The new BBC documentary series ‘Lucan’, scored by Samuel Sim will begin airing Wednesday 6th November on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
‘This three part series follows the deeply personal quest of Hampshire builder, Neil Berriman, whose conviction in his own ability to solve the mystery is unshakeable. The case has consumed Neil for the last two decades, and it has done so for very personal reasons: Neil’s birth mother was Sandra Rivett. He watches every film, reads every book, meets police officers who take him through pictures of the scene of the crime, and he corresponds with Veronica, Lucan’s wife, and scrutinises every detail of Lucan’s life. Neil emerges from this research not only convinced that Lucan got away, but also that he will be the man who finally secures justice for his birth mother and finds the fugitive lord.
With the support of a former BBC investigative journalist, Glen Campbell, Neil maps out what seems Lucan’s likely escape from his homeland to a life of exile in Africa. The two men unearth persuasive evidence that one of Lucan’s powerful friends helped mastermind a new life for the aristocrat in Mozambique under the alias ‘John Crawford’. On a research trip to South Africa Glen secures a rare interview with Lucan’s expatriate brother, Hugh, who points the two Lucan seekers onto a trail that leads to Eastern religion, Buddhist retreats and ultimately the east and west coasts of Australia.
If still alive, Lucan would be about to enter his ninth decade, so the clock is ticking – will Neil be in time to find justice for his mother?’