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Commission · BBC Radio 4 · 2024

Intrigue: Worse Than Murder

In 1969 Muriel McKay was kidnapped from her home in Wimbledon. She was never seen again.

The kidnappers said they had meant to take Rupert Murdoch’s wife, Anna, and took Muriel McKay, the wife of his deputy chairman, instead. This seven part series tells the story of that night and the years that followed. It was co-produced by Telltale with Fresh Air.

Worse Than Murder has been optioned for film.

Producer
Nadia Mehdi
Sound designer
Basil Oxtoby