All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 The Murder

    • September 9, 2021
    • BBC One

    On Valentine's Day 1988, a young girl is discovered brutally murdered in Cardiff's docklands. Despite evidence pointing to a lone white male killer a ten month investigation concludes with the arrest of five local black men. What happens next beggars belief.

  • S01E02 The Trial

    • September 16, 2021
    • BBC One

    Despite the lack of any forensic evidence tying the men to the crime, they are put on trial and face a marathon ordeal at court in what would become Britain's longest murder trial. Their fate rests on a police confession from one of the five men accused - but can this testimony be trusted?

  • S01E03 The Reckoning

    • September 23, 2021
    • BBC One

    With three of the men sentenced to life in prison, the families begin a campaign to have their convictions overturned. Some disturbing facts about the case are unearthed.