Autopsy: The Last Hours of...

Whitney Houston was a singer, actress, icon and diva with a once in a generation voice that propelled her into the pop stratosphere, but no amount of talent could protect her from the demons that dragged her to her death in a Hollywood hotel bathroom at the age of just 48.

World-renowned forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd investigates the death of Michael Jackson, ‘The King of Pop’. He was the biggest-selling recording artist of all time, but when he suddenly died at just 50 years old, he left $400 million in debts and more questions than answers.

Dr Richard Shepherd investigates the death of Anna Nicole Smith. Her marriage to a billionaire 67 years her senior brought her global notoriety and started her on a downward path that led to her death in a Florida hotel room at the age of just 39.

Forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd re-examines the death of Hollywood actress and singer Brittany Murphy, using the medical details revealed in the post mortem report to shed new light on her extraordinary life and why she died. His investigation also includes the death of her husband Simon Monjack. Dr Richard Shepherd investigates the death of the Clueless and 8 Mile star in December 2009, which was due to pneumonia, anaemia and multiple drug intoxication. Dr Shepherd goes back over a 12-month period immediately before Murphy's death, discovering evidence of a woman caught in a triangle between her husband, her mother and a paranoid personality fuelled by prescription drugs. Dr Shepherd carefully picks his way through the autopsy reports and the numerous conspiracy theories that surround the case.

Forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd uses the official autopsy report to reexamine the tragic death of singer Karen Carpenter. She was known to have had a history of eating problems, but as Shepherd delves into her past and talks to those who knew her, he uncovers a world of drugs that she not only kept from the public, but also her nearest and dearest.

Following the story of renowned sex god, Michael Hutchence, who died in 1997. As a member of the rock band INXS, he was about to hit the road on tour, when his body was found with a belt around his neck in a hotel room. Dr. Richard Shephard examines the case trying to finally draw a line under what actually caused his death - was it a autoerotic asphyxiation accident or a suicide.

In the early hours of October 31, 1993, River Phoenix left his friend Johnny Depp's exclusive Los Angeles nightclub the Viper Room and started convulsing. After a number of seizures, he was officially pronounced dead by paramedics at 1.51am. With the aid of dramatic reconstruction, the post-mortem report and interviews with close friends, forensic pathologist Richard Shepherd goes back over the last few weeks of the 23-year-old actor's life to try to unravel what happened on that fateful night

Dr Richard Shepherd picks through the facts surrounding Elvis Presley's demise at his Memphis home Graceland in August 1977 at the age of 42, using testimony from the singer's childhood best friend, his cousin, and his private nurse, as well as the medical facts. The post-mortem report reveals that towards the end of his life, nearly all of Presley's vital organs were almost twice the size they should have been, and that his system was full of prescription drugs.

In 1995, the trial of American footballer-turned-actor OJ Simpson for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman was headline news around the world, with Simpson being acquitted after eight months. In this documentary, forensic pathologist Richard Shepherd goes back over the last few days of Nicole's life to try to unravel what happened on that fateful night, examining the post-mortem report and forensic evidence, as well as talking to experts and those who knew the Simpson family.

Forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd examines the events leading up to the death of actress Marilyn Monroe in August 1962, which was officially classed as a probable suicide due to an overdose of barbiturates.

Robin Williams was one of the funniest and most gifted comedians of his generation. He burst to prominence in 1978 in the hit TV sitcom Mork & Mindy and won an Oscar for Good Will Hunting in 1997. But just before midday on 11th August 2014, he’s found hanging from a belt secured to a closet door in his home in Tiburon, California. Now, Dr Richard Shepherd is piecing together the events of Robin Williams’ last hours and evidence from the autopsy report to uncover what triggered this suicide.