Blood Lands: Shaking the Tree Episode 3

Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 4 a.m.

Blood Lands is a true story told in five parts which takes us to the heart of modern South Africa.

Police investigating a suspected double murder in a small South African farming community uncover crucial new evidence. But will it be enough to break the farmers\u2019 wall of silence and solve a case that has divided a town on racial lines? Blood Lands is a murder investigation, a political drama, a courtroom thriller, and a profound exploration of the enduring tensions threatening the "rainbow nation". Over the course of three years, correspondent Andrew Harding has followed every twist of the police\u2019s hunt for the killers, the betrayals that opened the door to an explosive trial, and the fortunes of all those involved \u2013 from the dead men\u2019s families to the handful of men controversially selected for prosecution.

Presenter, Andrew Harding\nProducer, Becky Lipscombe\nEditor, Bridget Harney