New on Crime & Investigation in February, 2008:
SPECIALS
The Executioners
Premiere date: Monday, 4 February at 20h40
Capital punishment has existed through the ages. This three-part special looks at the ultimate punishment through the unique perspective of the often-overlooked and shadowy figures of the executioners themselves.
The series tells the fascinating story of the Hangmen, Britain’s part-time killers who faced the grim task with compassion, pathos, and sometimes, humour.
In Dynasties of Death the Bourreau is revealed: generations of executioners who were shunned by society in France.
Finally, we visit America to see the history of the men who experimented with the many different forms of execution - hanging, gas chamber, firing squad, lethal injection and the electric chair.
TVSA The Executioners Mini-site.
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The FBI Celebrity Files
Premiere date: Monday, 25 February at 20h40
Why were J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI so curious about the actions and lives of Hollywood's most famous celebrities that they traced and followed their every movement?
The FBI Celebrity Files tries to answer these and other questions about the voluminous celebrity files gathered under J. Edgar Hoover during the height of the Cold War and the turbulent decades of the 1960s and 1970s.
The show examines the relationship between the country's entertainers and rebels, and the elite law enforcement officers of the America’s most powerful investigative organisation.
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NEW SERIES
Buried Secrets
Premiered: Saturday, 2 February at 19h50
Buried Secrets is a four-part documentary mini-series in which forensic anthropologist Dr. Elizabeth Murray leads a team of experts to solve mysteries using nothing but skeletal remains.
For a full synposis of the show and info. about each episode see the
TVSA Buried Secrets mini-site.
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Conmen Case Files
Premiere date: Thursday, 7 February at 20h40
Conmen Case Files analyses the stories and psychology behind some of Britain’s most notorious and successful criminals.
In Art Con, the show reveals the man who executed one of the largest art scams of the 20th century and in Cancer Con, we meet the man who convinced his family, friends and community that he was dying of cancer to extort money from them.
The series uncovers four of the most complex conmen tales in recent history, explaining how and why these fraudulent criminals orchestrated their elaborate scams.
Episodes are as follows:
Art Con - 7th February
Cancer Con - 14th February
King Con - 21st February
Carl Hildebrandt - 28th February
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