Posts By Helen Archer
True Crime Tuesdays: A Deadly American Marriage
July 1, 2025 | Helen Archer
This dignified documentary about the death of Jason Corbett thoughtfully reclaims the victim’s good name.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Bombing of Pan Am 103
June 17, 2025 | Helen Archer
This compassionate and ambitious but old-fashioned Lockerbie drama flattens the story into the most obvious linear telling.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Man Who Murdered His Family
June 3, 2025 | Helen Archer
This three-part documentary is a shining example in how not to do true crime.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Bibaa and Nicole: Murder in the Park
May 20, 2025 | Helen Archer
This three-part series about the killing of two sisters and the police misconduct that followed is a tender and heartbreaking documentary.Read More
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
