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Apr 2022 - present

Apr 2022 - present
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S1 Ep1
9th Apr 2022
Primary school teacher Sabina Nessa was killed at random by a man with a history of violence.

S1 Ep2
15th Apr 2022
Sir David Amess MP was murdered by an IS fanatic, at a meeting in a church in Southend-On-Sea in Essex, UK.

S1 Ep3
21st May 2022
This is the story of a dangerous MI5 agent, which the government tried to keep secret.

S1 Ep4
25th Jun 2022
Rikki Neave left for school but never came home. Decades on his killer has been jailed.

S1 Ep5
2nd Jul 2022
Logan Mwangi was five years old when he was murdered by the people he trusted.

S1 Ep6
29th Jul 2022
How a lorry driver, looking at dating sites while driving, went on to kill three.

S1 Ep7
7th Aug 2022
Leiland-James was taken from his mother in hospital and placed in care. He went on to be killed by the woman who wanted to adopt him.

S1 Ep8
5th Nov 2022
Revealing the killer who decapitated her friend and dumped her body.

S1 Ep9
10th Nov 2022
Jacqueline Kirk was badly disfigured after being set alight in 1998 by her ex-boyfriend Steven Craig. She then died in 2019 from complications relating to the injuries she suffered.

S1 Ep10
26th Nov 2022
It's one of Scotland's longest unsolved murder cases. Alistair Wilson was shot on his doorstep almost 20 years ago. Are police any closer to finding who killed him and why?

S1 Ep11
23rd Nov 2022
Sarah Sands stabbed to death a convicted paedophile who was accused of abusing three more young boys. BBC News can reveal, for the first time, that they were all her children. Now all three boys have become adults, they speak, alongside their mum about the killing, and subsequent events.

S1 Ep12
14th Dec 2022
Zara Aleena was killed walking back from a night out by a sexual predator, only recently released from prison, labelled a "danger to any woman".

S1 Ep13
3rd Jan 2023
The schoolgirl charged with terrorism, but found to have been exploited. Rhianan Rudd, 15, was the youngest girl to be charged with terrorism offences in the UK. She took her own life in 2022. Her mum says investigators should have seen her daughter as "a victim rather than a terrorist".

S1 Ep14
7th Feb 2023
The story of Bennylyn and Jellica who were murdered after starting a new life in the UK.

S1 Ep15
24th Feb 2023
A gunman kills five people within minutes. Could the shootings have been prevented?

S1 Ep16
11th Mar 2023
How was Salman Abedi from Manchester radicalised to the point where he could kill, and could the Manchester Arena bombing have been stopped?

S1 Ep17
17th Mar 2023
The story of false accusations about being the victim of a grooming gang and how it sent shockwaves through a small town in the North of England.

S1 Ep18
3rd Apr 2023
Nine year old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed when shots were fired into her family home.

S1 Ep19
23rd May 2023
Nikki Allan's murder shocked Sunderland. Why did it take so long to catch her killer?

S1 Ep20
26th Jun 2023
This BBC News investigation by reporter Daniel De Simone identifies a new suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder. Stephen’s killing in 1993 changed policing and race relations in Britain forever, and its shadow hangs over the Metropolitan Police to this day. For decades, five men have been suspected of the attack, and in 2012 two of them were found guilty. Daniel De Simone has seen secret evidence and spoken to dozens of witnesses to publicly identify a sixth suspect for the first time. Evidence uncovered in this investigation also further implicates other suspects in the attack, and raises serious question of the police handling of the case over many years.

S1 Ep21
28th Jun 2023
Lyne Barlow is a bogus travel agent from County Durham, conning hundreds of holidaymakers and her family in a £2.6 million scam, which also saw her lie about a cancer diagnosis.

S1 Ep22
7th Jul 2023
Elle Edwards was shot dead as she celebrated Christmas Eve, in a murder that shocked the UK. We follow her dad Tim as he deals with the devastation of his daughter’s death.

S1 Ep23
12th Jul 2023
Lilia Valutyte died from a single stab wound in her chest. Her killer was found unfit to plead, but a jury determined in a trial of the facts he killed the nine-year-old.

S1 Ep24
27th Jul 2023
Sgt Matt Ratana was shot and killed on duty by a handcuffed prisoner just three months before he had been due to retire.

S1 Ep25
2nd Aug 2023
The story of Nicholas Rossi - the US fugitive who came to the UK with a new identity after faking his own death. He claims he is called Arthur Knight and is a victim of mistaken identity, but a sheriff in Scotland is sending him back to Utah to face rape charges. We speak to the people who knew Nicholas Rossi in his previous life in America and chart his story from there to his discovery by police in a hospital bed in Glasgow.

S1 Ep26
1st Sep 2023
The story of a social media influencer, her mum and a murder plot.

S1 Ep27
26th Sep 2023
This is the story of Linda Razzell who vanished on her way to work more than 20 years ago. Her husband was found guilty of her murder. Now, in 2023, will he reveal where her body is in order to be released on parole?

S1 Ep28
11th Oct 2023
The MP who rose from obscurity to being imprisoned for fraud. The story of Jared O'Mara.

S1 Ep29
25th Oct 2023
The story of a young mum killed by her boyfriend of eight weeks. When Christopher McGowan was released on bail from a prison in Scotland, a court ordered he should stay at the home of his new girlfriend, Claire Inglis. He was a known criminal with a string of previous convictions and within weeks Claire was dead.

S1 Ep30
19th Dec 2023
The hospital unit where patients were drugged to keep them "quiet and compliant".

S1 Ep31
21st Dec 2023
Kidnapped and murdered in France while on a university placement. Is it finally time for justice for 20 year old Joanna Parrish?

S1 Ep32
2nd Feb 2024
Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death - two teenagers tried to get away with murder.

S1 Ep33
1st Mar 2024
Shakira Spencer was 35 years old when her body was found by the police. She had been tortured and starved by people she considered friends.

S1 Ep34
7th Mar 2024
Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were killed in a series of stabbings by one man on the streets of Nottingham in the summer of 2023.

S1 Ep35
8th Mar 2024
The quiet Irishman behind the high hedge had a history his neighbours could have never guessed: the man they knew as 'Frank' was really Freddie Scappaticci, a man with many secrets. Not only had he been an Irish Republican Army killer, he was at the same time an agent for the Army – perhaps their most important source inside the IRA, with access to their most sensitive secrets.

S1 Ep36
8th Apr 2024
The story of footballer Cody Fisher who was stabbed to death in a nightclub in Birmingham.

S1 Ep37
12th Apr 2024
When Michael Riddiough-Allen is stabbed to death outside a nightclub in Cornwall, armed police track down his killer to a nearby house where he was found hiding in the attic.

S1 Ep38
3rd May 2024
How a house party turned into a murder scene - the fatal stabbing of Mikey Roynon.

S1 Ep39
12th Jun 2024
Monika had moved to the UK from Poland for a better life. She had work, a new place to stay but then was hit by a drink driver. He served time for injuring her so badly she could never walk or talk again. Six years later, Monika died. It was time for justice, again.

S1 Ep40
1st Jul 2024
North Wales headteacher Neil Foden abused children over a four-year period, but could he have been stopped?

S1 Ep41
12th Jul 2024
The case of a plot to kidnap, rape, and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby.

S1 Ep42
1st Nov 2024
The shocking story of how a teenage relationship ended in murder. 15-year-old Holly Newton was stalked and murdered by her 'jealous' ex-boyfriend in Hexham in Northumberland. We speak to Holly's family and the police who pieced together what happened, and hear calls for a change to the law.

S1 Ep43
17th Dec 2024
The tragic story of Sara Sharif, who was just 10 years old when she was burned and beaten by her father and stepmother. Her body was found with dozens of injuries at the family home in Surrey.

S1 Ep44
19th Dec 2024
The story of Gisele Pelicot has shocked the world. She's a wife and a mother who was drugged and then raped by strangers. All were invited to do so by her husband at their home in Avignon, France. The trial of Dominique Pelicot and fifty other men has led to a huge outpouring of support across France and beyond as Gisele refused to hide away as her life unfolded in court and in public.

S1 Ep45
19th Dec 2024
What happens when kids become killers? The shocking story of two 12 year old school boys who brutally murdered Shawn Seesahai with a machete.

S1 Ep46
19th Dec 2024
A shocking story of two teenage boys from Bristol, Max and Mason, who went out for pizza and never came home. They were killed in a case of mistaken identity. We hear from the families who have faced unimaginable loss and see the consequences of children carrying weapons on the street.

S1 Ep47
20th Dec 2024
Wendy Buckney knew about her neighbour Brian Whitelock's past and wanted to give him a second chance. But were opportunities missed to protect the public from this triple-killer?

S1 Ep48
13th Mar 2025
The shocking story of Elianne Andam, a 15-year-old schoolgirl who was stabbed to death at a bus stop outside a shopping centre in Croydon, south London, in a row about a teddy bear.

S1 Ep49
30th Apr 2025
The shocking tale of a predator who went on the run for almost three decades. He lived a life in paradise while his victims wondered if they would ever get justice.

S1 Ep50
14th Jul 2025
When an aristocrat and her convict partner vanish with their newborn baby, a nationwide manhunt begins. Fears for the baby’s welfare grow - until the case finally ends in tragedy. Through interviews with family, friends and witnesses, and exclusive research, we uncover the hidden backgrounds of this couple on the run.

S1 Ep51
15th Jul 2025
A single sycamore tree, growing in a natural dip in the countryside along Hadrian's Wall, came to symbolise a community. When the people of Northumberland wake to discover it has been chopped down overnight, it leads to a news story that makes headlines around the world. Who destroyed the tree at Sycamore Gap and why?

S1 Ep52
3rd Oct 2025
A police investigation unravelled a horrific story of brutal abuse by those who should have cared for and nurtured him.

S1 Ep53
24th Oct 2025
When two suitcases are abandoned by a man behaving strangely on a bridge in Bristol, the shocking contents lead police to a brutal double murder scene.

S1 Ep54
6th Nov 2025
A young couple, killed on an ordinary morning by a man they welcomed into their home. This is the story of young parents Chloe and Josh Bashford. How did a family friendship go so wrong?

S1 Ep55
21st Nov 2025
A politician close to Nigel Farage takes bribes to make statements in support of Russia. His texts reveal pro-Russian interference reaching right to the heart of Europe’s democracy.

S1 Ep56
16th Nov 2025
More than 130 people were injured when Paul Doyle drove his car through crowds celebrating Liverpool Football Club's Premier League win. This is how seven minutes of 'calculated violence' changed the lives of everyone that was there.
S1 Ep57
28th Feb 2026
Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein planned to shoot Jewish people in what police say could have been the deadliest terror attack on UK soil. But they didn't know their friend was an undercover operative.
S1 Ep58
23rd Jul 2026
Peter Murrell, the husband of former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, embezzles £400,000 from the party he runs as SNP CEO, using a trail of lies to cover up a spending spree on luxury goods.
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The first episode of The Big Cases aired on April 09, 2022.
The last episode of The Big Cases aired on February 28, 2026.
There are 57 episodes of The Big Cases.
There is one season of The Big Cases.
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The Big Cases is set to return for future episodes.