The Investigation of Lucy Letby

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The Investigation of Lucy Letby

2026

1h 30m

Documentary

Crime

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Unseen footage and unheard insider accounts reveal the harrowing and divisive case of Lucy Letby, the neonatal nurse convicted of fatally harming infants.

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Ben Dowell

The Times (UK)

18h

3/5

This film had all the excellent footage (including police interviews) and the exclusive sit-downs you might want.

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Vicky Jessop

London Evening Standard

2d

1/5

This should not exist. It is simply picking over long-clean bones for bad reasons: poking a terrible bruise for the pleasure of onlookers.

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Lucy Mangan

Guardian

2d

3/5

The Investigation of Lucy Letby does not compare in its attention to detail, preferring a broader-brush, more emotive telling of the story.

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Karina Adelgaard

Heaven of Horror

3d

3/5

... watching a Netflix true crime documentary like this is tough. It’s about the untimely and shocking deaths of many newborn babies, which IS a hard watch. And it is so very easy to get angry at Lucy Letby for not reacting as you may...

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Auburn M

@Auburn441 3h

Why was the use of AI necessary? How much water and other resources did this production cost because of it? If there was an option for zero stars, I would use that. Please stop using AI videos and images.

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Hao A.

@haaao 12h

I just create my RT account for the first time in my life just to post about this Audiovisual product, and its simple: Artificial Intelligence = No Play. Now we have to be careful with every product, do a research before watching, so in that case you don’t even press PLAY for them. I just lost 7 minutes of my life with that horrendous product.

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Alice P

@Alice1234 15h

I wanted to like the documentary but the use of AI for footage and for the witnesses is so terrible. Made it so hard to watch. I had to look away and just listen to it. Please stop using AI. It’s not good.

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Erin A

@Ericanari 15h

I was very interested in this doc but after the first AI interview I won’t bother.

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Julie R

@JulieDR 16h

Why?! Why must we now have AI editing software n interviews with people in a documentary about a murder case? It’s absurd and so annoying that it ruined the film for me. Next time I’ll just turn the movie off and choose content that shows reality. I was glad to see another review by someone who had a problem with this as well ".

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Ry C

@R.cliff 19h

Genuinely awful that someone thought AI was the best alternative here. Completely unwatchable . Completely Biased editing. Save yourself 90 minutes and watch something else .

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Synopsis

Unseen footage and unheard insider accounts reveal the harrowing and divisive case of Lucy Letby, the neonatal nurse convicted of fatally harming infants.

Director: Dominic Sivyer
Producer: Carla Wright
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: ITN Productions
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 4, 2026
Runtime: 1h 30m

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