Britain's Most Evil Killers
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Sky Crime Running Crime
10 Seasons · 98 Episodes · Premiered March 2, 2017
The smiling parents, the respectable groom, the helpful official...all with evil inside. Britain's Most Evil Killers explores the crimes of Britain's most brutal killers.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
12 episodes
E01
Steve Wright
Thu, Mar 2 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E02
Peter Sutcliffe
Thu, Mar 9 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E03
Ian Huntley
Thu, Mar 16 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E04
Fred and Rose West
Thu, Mar 23 2017 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E05
Levi Bellfield
Thu, Mar 30 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E06
Joanna Dennehy
Thu, Apr 6 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E07
Stephen Griffiths
Thu, Apr 13 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E08
Dennis Nilsen
Thu, Apr 20 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E09
Stuart Hazell
Thu, Apr 27 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E10
Peter Tobin
Thu, May 4 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E11
Michael Ryan
Thu, May 11 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E12
Beverley Allitt
Thu, May 18 2017 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Season 2
10 episodes
E01
Mick Philpott
Thu, Feb 22 2018 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E02
Mark Bridger
Sun, Feb 25 2018 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
In 2012, April Jones disappeared from outside her home in Wales. Her abductor, and murderer, was found to be Mark Bridger.
E03
The Grindr Killer: Stephen Port
Sun, Mar 4 2018 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Serial rapist Stephen Port, who murdered at least four men using gay social networks to find his victims - for which he earned himself the nickname "The Grindr Killer"
E04
Raoul Moat
Sun, Mar 11 2018 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
What drove Raoul Moat to shoot his ex-girlfriend, her new lover and a policeman, leading to the largest manhunt in modern British history?
E05
Roy Whiting
Sun, Mar 18 2018 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of child killer Roy Whiting, the convicted sex offender who abducted and murdered eight-year-old Sarah Payne.
E06
The Railway Killers - John Duffy and David Mulcahy
Sun, Mar 25 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of the two murderers who terrorised Britain in the 1980s with a string of attacks near railway stations.
E07
Tracie Andrews
Sun, Apr 1 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of the former aspiring model who stabbed her fiance 42 times, before blaming the attack on a fictional road rage assailant.
E08
The Sunderland Strangler - Steven Grieveson
Sun, Apr 8 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Known as the 'Sunderland Strangler', Steven Grieveson murdered four teenage boys before his capture. But what was his motive?
E09
Stefano Brizzi
Sun, Apr 15 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The case of the cannibal cop killer, Stefano Brizzi, who murdered and consumed part of a police officer he met through a dating app.
E10
Danilo Restivo
Sun, Apr 22 2018 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Profiling the Italian killer, jailed for murdering and mutilating his Bournemouth neighbour, Heather Barnett, in 2002.
Season 3
10 episodes
E01
Vincent Tabak
Tue, Oct 1 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A chilling look at Vincent Tabak, the man responsible for one of the biggest police investigations in Bristol - the cold-blooded murder of Joanna Yeates.
E02
Robert Black
Tue, Oct 8 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A look at the Scottish serial killer Robert Black, who preyed on young girls between the ages of five and 11 throughout a six-year killing spree.
E03
Angus Sinclair
Tue, Oct 15 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of Angus Sinclair, the man responsible for the murder of two teenage girls in 1977, known as the World's End Murders.
E04
Trevor Hardy
Tue, Oct 22 2019 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E05
David Heiss
Tue, Oct 29 2019 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E06
John Cooper
Tue, Nov 5 2019 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A look at the Welsh serial killer known to some as The Wildman, who got four life sentences for a string of gruesome murders and sexual assaults.
E07
Colin Ireland
Tue, Nov 12 2019 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
He decided to become a serial killer and brutally snatched away the lives of five innocent men. This is the story of calculated murderer.
E08
Christopher Halliwell
Tue, Nov 19 2019 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A look at the convicted double-murderer responsible for taking the lives of Becky Godden-Edwards in 2007 and Sian O'Callaghan in 2011.
E09
Derrick Bird
Tue, Nov 26 2019 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of Derrick Bird, the perpetrator of one of the worst firearm crimes in British history. After killing 12 people in Cumbria, he then turned the gun on himself.
E10
Mark Hobson
Tue, Dec 3 2019 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of Mark Hobson, who became Britain's most wanted man and the target of a nationwide manhunt after four murders.
Season 4
10 episodes
E01
Harold Shipman
Tue, Mar 17 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E02
Robert Napper
Tue, Mar 24 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E03
Stephen Seddon
Tue, Mar 31 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E04
Dale Cregan
Tue, Apr 7 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E05
Anthony Arkwright
Tue, Apr 14 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of 21-year-old Anthony Arkwright from South Yorkshire, who in 1988 went on a killing spree in which he murdered three people - including his own grandfather.
E06
John Sweeney
Tue, Apr 21 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of the cold-blooded killer John Sweeney, nicknamed the Canal Killer due to the places he dumped the body parts of his victims.
E07
Andrzej Kunowski
Tue, Apr 28 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A look at the crimes of Andrzej Kunowski, a man so vicious he was nicknamed the Beast after raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl in 1997.
E08
Arthur Hutchinson
Tue, May 5 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of Hartlepool man Arthur Hutchinson, who achieved notoriety in 1984 when he broke into a Sheffield home and took the lives of three family members in a senseless killing.
E09
Peter Moore
Tue, May 12 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Peter Moore, the killer dubbed `The Man In Black", a murderer who took the lives of four innocent men for fun.
E10
Andrew Dawson
Tue, May 19 2020 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of the double-killer who branded himself the 'Angel of Mercy', after murdering two of his neighbours in cold blood.
Season 5
10 episodes
E01
Philip Austin
Tue, Nov 10 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of the man who murdered his wife, two children and two dogs on one terrifying day.
E02
Billy Dunlop
Tue, Nov 17 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The case of Billy Dunlop, who killed 22-year-old Julie Hogg, and went on to become the first person to be convicted under revised UK double-jeopardy laws.
E03
Russell Bishop (Babes in the Wood Murders - Brighton)
Tue, Nov 24 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Russell Bishop, the man convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering two nine-year-old girls from Brighton in 1986, a crime that shocked the nation.
E04
Jason Marshall
Tue, Dec 1 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E05
Sabah Khan
Tue, Dec 8 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E06
Stephen Farrow
Tue, Dec 15 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E07
Victor Farrant
Tue, Dec 22 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E08
Colin Pitchfork
Tue, Dec 29 2020 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E09
Kenneth Regan & William Horncy
Tue, Jan 5 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E10
Ali Qazimaj
Tue, Jan 12 2021 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Season 6
10 episodes
E01
Stuart Campbell
Tue, Aug 10 2021 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of Stuart Campbell, who was convicted of the murder of his 15-year-old niece in 2002, even though her body has never been found
E02
Trimaan Harry Dhillon
Tue, Aug 17 2021 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of Trimaan Harry Dhillon, who attacked his ex-girlfriend in a jealous frenzy and committed a brutal murder after a campaign of harassment.
E03
Jamie Reynolds
Tue, Aug 24 2021 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of Jamie Reynolds, the 23-year-old killer who murdered 17-year-old former head girl Georgia Williams in 2013.
E04
Sarah Williams & Katrina Walsh
Tue, Aug 31 2021 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of Sarah Williams and Katrina Walsh, friends who carried out the evil, jealousy-fuelled murder of businesswoman Sadie Hartley
E05
Lee Ford
Tue, Sep 7 2021 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The chilling story of Lee Ford, who killed his wife and four stepchildren in a cold-blooded murder spree over 24 hours in September 2000
E06
Pawel Relowicz
Tue, Sep 14 2021 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of 27-year-old Pawel Relowicz, who raped and killed 21-year-old Hull student Libby Squire in a case that made headlines around the UK.
E07
Daniel Gonzalez
Tue, Sep 21 2021 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
British killer Daniel Gonzalez, also known as the Freddy Krueger Killer, who took four lives during a chilling two-day murder spree in 2004 after being inspired by horror films. He eventually commited suicide in his room in Broadmoor Hospital.
E08
Geoffrey Evans & John Shaw
Tue, Sep 28 2021 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of serial killer Geoffrey Evans and his accomplice John Shaw, who hit headlines in 1976 after the murders of two women in Ireland
E09
Mark Martin: The Sneinton Strangler
Tue, Oct 5 2021 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The chilling story of Mark Martin, who murdered three homeless women in his quest to become Nottingham's first serial killer
E10
Malcolm Green
Tue, Oct 12 2021 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Season 7
10 episodes
E01
Lewis Daynes
Tue, Sep 13 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A case highlighting the dangers of online grooming, in which 14-year-old Breck Bednar was lured to a London flat before being killed by a fellow teenager.
E02
Ben Field
Tue, Sep 20 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
The story of 30-year-old church warden Ben Field, who was jailed in 2019 for the murder of Peter Farquhar, 69, whom he duped into a fake relationship and persuaded to change his will, before drugging him with a cocktail of pills.
E03
Nathan Matthews
Tue, Sep 27 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
After a teenager's disappearance, a huge search campaign results in a truly depraved case striking at the very heart of a family.
E04
John Cannan
Tue, Oct 4 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Experts looks back on the crimes of John Cannan as he moved in and out of prison.
E05
David Bieber
Tue, Oct 11 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A fugitive from the United States murders one British police officer and tries to kill two more, sparking a nationwide search.
E06
Ian Stewart
Tue, Oct 18 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Jailed for the dreadful murder of a children's author, Ian Stewart receives a second conviction for the death of his wife, six years earlier.
E07
Zahid Zaman
Tue, Oct 25 2022 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
On the surface, he portrayed himself as a pillar of the community, but the story of this cult killer was deeply sinister.
E08
Stephen Unwin & William McFall
Tue, Nov 1 2022 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
After striking up a friendship in prison for previous murders, Stephen Unwin and William McFall's release had awful consequences
E09
Colin Campbell
Tue, Nov 8 2022 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Thirty-two years later, a convicted killer serving life for manslaughter is found to be guilty of having committed a second murder.
E10
Adrian Prout
Tue, Nov 15 2022 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Season 8
5 episodes
E01
Harry Jarvis
Fri, Sep 15 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
When Carol Jarvis vanished, doubts grew over her husband Harry's story - and sinister letters he sent his mistress did little to support his lies.Â
E02
Graham Coutts
Fri, Sep 22 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
In 2003, Jane Longhurst vanished. Her body was found weeks later and police soon closed in on Graham Coutts, who Jane had planned to meet.
E03
Jordan Monaghan
Fri, Sep 29 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E04
Danville Neil
Fri, Oct 6 2023 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E05
Nicholas Burton
Tue, Dec 17 2024 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
In 1997, Nicholas Burton murdered Rachel McGrath before abducting a student. After a complex trial, the killer was handed three life sentences.
Season 9
10 episodes
E01
Adam Whelehan
Tue, Oct 8 2024 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Experts examine the character and actions of Adam Whelehan who, in 2012, murdered his girlfriend Natalie Jarvis by stabbing her 20 times in the neck.
E02
Gavin McGuire
Tue, Oct 15 2024 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
An investigation into the death of Mhairi Julyan, a 16 year-old from Kilmarnock, Scotland, who was found dead in a bus depot in 1995 with 47 separate injuries to her head, body and limbs after being strangled and sexually assaulted by Gavin McGuire.
E03
Robert Howard
Tue, Oct 22 2024 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Across three countries, over four decades, Robert Howard preyed on vulnerable women - leaving two teenage victims dead.
E04
Graham McGill
Tue, Oct 29 2024 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Mary McLaughlin's violent death haunted Glasgow detectives, with no witnesses and no forensic leads - but new techniques revealed a killer.
E05
Anthony Russell
Tue, Nov 5 2024 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Three victims murdered, a string of robberies and a killer with nothing to lose - can the police catch Anthony Russell before he strikes again?
E06
Hassan Al Shatanawi
Tue, Nov 12 2024 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
Ten years after Laura May Al-Shatanawi met Hassan Al Shatanawi in Egypt, she became the devoted mother of a little boy, but she vanished without a trace.
E07
Maria Pearson
Tue, Nov 19 2024 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
After leaving Maria, his bigamous wife, Malcolm Pearson and his innocent fiancé Janet discovered just how dangerous his ex really was.
E08
Johnny Miller
Tue, Nov 26 2024 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
When Charlotte Murray didn't show up to spend her 34th birthday with her twin sister, their family knew something was seriously wrong.
E09
Derek Brown
Tue, Dec 3 2024 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
When two women vanished, the cases weren't connected, until forensic evidence at Derek Brown's home proved their fates were violently intertwined.
E10
Christopher McGowan
Tue, Dec 10 2024 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
When Christopher McGowan was bailed to Claire's home after yet another offence, the innocent woman became trapped in the orbit of a violent man.
Season 10
11 episodes
E01
Lakhvir Singh
Tue, Oct 21 2025 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
In January 2009, Lakhvir Singh poisoned her former lover and his fiancée. The deadly plot, driven by jealousy and revenge, ended in tragedy.
E02
Attila Ban
Tue, Oct 28 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
In 2011, Attila lured Alice and Tibor to his flat. Within hours, both were dead. Police uncover a shocking story of jealousy, obsession and cold-blooded murder.
E03
Paul Taylor
Tue, Nov 4 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
In 1979, Sally Ann McGrath vanished in Peterborough. Decades later, cold case detectives exposed Paul Taylor as her killer after years of hiding his crimes.
E04
George Naylor
Tue, Nov 11 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
How, in 1985, George Naylor strangled Deborah Kershaw just weeks after being freed from prison for rape, revealing him as a dangerous predator who should never have been free.
E05
Philip Hegarty
Tue, Nov 18 2025 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
E06
Wilbert Dyce
Tue, Feb 3 2026 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of Wilbert Dyce, who killed a woman and her two daughters in east London in 1982, but was not identified as the killer until a cold case review was opened in 2009.
E07
Barry Prudom
Tue, Feb 10 2026 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of murderer Barry Prudom, also known as the 'Phantom of the Forest', who became the subject of, at the time, the largest manhunt in British history.
E08
David Baxendale
Tue, Feb 17 2026 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of convicted killer David Baxendale, who stabbed a mother of three to death before fleeing to Spain.
E09
Paul McNaughton
Tue, Feb 24 2026 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of Paul McNaughton, who lured a retired school teacher to his death through a dating app in 2022.
E10
Barry Prudom
Tue, Mar 3 2026 9:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A profile of murderer Barry Prudom, also known as the 'Phantom of the Forest', who became the subject of, at the time, the largest manhunt in British history
E11
Ian McLoughlin
Tue, Apr 14 2026 8:00 PM GMT+0000
60 min
A look at the crimes of Ian McLoughlin and how, in 2013, Graham Buck rushed to save his neighbour from attack. Instead, he was murdered by Ian. A manhunt revealed he had killed three times.
