Lord Lucan: My Husband, the Truth

I feel sorry for her And at the same time she's very cold This Is a very unfortunate story of a family That never existed

The story of Britain's most notorious aristocrat is well known to both people of a certain age and true crime buffs the world over, but here it is viewed through the eyes of the woman he attempted first to drive mad and then murder.

This in-depth interview with Lady Lucan was recorded the year before her death. Herein she describes in graphic detail how having murdered her nanny by mistake her estranged husband battered her over the head with the same blunt instrument but somehow she managed to fight off and temporarily overcome a desperate man twice her size.

We see too previously unbroadcast footage and hear of her terrible suffering of which she manages to make light.

Is he dead? Yes, she believes he committed suicide in the English Channel, an act she calls brave. It wasn't brave, it was decent, probably the only decent thing this worthless son of the privileged ever did in his entire life. But this documentary isn't really about him, rather it is a fitting tribute to a woman tragic and remarkable in equal measure.

This is one of the saddest stories I have heard in a long time. And I was riveted by Lady Lucan - and how open and honest she was in answering all the questions presented to her.

I wasn't going to write a review, but when reviewers wrote ill of her, it made me angry enough to feel the need to defend her.

She was "a woman of a certain age" - which meant she was raised to marry and have kids. She was honest in telling that she wasn't well liked and that she was cold. Not her fault. Not everyone can be warm and frickin' fuzzy and the Mother of the Year.

I thought her honesty in this documentary showed that she was absolutely a woman of strong character who knew her faults - and tried to fix things along the way.

She did her best - and almost got killed for it.

I rated it a 7 because it is such an interesting story but as others have said, it is incredibly difficult to feel any sympathy for her. I really feel sorry for the children having such empty people as their parents.

This woman is completely devoid of what a mother should be. The story line is a typical murder mystery but she is dreadful. She has no idea as to how to be a loving mother or wife and goes through life thinking everyone else is to blame for her failures, pitiful.

She believes the fact her husband is OK with being a gambler, borrowing continuously to support his failures as a human being and she goes right along for the ride thinking everything is OK knowing they have no money but spend it like they do and she really believes she has done nothing wrong as far as being a horrible mother and a wife. Pathetic till the end.