Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist

Her life left a legacy. Her death remains a mystery. Culled from over 40 hours of rare archival footage – and with Dian's journal entries read by Sigourney Weaver – this 3-part special seeks to answer the haunting mystery of Dian Fossey's murder, and celebrate her work saving a species.

Wildlife icon Dian Fossey fought to save mountain gorillas from extinction. The animals survived, but Fossey was the target of a brutal murder.

The murder of a much-loved gorilla, poor health and conflicts with the Rwandan government, researchers, rivals and poachers take their toll.

Gorilla researcher Wayne McGuire is found guilty of Dian Fossey’s murder and sentenced to death in Rwanda. Did he really kill her? And if not him, then who?