Five classic cases in the story of British criminal investigation as we know it today.
1: The Trial of the Detectives by DONALD THOMAS with Narrated by Richard Bebb
In 1877 an audacious swindler with at least four aliases stood in a London dock accused of betting and other frauds. Before the case was over and he stood convicted. Harry Benson had also taken with him to the cells a sizeable number of high-ranking police officers whom he had systematically corrupted. The following year a radically altered CID was formed. with the voices of HENRY STAMPER , WILFRID CARTER BETTY HUNTLEY-WR 1GHT
DAVID BRIERLEY , ANTHONY BROTHERS FREDERICK TREVES , JOHN BAKER and ALAN BARRY
Producer MAURICE LEITCH
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