The new series examines shocking cases of women who found out their partners were murderers. Yorkshire TV presenter Christa Ackroyd presents the show.
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00:00You can get it on My5 and on Catch Up is serial killers' wives, it's partners of serial killers
00:07who did not know that they were married or in a relationship with a serial killer.
00:11And the one that starts this week is I Escaped a Serial Killer and it is about those who either
00:19had a lucky escape, those who persuaded a person who had killed many times to let them go when
00:27others had not been able to do so. And it's fascinating and it's stories from all over the
00:32world, some you'll know, some I didn't know. But I think the common thread is the strength of
00:40humanity, the strength of an individual to overcome, to be determined never to be a victim.
00:47That's certainly the I Escaped a Serial Killer. And then the third one is My Boyfriend Made Me
00:53Do It. I've had a bit of an argument with the producers because I'm saying that as women,
00:57our boyfriend shouldn't make us do anything. So I think you'll find that that is probably
01:01one of the most interesting ones. So I have sympathy in terms of coercion. That's something
01:08I'm very, very, very big on at the moment. But for those who use it as an excuse to say, well,
01:16I smuggled drugs into a jail, knowing that in fact that led to people who actually died,
01:24I haven't too much sympathy. But it just goes to prove that when you think you're dead and buried,
01:32somebody sees something somewhere and you can be resurrected. So I'm just like,
01:41you know, I don't watch them. So I'm really sorry. The one thing I've never got used to,
01:47and it's the honest truth. And it's not just me saying, yeah, yeah, right. Of course,
01:51you must sit glued to them. I've never got used to how I sounded on television or on radio. And
01:57I've certainly never got used to how I look. I don't know what I think I look like or should
02:01look like or should sound like. So I don't watch them. Occasionally, I walk into a room and I'm
02:06on the telly and I go, oh, turn it off. I remember Maggie Smith saying about Downton Abbey, she'd
02:12never seen a single episode because she didn't like watching herself. So I think I'm in good
02:15company. Maybe when I'm old and grey and in a care home, I might sit down and say,
02:21put my programmes on. But I doubt it.