Crime and Punishment | What the Victorians Did For Us

S10E9: Crime and Punishment: The Story of Capital Punishment | Timeshift

Documentary tracing the story of the ultimate sanction, examining such matters as the protocols of t...

S10E8: Crime and Punishment: The Story of Corporal Punishment | Timeshift

Documentary lifting the veil on the taboo that is corporal punishment, revealing a history spanning...

The Secret of Lincoln Jail: A Time Team Special

Sir Tony Robinson joins a dig at Lincoln Castle, uncovering the dark secrets of a Victorian experiment in prison justice that...

3: Rogues Gallery | Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues

Sam Willis looks at urban crime, fraud and corruption in the 18th century, uncovering a fascinating rog...

Police failure | Timewatch

Why the police failed to find Jack the Ripper and how they too were influenced by the myths surrounding the murderer.

4: Dick Turpin | Historyonics

Nick Knowles reveals the truth behind the romantic reputation of highwaymen. He introduces arguably the most famous highwayman of all, Duck Tur...

Jack the Ripper the doctor | Timewatch

The construction of the theory that Jack the Ripper was a doctor or surgeon.

Jack the Ripper the gentleman | Timewatch

Following the murder of Annie Chapman, the media constructed the theory that Jack the Ripper could be a respectable gentleman.

James Dunn Barr | Learning Zone

James Dunn Barr tells how he was sentenced to 9 months in prison in 1889 for housebreaking. Two historians guide us through what life would h...

James Fleming | Learning Zone

13 year old James Fleming from Perth explains the background that lead him to be sent to an Industrial school.

Jane Angus | Learning Zone

Jane Angus, aged just 12, tells us how she was caught stealing a basket from a passenger at Greenock railway station. Jane was sentenced to 10 day...

John Smith | Learning Zone

John has been accused of forging letters from his employer to allow him to get clothes on credit from local shops, but John insists that he couldn...

Legacy of Jack the Ripper | Timewatch

An introduction to the creation of the myth surrounding Jack the Ripper and why people are still so interested in the case.

Mary Jane Kelly | Timewatch

An investigation of the brutal murder of Mary Jane Kelly.

Music halls and west end gentlemen | Timewatch

The role that Victorian music halls played in the theory that Jack the Ripper was a respectable gentleman.

S3E2 | A House Through Time

David Olusoga traces the house's fortunes from the late 18th to the mid-19th century, discovering tales of scandal, domestic violence and the asy...

Setting and background to the murders | Timewatch

The setting and context in which the murders in Whitechapel were committed.

The East End | Timewatch

An investigation of the East End of London at the time of the Whitechapel murders.