Introduced by renowned English actor Edward Woodward, In Suspicious Circumstances is an anthology of reenactments depicting real-life murder mysteries, some famous and some obscure, exploring cases with elements of miscarriage of justice, unsolved mysteries, and unusual circumstances, often spanning different historical periods.
In Suspicious Circumstances (Season 4)
Poisoned Whispers (Episode 1)
Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Air date: 1994-01-04
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: In April 1879, Liverpudlian merchant James Maybrick is poisoned with arsenic. His wife Florence is found guilty but did she get a fair trial?
The Man Who Melted Away (Episode 2)
Writer: Glenn Chandler
Air date: 1994-01-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Evelyn Foster stops to pick up a man who's missed his last bus, but the part of the good Samaritan ends badly for her as she is killed.
One Little Hour (Episode 3)
Writer: Chris Fallon
Air date: 1994-01-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: With husband Percy away, Frederick Bywaters romances wife Edith Thompson. In 1922, Bywaters stabs Percy to death and both are hanged.
Crime Passionelle (Episode 4)
Writer: Peter Whelan
Air date: 1994-01-11
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Having bought his title, Prince Ali Fahmy Bey falls for sex worker Marguerite, and marries her, the marriage is a disaster, and ends in murder.
The Next Mrs Clements (Episode 5)
Writer: John Brown
Air date: 1994-01-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Dr Robert Clements married three times for money. In 1940, he took a fourth bride but she, too, soon becomes ill.
Absence of Mercy (Episode 6)
Writer: Carolyn Sally Jones
Air date: 1994-01-18
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: In the winter of 1863, poverty is rife, soon after taking out an insurance policy on her mother Mary, Alice Hewitt stands accused of murdering her mother by arsenic poisoning.
No Witness, No Case (Episode 7)
Writer: Olwen Wymark
Air date: 1994-01-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Gangland boss Jim Colosimo is obsessed with singer Dale Winter so hires Johnny Torrio and Al Capone to deal with business.
Poor Edith (Episode 8)
Writer: Jane Carter Woodrow
Air date: 1994-01-25
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: In Edwardian Lancaster, the bodies of a respected family were exhumed, having died within one year of each other. Murder was suspected.
The Boaster (Episode 9)
Writer: John Harvey
Air date: 1994-02-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: In June 1934, the body of Violet Kaye is found in a trunk, in Brighton. Kaye was in a violent relationship with drunk Tony Mancini.
Death Scene (Episode 10)
Writer: Peter Whelan
Air date: 1994-02-01
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Weldon Atherstone believes that his beau Elizabeth has been seeing his own son Thomas behind his back, when he aims to challenge the pair, tragedy strikes.
To Encourage the Others (Episode 11)
Writer: Nick McCarty
Air date: 1994-02-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: 346 men who were shot at dawn during the Great War. James Crozier joined up at sixteen but suffering from shell shock he deserted.
Have a Drink on Me (Episode 12)
Writer: Ron Rose
Air date: 1994-02-08
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Privates Wild and Crimmins go out drinking on the eve of the Battle of Somme, missing roll call and the battle the next morning.
Seasons
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Episodes 6
Episodes 6
Episodes 12
Episodes 12