A £1million documentary series will focus on the hunt for missing aristocrat by the son of the nanny he murdered.
Three one-hour long programmes following Neil Berriman’s quest will be screened by the BBC to mark the 50th anniversary of Lucan’s disappearance.
It will focus on the search for missing Lucan led by Neil Berriman - the son of the nanny he murdered. Lucan killed nanny Sandra Rivett on 8th November 1974 before disappearing - never to be seen again.
Berriman is convinced he escaped England - with the help of rich and powerful friends - and is still alive and living in . Lucan would be 89 now.
Clare Sillery, the ’s Head of Commissioning, Documentaries said: “Whilst there have been many programmes following Lord Lucan and his possible fate, Sandra’s story has rarely been told.
“By following Neil’s deeply personal quest to seek justice for his mother we gain a unique perspective, one which sees an ordinary man take on the British establishment in his search for the fugitive Lord.”
She added: “The disappearance of Lord Lucan, following the murder of Sandra Rivett, is a mystery that has baffled the police and fascinated the press for half a century.”
Lucan was an Eton educated gambler who had friends in high places. It’s believed he planned on killing his wife Veronica but mistakenly killed the family nanny who was working on he usual day off at the Lucan’s home in Belgravia, central London.
A BBC spokesman said: “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. 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.
“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.”
He added: “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.
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“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?”Some of the ’s top facial recognition experts have analysed images of the mystery man in Australia and said they are an exact match to all the photos taken of Lucan before his disappearance. The Daily first broke the story of Berriman’s search for the missing Lord back in 2020.
The programmes will be aired on BBC2 and BBC Iplayer in early November
