Expert Witness

An expert witness uses fibre analysis to convict a man who had previously been found not guilty of an execution-style murder in Reading, Berkshire in 1993. After 26 years in prison, a man walks free when a forensic scientist links DNA to the real killer. In 1986, the body of 22-year-old Teresa de Simone was found in her car outside a pub in Southampton, she had been raped and strangled. Petty thief and prison inmate Sean Hodgson confessed to her murder but later retracted his confession. He was found guilty and wrongly imprisoned for 26 years

Today · Friday, 10 July 2 airings
06:30
BBC Two
S5 E3 · A Deadly Dose
10:45
BBC One
S5 E5 · Cold Case Convictions
Monday, 13 July 2 airings
06:45
BBC Two
S5 E5 · Cold Case Convictions
10:45
BBC One
S5 E6 · The London Bombings
Tuesday, 14 July 1 airing
10:45
BBC One
S5 E7 · The Murder of Brianna Ghey
Wednesday, 15 July 1 airing
10:45
BBC One
S5 E8 · The Body in the Cellar
Thursday, 16 July 1 airing
10:45
BBC One
S5 E9 · Dressed to Kill
Friday, 17 July 2026 1 airing
10:45
BBC One
S5 E10 · Left for Dead - The Murder of Hilda Murrell