, wryly examining motive and opportunity, and arriving at some startling conclusions.

The Cases
The Case of Charles Bravo: In 1876, the new husband of a woman with a scandalous past dies in agony from antimony poisoning.

The Case of Rose Harsent: In 1902, an unmarried, pregnant servant girl is stabbed to death in the village of Peasenhall.

The Case of George Harry Storrs: In 1909, a wealthy industrialist meets an untimely death that is cause for alarm.

The Case of the Croydon Poisonings: In 1929, the third person in a respectable middle-class family in Croydon dies after a short illness, raising fears of a serial killer.

The Case of the Earl of Erroll: In 1941, an aristocrat living the high life in Kenya is shot dead one evening on his way home from the Colonial Muthaiga Club.