Great Crimes and Trials
tv show
78 total episodes
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3 seasons
First Aired November 02, 1993
Genres:
Overview
Great Crimes and Trials is an early 1990s BBC documentary television series. The program consists of archival material combined with never before seen interviews to reconstruct a renowned crime, examining the felon's motives, details of the crime, the investigations and the trial. Each episode is narrated by actor Robert Powell. In the United Kingdom the program is shown on weekdays on the Crime & Investigation Network. The first series was released on DVD by Columbia Tristar in 2005, and the third series was released on DVD by Network DVD in 2011. The first and second series were released on video by Columbia Tristar in 1997.
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Season 1 - Episode 14 - 1h 30m
Air Date
February 01, 1994
Overview
He was a man determined to demonstrate his German purity. In 1934 he became a member of the SS. He killed not only Jews en masse, but was also responsible for the calculated deaths of twenty-seven RAF prisoners… Eventually, in 1959 he was discovered hiding in Argentina by Israeli agents, who kidnapped him and flew him to Israel for trial.