On November 7th 1974, a children’s nanny Sandra Rivett was murdered at the home of the family in which she was in service.
It was the Lucan family.
Lord Lucan - her suspected killer - may have been targeting his estranged wife.
But a man who had squandered his family fortune at Belgravia’s gaming tables proved to be as inept at murder as he was at gambling.
And he killed poor Sandra.
This is the perceived wisdom - and the finding of an inquest.
But with so little known for sure, conjecture fills the gaps facts leave behind.
What really happened on November 7th 1974?
This is a compendium episode - a trilogy re-released to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Sandra’s murder.
In the first two episodes, I’ve interviewed the brilliant author Laura Thompson - who has written a wonderful book A Different Class of Murder about the run up and aftermath of the killing.
And in episode three, I speak with screenwriter George Kay about the nanny who could have been on-rota that night, managed to swap shifts - and cheated death.
Yet Christabel Boyce met a dreadful end a decade later - leading some to believe there was a curse of the Lucan nannies. George has a personal connection with this second tragedy.
You can find out more about Laura, her writing and her books here:
http://www.laurathompson.co.uk/
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