BBC One’s observational documentary The Unspeakable Crime: Rape explores rape in a way that's never been seen on British television before: from forensic medical to police investigation, court and beyond.

Juliet was attacked by a stranger on New Year’s Eve, while Kellie had known and trusted her attacker for over a decade.

St Mary’s, the UK’s first and leading Sexual Assault Referral Centre has for the first time opened its doors to cameras as they support Juliet and Kellie, as well as over 1,000 other victims of rape seeking justice or attempting to move forward with their lives.

The centre is made up of a small all-female team of doctors, crisis workers and counsellors and it is here where the police bring people who say they’ve been raped to conduct a forensic examination.

Rape is unlike any other crime. Often there are only two people present and if one person says it was rape and the other says it was consensual, the truth can be difficult to work out and impossible to prove. For the experts at St Mary’s, it’s not all about the conviction rate: rather they aim to give victims back their choice and control, whether or not a case goes to court.

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