A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
The Golden Age
S1 E3:
As this thrilling true crime documentary on BBC Select 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?