Murder, Mystery and My Family


Murder, Mystery and My Family is a BBC One series featuring Sasha Wass QC and Jeremy Dein QC., which examines historic criminal convictions sentenced to the death penalty in order to determine if any of them resulted in a miscarriage of justice. Their submissions – Dein for the "defence" and Wass for the "prosecution" – are then presented to Judge David Radford, who considers whether there are grounds to consider the convictions as being unsafe. Cases featured include those of Edward Devlin and Alfred Burns, John Dickman, Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters, and Herbert John Bennett.

Episode guide

Series 1 (2018)

Series 2 (2019)

Series 3 (2019)

Series 4 (2020)

Spin-off

In April 2019, five 45-minute episodes of Murder, Mystery and My Family: Case Closed were broadcast on BBC One. It revisits cases previously covered in series 1 and 2.
BroadcastEpisodeDescriptionOutcome in original episode
8 April 20191Barristers Jeremy Dein and Sasha Wass revisit their examination of the murder case against Edith Thompson and discover that Edith has finally been laid to rest.Unsafe
9 April 20192Barristers Sasha Wass and Jeremy Dein look back at their investigation of a murder case from the 1930s and discover that a Bryant family torn apart has finally been reunited.Upheld
10 April 20193Barristers Sasha and Jeremy look back at the questionable case against Alfred Moore. They find that Moore's daughter is now more determined than ever to clear her father's name.Upheld
11 April 20194Barristers Sasha and Jeremy revisit a seaside murder case from 1900 and catch up with the relative of the convicted man, who is now on the trail of a mysterious brother-in-law.Upheld
12 April 20195Barristers Jeremy and Sasha revisit a rural case of murder and moonlighting in Ireland in 1894 and discover that the convicted man's relatives are hoping for an official pardon.Unsafe