London 1864. On a Hackney bound train, a guard discovers blood in a first class carriage - and a body on the railway embankment. For the first time, a murder has taken place on Britain's railways. Over a hundred years later, this single documentary for BBC Two uses the first hand testimony of the people involved at the time to explore this unique event and how it provoked a huge public outcry and debate. The story quickly became a news sensation as the dangers of the brave new world of the train were laid bare. Over a hundred years later, the witnesses to this story may be long dead but their words survive in court transcripts, memoirs, letters and vivid journalism. These testimonies are now used to tell the story, taking the documentary deep into the nineteenth century to meet an extraordinary cross section of real-life Victorian London - from the engine driver who found the body to the detective in charge of the investigation. Who killed Mr Briggs?
以表演当事人访谈的形式讲述1864年轰动英国的火车谋杀案，呈现维多利亚时代社会巨变中各阶层的风貌。不下定论，仅仅展示警探、疑犯、证人、记者、家属、举报人、媒体、大众、法庭等多方对案件不同角度的认知。即便看上去如此“客观”，也还是能感到“判决也许有误”的倾向性，直到最后遗言的揭晓。
我错了，不应该看纪录片形式的探案片
拍的很差
案情并不离奇，可以作为对维多利亚时代的一个观察窗口。BBC在模拟现场剧情设置方面真是个中高手
London 1864. On a Hackney bound train a guard discovers blood in a first class carriage - and a body on the railway embankment. For the first time a murder has taken place on Britain's railways. Over a hundred years later this single documentary for BBC Two uses the first hand testimony of the people involved at the time to explore this unique event and how it provoked a hug...
