The award-winning documentary series Murder Trial is returning to TV and BBC iPlayer later this year together with a new 10-part podcast series.
BBC Scotland and BBC Factual have co-commissioned the TV series, which will feature the deaths of Caroline Glachan and Ean Coutts – giving viewers a unique insight into the workings of the Scottish courts and justice system.
Caroline was a fourteen-year-old schoolgirl whose body was discovered on the banks of the River Leven in Renton on 25 August 1996, while Ean was a retired army veteran whose remains were uncovered in a disused industrial unit in Glenrothes, Fife in 2020.
The podcast series, Inside The Murder Trial is a BBC Scotland and BBC Sounds co-commission, which looks into the case of Renee and Andrew MacRae who vanished in 1976.
Presented by journalist Jane McSorley, the podcast delves into what was one of the biggest unsolved murder cases in Scottish legal history.
The 2022 trial at Inverness High Court saw 80-year-old William MacDowell accused of killing his former lover and her son, disposing of their bodies and concealing the murders for 45 years. Powerful archive content and key contributors are featured in the podcast.
