Documentary-dramas based on criminal cases from New Zealand's past, presented by Peter Hawes.
The Confidence of Percy Redwood (13 May 1982)
A con-artist out to defraud two charmed admirers.
The Case of the Severed Hand (20 MAY 1982)
the mystery of a hand found on a public beach
Lionel Terry (27 MAY 1982)
He regarded murder as a justifiable means of publicising his campaign to drive the Chinese out of New Zealand.
Case of William Eggers (22 NOVEMBER 1983)
the dandy man about town, and Mrs McMahon, his brassy lover. Eggers financed their affair by foul means — by committing one of the most brutal hold-ups in New Zealand’s history.
Eggers is played by Jules Older
Mrs McMahon is played by Sylvia Rand
Peter Hawes is the host of the three-part series, investigating and adding comment to the dramatisation.
Butler and the Cumberland Street Murders (29 NOVEMBER 1983)
In the 1880s in boomtown Dunedin, there was a vicious and bloody triple murder and arson. William Butler was seen near the scene of the crime, was found with bloodstained clothes and had an extensive criminal record. It seemed an open and shut case. However, this self-educated ,(in prisons) “sleazy” man. turned on a superb courtroom performance that had the jury entranced and questioning seemingly concrete evidence.
William Butler was played by Alan Jervis
lighting cameraman - Mike Lemon
Researched and written by Joanna King, and presented by Peter Hawes.
Producer, Alan Lindsay
The Case of Mrs Hall (6 December 1983)
Mr Hall employs a companion for sickly Mrs Hall but all is not well
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