True Crime Tuesdays
True Crime Tuesday: Sophie: A Murder in West Cork vs Murder at the Cottage
July 6, 2021 | Helen Archer
Netflix and Sky’s competing Sophie Toscan du Plantier documentaries struggle to give us the full picture.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Most Dangerous Animal of All
June 22, 2021 | Helen Archer
Truth, fiction and obsession collide in this subtle interrogation of the Zodiac killer case and the true crime genre itself.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Love Fraud
June 8, 2021 | Helen Archer
This deliciously satisfying true crime road trip puts its victims in the driving seat.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: An Alibi for Omar
May 18, 2021 | Helen Archer
BBC Three has been dipping its toes in the true crime genre for the past few years, although generally with US imports. The channel’s homegrown attempts to capitalise on the genre’s strange and enduring popularity have had varying degrees of … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: A Wilderness of Error
May 4, 2021 | Helen Archer
Errol Morris turns contributor for this frustrating true crime documentary.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Carmel: Who Killed María Marta
November 24, 2020 | Helen Archer
This occasionally rushed docuseries captures the media frenzy surrounding a notorious Buenos Aires murder.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Trials of Oscar Pistorius
November 10, 2020 | Helen Archer
Focusing more on Oscar Pistorius than Reeva Steenkamp, this true crime documentary is as exasperating as it is disrespectful.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Shipman Files: A Very British Crime Story
October 27, 2020 | Helen Archer
This documentary about Britain’s worst serial killer shines a humanising spotlight on his invisible victims.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: American Murder: The Family Next Door
October 6, 2020 | Helen Archer
Netflix’s unsettling documentary about the Watts family murders is a first-hand look at the banality of evil.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
September 22, 2020 | Helen Archer
HBO’s moving Michelle McNamara documentary is a humane examination of the long-lasting nature of trauma.Read More
