About this season
The smiling parents, the respectable groom, the helpful official... all with evil inside. Britain's Most Evil Killers explores the crimes of Britain's most brutal killers.
Episodes (12)
1. Steve Wright
8.0Aired 2 March 2017 • 60 min
The Suffolk Strangler. Steve Wright brutally killed five women over a six-week period in 2006. He is unquestionably one of Britain's Most Evil Killers.
2. Peter Sutcliffe
8.0Aired 9 March 2017 • 60 min
The Yorkshire Ripper. Examining some of the UK's most prolific killers. Peter Sutcliffe's five-year killing spree claimed 13 victims.
3. Ian Huntley
8.0Aired 16 March 2017 • 60 min
Ian Huntley murdered two 10-year-old schoolgirls in a case that shocked the nation and changed the course of British policing.
4. Fred and Rose West
8.0Aired 23 March 2017 • 60 min
Between them, Fred and Rose West killed at least 12 girls over two decades in Gloucestershire. What fuelled their appetite for murder?
5. Levi Bellfield
8.0Aired 30 March 2017 • 60 min
Levi Bellfield was already in prison for killing two women when he was found guilty of murdering schoolgirl Milly Dowler in 2002.
6. Joanna Dennehy
8.0Aired 6 April 2017 • 60 min
The first woman in British history to be given a whole life sentence, Joanne Dennehy's 2013 rampage saw her murder three men and attack two more.
7. Stephen Griffiths
8.0Aired 13 April 2017 • 60 min
The Crossbow Cannibal: A chilling look at Stephen Griffiths, who in 2009 viciously murdered three women - one in blatant view of a CCTV camera.
8. Dennis Nilsen
8.0Aired 20 April 2017 • 60 min
A look at the north London serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who murdered at least 12 men before being caught when he began flushing remains down the toilet.
9. Stuart Hazell
8.0Aired 27 April 2017 • 60 min
When Tia Sharpe disappeared, Stuart Hazell helped police search for her. But in reality he'd murdered the 12-year-old schoolgirl.
10. Peter Tobin
8.0Aired 4 May 2017 • 60 min
When Peter Tobin was convicted for raping and murdering a Polish student in 2006, further investigation linked him to two more murders.
11. Michael Ryan
8.0Aired 11 May 2017 • 60 min
30 years after the tragedy in Hungerford took place, we recall the events of 19 August 1987 where killer Michael Ryan claimed 16 lives and his own.
12. Beverley Allitt
8.0Aired 18 May 2017 • 60 min
Nurse Beverley Allitt poisoned 13 children under her care, killing four of them, earning her the nickname "The Angel of Death" from the British media.