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Vengeance: Murder on the Heath(2026)

Archived · Channel 4

8.02 eps
S01
DramaCrime
ON AIR: MAY 24Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

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Vengeance: Murder on the Heath is a sombre true-crime drama that follows a revenge plot through a brutal killing and into the court cases that follow. The violence is disturbing, and the mood stays bleak: dread builds around deliberate acts of harm, then carries into the reckoning over responsibility. This is a crime story concerned with the killing and its consequences, rather than just the question of who was involved.

Mundill Mahil’s relationship with her admirer Ravi gives the plot a personal dimension, linking an accusation of assault to the help she enlisted. The later verdicts and sentences turn attention to the differences between each person’s actions and punishment. Those unequal outcomes give the aftermath its own unsettling weight, with legal judgment offering no simple resolution to the brutality of Gagandip Singh’s death.

Best for

harrowing true crime, revenge killing and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Crime

Commitment

Season 1 · 2 episodes

Where

Channel 4

Official Premise

Student doctor Mundill Mahil accused Gagandip Singh of assault. She and admirer Ravi lured him back, where he was beaten, placed in a car boot, and burned alive. All three received different convictions and sentences for his death.

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