Nicholas Day

Investigating the most notorious murders ever to take place on the British railways. Nicholas Day narrates stories of the men who killed, of the police who hunted them, and of the victims, who were left behind. From the files of Scotland Yard and the Railways Police, this is the history of blood on the tracks of Britain.

This documentary series tells the stories that have gripped imaginations for centuries and reveals the fascinating and unexpected history behind them. It takes us to the mythic landscapes of Europe to explore some of most enduring legends produced by European culture.

The series takes you back in time to some of the most shocking and surprising murder investigations in history. In each episode we visit a different era in London's dark past and through dramatic reconstruction we tell the stories of how the killers were eventually brought to justice. As the series progresses we witness how the police deployed more and more forensic methods in the investigations.

A British Cabinet Minister is gunned down outside his home in London by a member of the Provisional IRA. Security protocols are activated, but the assassin evades them and successfully escapes to Belfast. In the aftermath of the incident, rash decisions are made by politicians seeking revenge, and the Ministry of Defence responds by sending Captain Harry Brown (Ray Lonnen) - a special forces soldier who has done deep cover work in hostile territory - into the Falls Road area of Belfast, notorious for civil unrest and Republican activity. Harry's mission is to infiltrate the local nationalist population, uncover the identity of the assassin, and kill him in his own neighborhood - proving to the IRA that they are not safe, even in their "own back yard". But as his relentless search becomes more desperate, an innocent girl's life is claimed. The IRA soon realizes they have an informant in their area and brings in the same assassin, Billy Downes (Derek Thompson), to hunt down Harry. The situation develops into a deadly game of cat and mouse in which more innocent lives will be affected and neither side can win.