In this 7-part documentary, award-winning director Peter Williams (Secret Army) unearths the stories of people in wartime Britain who got away with everything from murder to looting, theft, profiteering and espionage. The German Luftwaffe blasted the buildings of Britain's cities into rubble, creating an ideal hiding place for homicide victims among the many genuine victims of the blitz.

Rationing was established to manage the nation's consumption of food, goods and fuel, but scarcity drove many law-abiding citizens to the black market. Seen through archival footage and interviews with people who were there, WWII Crimes on the British Home Front is an important, riveting record of wartime crime and human ingenuity.

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