Martina Cole's Lady Killers - 4-DVD Box Set

Martina Cole's Lady Killers - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

$30.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
200 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Veerinder Mann
Sharon Walker

Written By:
Janette Clucas
Sean Crotty

Actors:
Martina Cole ..... Herself - Presenter (6 episodes, 2008)
Stephen Donald ..... Ian Brady
Kerry Downing ..... Myra Hindley

Synopsis:

Documentary series in which crime writer Martina Cole casts her eye over the lives of infamous female murderers, pondering the motives that may have led them to kill and the effect of their actions. The programme also includes dramatic reconstructions and contributions from crime experts. The episodes are: 'Myra Hindley', 'Beverly Allit', 'Rose West' and 'Amelia Dyer'. Myra Hindley: The first programme looks at Myra Hindley, who along with Ian Brady was responsible for a spate of child murders in the 1960s, and features interviews with Hindley's lawyer and prison chaplain. Rose West: The case of Rose West, who is currently serving a life sentence without parole for 10 separate counts of murder, committed during the 1970s and 80s. Her husband and partner in the sexually motivated crimes committed suicide in prison in 1995. Beverley Allitt: Profile of nurse Beverley Allitt, dubbed the Angel of Death, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1993 for the murders of four children in her care at a hospital in Lincolnshire. Amelia Dyer: A re-examination of the evidence in the case of Victorian baby killer Amelia Dyer, who was hanged in 1896 for the murder of children she had adopted for a remuneration. In an unforgiving age, it was not unusual for babies born out of wedlock to be disposed of and Dyer made a good living by strangling her charges. Seven bodies were recovered from the River Thames, but the full extent of her crimes will never be known.

Season 1
Myra Hindley S1, Ep1 Oct. 13, 2008
Intercut with interviews with experts Martina Cole tells the story of Myra Hindley,dubbed 'the most evil woman in Britain' by the tabloid press,who, in company with the petty criminal Ian Brady,with whom she was besotted, killed five children in the 1960s, burying their bodies on moorland. Despite her claims that she had reformed whilst in prison,Hindley was always to be denied a release and died in jail aged sixty. The point is made that her crimes appear the more heinous because of her sex.
Amelia Dyer S1, Ep2 Oct. 20, 2008
As a young girl, Bristol-born Amelia Dyer watched her mother die in pain and it is assumed this had a traumatising effect on her. She qualified as a nurse and became a baby-farmer, looking after others' babies. After deaths of children in her care she was charged with neglect and served six months in jail. Later she spent time in a mental asylum but carried on baby-farming. In 1896 she was hanged for the murder of Doris Marmon, a child in her care, but is suspected of having killed many more infants.
Beverly Allitt S1, Ep3 Oct. 27, 2008
Always an attention seeker from childhood, fabricating imaginary illnesses, Grantham-born Beverly Allitt studies nursing, and, due to staff shortages, obtains a job in a local hospital, where she is well-regarded. Here she kills four children and attempts to injure another nine, for which she is put away in a secure hospital for life.
Rose West S1, Ep4 Nov. 3, 2008
Rosemary West was born in Barnstaple and,after her parents split up,spent time with her father,who repeatedly sexually abused her. She met Fred West, a man who had already killed two girls, and, with Rose,would kill ten more,usually lodgers at their house but family members too. Fred West killed himself in prison.Rose was originally subject to a life sentence of at least twenty-five years but it was later amended to mean life,so that, with Myra Hindley,she is the only British murderess denied any hope of release.

British crime writer, Martina Cole, examines the life and times of the most notorious female serial killers across history and asks: why do women kill and why are we surprised when they do? Each programme tells the story of an individual killer with expert analysis and dramatic reconstruction

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 16 October, 2013.