A true-life Victorian Melodrama
In the early summer of 1856 William Palmer went on trial at the Old Bailey charged with the murder of a friend to whom he owed a considerable amount of money There were believed to have been other victims - his own wife, several babies (a dozen at least) and his brother-in-law. To the end his mother believed in his innocence: she called him 'my saintly Billy.'Â

Peter Hunt tells the story of the events which led to Palmer's arrest and trial and asks if Palmer alone was guilty.

with Alan Devereux as William Palmer
and Michael Cochrane, Roger Gartland, Laurence Harrington, Madi Hedd, Anne Jameson, Tony McEwen, Deborah Paige and Peter Williams

(Repeated: Friday 11 am)