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Railway Murders

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Railway Murders
Also known asMurder on the Railway[1]
GenreDocumentary
Written byWilliam Simpson
Directed byWilliam Simpson
Presented byNicholas Day
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersPatricia Hickey
Lyndy Saville
Dominic Saville
Daniel Thomas
Emma Sparks
ProducerAshley Hall
Running time60 minutes
Production company3DD Productions
Original release
NetworkYesterday
Release2 May 2021 (2021-05-02)

Railway Murders[2] is a documentary series narrated by Nicholas Day. It debuted in May 2021 on Yesterday.[3] In September 2021 it was broadcast on ZDFinfo.[4][5] Regular contributors include Donald Rumbelow, Judith Rowbotham and Alan Moss.[6]

Episode list

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Series 1

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Episode Date Title Description
1 May 2, 2021 The First Railway Murderer In 1864, the body of wealthy banker Thomas Briggs is found on the tracks between Bow and Hackney Wick stations in London—the first murder on a British railway.
2 May 2, 2021 The Body in the Tunnel In 1881, young writer Percy Lefroy Mapleton becomes fixated on a stage actress and is driven to a violent crime.
3 May 2, 2021 The Police Killer Shedding light on the murder of Detective Sergeant Robert Kidd, London & North Western Railway Police in September 1895, the first time a railway police officer was murdered in the line of duty.
4 May 2, 2021 The Newcastle Train Murder In 1910, the city of Newcastle becomes transfixed by the murder trial of John Dickman, accused of murdering a train clerk and stealing his wages.
5 May 2, 2021 The Guardsman The story of Jimmy Alcott, a troubled young man who, in 1952, staked out a railway station and plotted a theft that would end in murder.
6 May 2, 2021 Death on the Underground The unsolved mystery of an elderly Polish countess traveling home from a party who was stabbed to death at Gloucester Road tube station in May 1957.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Murder On The Railway | Yesterday Channel". yesterday.uktv.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Apple TV". AppleTV (in German).
  3. ^ "Railway Murders Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.
  4. ^ "Railway Murders - Geheimnisvolle Verbrechen". www.zdf.de (in German).
  5. ^ ""Railway Murders – Geheimnisvolle Verbrechen" in ZDFinfo: ZDF Presseportal". presseportal.zdf.de (in German).
  6. ^ "Railway Murders". UKTV, 3DD Productions. 2 May 2021.
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