S1E3: The Golden Age

A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

7 Oct 201350 minTV-PG

As this thrilling true crime documentary concludes, historian Lucy Worsley looks at the Golden Age of crime fiction at the start of the 20th Century. Writers such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers created intricate plots and whodunits that the public lapped up. But how much did real murders, such as the sensational killings conducted by Dr Crippen, influence entertainment?