Expert Witness

Original version

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria HD

Documentaries

Factual: Crime & Justice

Factual: Crime & Justice: True Crime

True crime series revealing how some of the UK’s most serious cases were solved.

How some of the UK’s most serious and complex cases were solved by the expertise of a band of unsung heroes – the expert witnesses. Gripping true crime stories.

Series 2

BBC One London

London

BBC One Oxfordshire HD

BBC One Cambridgeshire HD

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region. Separated as BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One London HD

BBC One West Midlands HD

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

BBC One Oxfordshire

The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

BBC One East

BBC One Channel Islands HD

BBC One North West

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One North West HD

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

BBC One East HD

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

BBC One West

BBC One Cambridgeshire

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East HD

BBC One Yorks & Lincs HD

BBC One South East

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One East Midlands HD

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One West HD

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South

BBC One Yorkshire HD

BBC One South HD

BBC One South West HD

BBC One Wales

Wales

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

BBC One Nightlight

Ashley John-Baptiste

Bridget Fallon

Emma Barker

Edward Hart

Liza Chambers

Angus Gibson

Screenchannel Television

Expert Witness: Series 2: Mystery of the Playground Shooter and Signature of a Killer

Mystery of the Playground Shooter and Signature of a Killer

BBC One - Expert Witness, Series 2, Mystery of the Playground Shooter and Signature of a Killer

A ballistics expert solves the shooting of a boy, and handwriting convicts a killer.

After a child is mysteriously shot, a ballistics expert helps find who fired the gun, and when the body of a woman is found in a river, a handwriting analyst helps solve the crime.

A young schoolboy is mysteriously shot in the head while playing in the school yard, but who fired the gun and from where? Philip Boyce, a forensic ballistics expert, is called in to test-fire a number of different guns and reconstruct the injuries to find out who fired the gun.

A successful murder investigation isn’t always just about finding out who committed the crime. Police and prosecutors often have to prove the how and the why. When the body of a woman is found in a river in Wiltshire, the police turn to an expert in an unusual forensic discipline to help solve the crime. Paul Bagnall’s expertise in forensic handwriting identification helps prove intent and premeditation and decode the killer’s motives.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Expert Witness

Series 2

Mystery of the Playground Shooter and Signature of a Killer

Contributors

Genres

Formats

Brand

Series

BBC One North East & Cumbria HD

About BBC One