Posts By Helen Archer
True Crime Tuesdays: Last Stop Larrimah
November 21, 2023 | Helen Archer
Murder on the Orient Express in the Outback, this oddly moving documentary is an ode to the titular small town and its inhabitants.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Reckoning
October 24, 2023 | Helen Archer
BBC One’s sensitive but shallow Jimmy Savile drama is less of a reckoning than a biography of abuse.
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True Crime Tuesdays: The Long Shadow
October 10, 2023 | Helen Archer
ITV’s moving, immersive drama about the Yorkshire Ripper loses sight of the institutional failures that delayed justice.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Man who Stole the Scream
September 26, 2023 | Helen Archer
This documentary about the theft of Edvard Munch’s The Scream is frustrating in thrall to its own subject.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Renee and Andrew MacRae
September 5, 2023 | Helen Archer
This understated, dramatic two-parter provides some closure to one of Scotland’s longest unsolved murders.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Painkiller
August 22, 2023 | Helen Archer
Uzo Aduba carries the show in this shallow reminder of the damage done by a system that rewards the rich for destroying the poor.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Monique Olivier: Accessory to Evil
August 8, 2023 | Helen Archer
This disturbing, compelling true crime documentary is an unsettling trip into the very heart of darkness.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Sixth Commandment
July 25, 2023 | Helen Archer
Sarah Phelps’ respectful, thoroughly moving drama restores the dignity of victims Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets
July 11, 2023 | Helen Archer
This must-watch documentary unearths alarming truths beyond the disgraced reality stars at its core.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Murder in the Pacific
June 27, 2023 | Helen Archer
This pacy documentary about the 1985 bombing of Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship seethes with a barely suppressed anger.Read More
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