Posts By Helen Archer
True Crime Tuesdays: Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
May 13, 2025 | Helen Archer
This urgent four-part series is a long overdue corrective to a grave injustice.Read More
Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini: Fast-paced and more-ish
April 22, 2025 | Helen Archer
This fast-paced and more-ish three-part documentary exposes the narcissistic void at the heart of modern-day hoaxers.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story
April 8, 2025 | Helen Archer
Smartly written and well acted, the true story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain still resonates decades later.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Hunt for Peter Tobin
March 18, 2025 | Helen Archer
Told with empathy and economy, this perceptive, victim-centred documentary should be the standard for all true crime programming.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke
March 4, 2025 | Helen Archer
This documentary about Ruby Franke is unsettling, compelling viewing.
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True Crime Tuesdays: Apple Cider Vinegar
February 18, 2025 | Helen Archer
This dramatisation of Belle Gibson’s cancer scam is a manic, emotional tightrope walk pulled off with aplomb.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Breakthrough
February 4, 2025 | Helen Archer
Balanced, reserved and compassionate, this Scandi procedural about a shocking double murder builds to emotional pay-off. Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
January 21, 2025 | Helen Archer
This dramatisation of one man’s search for truth is a profoundly moving portrayal of grief and loss.Read More
The Sticky review: Slow as molasses
January 7, 2025 | Helen Archer
This darkly comic crime drama based on a true heist is stickier than syrup, but slow as molasses.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Say Nothing
December 24, 2024 | Helen Archer
This outstanding, thought-provoking IRA drama is a late contender for the best TV show of 2024.Read More
