Series 1 · Episode 1
The first part of a two-part documentary series. Easter Sunday, 2023 - a wealthy couple in their 60s are found dead by their daughter on Mersea Island in Essex. Carol and Stephen Baxter are in their armchairs with no sign of a struggle as police rule out carbon monoxide poisoning - when Senior Investigating Officer Lydia George and her team discover a mysterious will that leaves everything to the Baxters' daughter Ellena and their family friend Luke D'Wit, the detectives find out that D'Wit was helping Carol as a carer as her health slowly deteriorated. Carol was closely following the advice of a mysterious American doctor promising to cure her thyroid condition - as a postmortem reveals that the couple had lethal levels of antihistamine and fentanyl in their systems, Ellena and Luke are arrested on suspicion of murder as detectives search for answers.
Details for all showings
- Factual
- News & Factual
- Subtitles
- Production year
- 2024
- Original language
- English
- Broadcast language
- English
- Subtitle language
- English
- Audio description language
- English · Welsh
- Classification
- General
- Guidance
- Scenes of distress and very strong language from the start
- Programme features
- Subtitles · Stereo
- Director
- Lottie Gammon
Details by showing
Monday 26 October at 22:45 · ITV1 London
- Aspect ratio
- 4:3 · 16:9
Monday 26 October at 23:45 · ITV1+1 London
- Aspect ratio
- 4:3