Shedunnit Episodes Episode guide
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Florence Maybrick II
Her trial gripped the nation and tested Britain's legal system to the limit.
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Florence Maybrick I
One of the most notorious domestic poisoning cases in British history.
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Father Christmas
The magical spirit of Christmas is the perfect cover for a murder mystery.
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Enter the Watson
The detective's sidekick is a fundamental building block of the classic whodunnit.
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Edmund Crispin's Inside Jokes
The creator of amateur sleuth Gervase Fen loved to make fun of detective fiction.
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Editing Offensive Language in Agatha Christie
How do we approach offensive language in texts from previous times?
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E.C.R. Lorac Rises Through The Ranks
Her WW2 mysteries are best of all.
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E.C.R. Lorac
She wrote over 70 well-reviewed detective novels, yet disappeared from view. Why?
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Dylan's Whodunnits
The great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas had a passion for detective stories.
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Double Trouble
What happens when two people write a whodunnit together?
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Dorothy's Secret
There was one thing that Dorothy L. Sayers never told anyone.
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Dorothy L. Sayers Solves Her Mystery
Why did she stop writing detective fiction as WW2 approached?
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Detective Fiction As Time Travel
The best murder mysteries transport us to another era.
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Decline of the English Murder
What George Orwell can teach us about detective fiction.
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Death Under Par
Golf and murder have been close companions for a whole century.
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Death Sets Sail on the Nile
Why is the Nile a murder mystery location that has bewitched readers for decades?
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Death on Paper
There’s a lot of fun to be had with an epistolary mystery.
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Death By Chocolate
A box of chocolates can conceal a poisonous secret.
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Death at the Speakeasy
During Prohibition, the cocktails are downright criminal.
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Death at the Club
Private members’ clubs are surprisingly popular with corpses.
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Cui Bono?
It's not who, or how, but why.
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Cryptic Crimes
If you can solve a crossword, you can solve a murder.
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Crippen
This is the story of Dr Crippen.
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Cricket and Crime
Why are crime writers so bowled over by the game?
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Clerical Crimes
Why do murder mysteries contain so many vicars?
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Christianna Brand's Impossible Crimes
Which matters more in a murder mystery, plot or character?
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Brides in the Bath
Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. But three times?
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Bedside Manner
Will that nurse in the pristine white cap save your life, or bring it to an untimely end?
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At The Old Bailey
A judge looks back over her time on the bench at a very famous court.
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At Home With Shedunnit
Caroline's husband Guy takes the mic and asks her the questions for a change.