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A series that dramatises the shocking story of the true-life murder of former Stowe schoolmaster and deeply closeted evangelical Christian, 69-year-old Peter Farquhar, by his 28-year-old student and young churchwarden Ben Field in October 2015.
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- E1 Episode 1Next upJul 17, 2023 · 58 min
Synopsis
A meeting between an inspirational teacher and a charismatic student in Buckinghamshire ends up setting the stage for one of the most complex criminal cases in recent memory.
- E2 Episode 2Jul 18, 2023 · 57 min
Synopsis
As a community mourns, Ben begins a relationship with Peter’s neighbour, Ann Moore-Martin, to the increasing concern of her niece Ann-Marie.
- E3 Episode 3Jul 24, 2023 · 58 min
Synopsis
The true picture comes to light when Thames Valley Police open an investigation and close in on their prime suspect, making some alarming discoveries along the way.
Guest stars: Tom Swale (Ben's Brief)
- E4 Episode 4Jul 25, 2023 · 58 min
Synopsis
The case comes to court, and the victims’ families discover the truth of what happened to their loved ones as new revelations emerge.
Cast & crew
Created by Sarah Phelps
Timothy SpallPeter Farquhar
Anne ReidAnn Moore-Martin
Éanna HardwickeBen Field
Annabel ScholeyAnn-Marie Blake
Anna CrillyNatalie Golding
Jonathan ArisDCI Mark Glover
Peter SullivanDavid Jeremy
Ben Bailey SmithSimon Blake
Sheila HancockElizabeth Zettl
Adrian RawlinsIan Farquhar
Amanda RootSue Farquhar
Conor MacNeillMartyn SmithVideos
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Reviews · from TMDB members
Peter McGinnJul 30, 2023
I have pretty much stopped watching these British dramas based on real murder cases because, even though they are all separate cases, these investigations seem to often cover the same story arc. So they have little room for imaginative storytelling or structure. I decided to watch this show, however, because I really like Timothy Spall and Anne Reid, him all the way from his Mike Leigh films and her from her Coronation Street role decades ago. They also seem to only pick g… Read more
ood productions to appear in. They were both excellent in this miniseries, Spall perhaps award-worthy in fact. Their and other performances in the cast covered up what indeed did strike me as the usual story arc I mentioned above. The detective inspective shone while not showing anger, violent tendencies, or other outbursts that afflict many tv mystery dectectives.