Synopsis
Exclusive documentary following the culmination of a 32-year fight for justice in a notorious unsolved double child murder.
- Programme: The Prosecutors
- Series: Special
- Episode: The Babes in the Wood Murders
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2019
- Sociology | Crime
Licence: ERA Licence required
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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