Channel 4 commissions The Trial of Lucy Letby doc
August 21, 2024
Channel 4 has commissioned a new documentary, The Trial of Lucy Letby (working title), directed by Emmy award-winning and BAFTA-nominated director Daniel Bogado and produced by Blast Films.
The documentary will examine the case of Lucy Letby, a 34-year-old former neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital who, in August 2023, was convicted of murdering seven babies in her care and attempting to murder six others. Her trial, which ran for ten months from October 2022 to August 2023, was one of the longest murder trials in British legal history. In July 2024, a retrial found her guilty of attempting to murder a seventh infant. She is currently serving fifteen whole-life terms for the offences.
Currently in pre-production, the documentary will air on Channel 4 in two parts and also have a feature-length theatrical release. A release date is TBC.
Danny Horan and Tanya Winston are the Executive Producers for Blast Films. It was commissioned by Alisa Pomeroy, Head of Documentaries and Factual Entertainment, and Sacha Mirzoeff, Commissioning Editor.
Bogado directed the multi-award winning National Geographic series 9/11: One Day in America, made to mark 20 years since the attacks of September 11th 2001. Produced in official collaboration with the 9/11 Memorial Museum, the series uses archival footage – some of which has never been seen before – and new, original interviews with eyewitnesses who have now had almost two decades to reflect on the events they lived through. He also directed the true crime series Killer Ratings, the first original documentary series commissioned by Netflix in a foreign language.