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A Very British Murder

1 Series
3 Episodes
Category: History
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The history of our curious relationship with murder is explored by Lucy Worsley.

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Series Selector for A Very British Murder

All episodes for series 1 of A Very British Murder

S1 E1 · The New Taste for Blood
Lucy Worsley investigates real-life murders of the first half of the 19th century.
S1 E2 · Detection Most Ingenious
How crime, science and detection affected the culture of homicide in the Victorian Age.
S1 E3 · The Golden Age
Lucy explores the Edwardian era and the golden age of detective fiction between the wars.

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