Edward Woodward decides to mimic Edgar Lustgarten. After finishing his stint as The Equalizer.
With his health not so good. Woodward returned to Britain and was offered this true life crime docu drama.
Woodward introduces and narrates three real life crime dramas in each episode.
The first edition had three stories. Mrs Bravo Regrets concerned a well to do woman in the Victorian era. She had a thing with her doctor but married a barrister with prospects.
It was a unsuitable union. Mrs Bravo miscarried, she signed her property over to her husband and had to sack her staff. No wonder she drank a lot.
When her husband died of poisoning. Mrs Bravo and her housekeeper both became suspects. It was diverting story with lots of speculation. No wonder it could not even sustain a full half hour.
The second story was more recent. Peter Luckhurst was convicted of the murder of 79 year old Gwendoline Marshall with a pitchfork in 1980. There were immediate doubts over the conviction due to the forensic evidence and Luckhurst was questioned extensively without a solicitor present.
This was presented like a docu-drama with testimony from living people. There was intimation that the police force had a high clear up rate due to getting confessions from people who could not had committed some of those crimes. Luckhurst was found guilty.
The final story concerned Stephen Jewell who was convicted of the murder of a gangster Anthony Maffia in 1968. He was shot dead in a Jaguar car.
Jewell went to the police fearing for his life over a boat deal he planned with Maffia. After they viewed the boat, the were confronted by two scary men.
One of the detectives interviewing Jewell was later found guilty of being corrupt. Jewell was found guilty and served 11 years. He died while the program was being made.
The first episode was not sensationalist enough as a tabloid style television show. It was not in depth or serious to be a miscarriage of justice type of program.