Expert Witness 

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

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Expert Witness

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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.

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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London

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Ashley John-Baptiste

Richard Weller

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Expert Witness: Series 1 (Extended Versions): DNA, Fibres and Crime Scene Management

Soil Secrets and Crime Scene Management

DNA, Fibres and Crime Scene Management

Series 1 (Extended Versions)

BBC One - Expert Witness, Series 1 (Extended Versions), DNA, Fibres and Crime Scene Management

DNA cracks a cold case, unusual blue fibres solve a murder, and crime scene management.

DNA and an expert witness solve a 50-year-old cold case, a murder is solved by tracking unusual fibres around the world, and how to preserve and examine a crime scene.

In this episode, we delve into an old murder mystery in the village of Beenham in Berkshire. Modern forensic science covers a huge area of expertise- blood, DNA, soil, pollen, data but 50 years ago, it was little more than fingerprints and fibres. Which is why one murder investigation from 1966 eventually ran cold. Decades later, an expert witness used brand new science to crack the case.

The programme's second case explores the analysis of tiny clues found on the body of murdered Leicester solicitor, Vina Patel. When she was found dead at the bottom of a staircase it looked like murder, but DNA could find no definitive proof of who the killer was.  Then, a scientist with an expert knowledge of fibres found an intriguing clue.

The murder of Stephen Lawrence shocked the nation. After the police’s investigation into the killing failed to bring justice, an inquiry led to widespread changes in policing practices. One of the recommendations of the inquiry was the introduction of a dedicated crime scene manager, crucially a role to be carried out by a civilian and not a police officer. We learn from one of the country’s leading crime scene managers about the importance of this role and of the type and scale of crime scenes that are visited.

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