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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Dec 18, 2020 8:48:42 GMT
The Pembrokeshire Murders will premiere on ITV on Monday January 11th at 9pm.
In The Pembrokeshire Murders, two unsolved double murders from the 1980s cast a shadow over the work of the Dyfed Powys police force.
In 2006, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins (Luke Evans) decided to reopen both cases. Employing pioneering forensic methods, Wilkins and his handpicked team found microscopic DNA and fibres that potentially linked the murders to a string of burglaries committed in the 80s and 90s.
The perpetrator of those robberies was nearing the end of his prison sentence, but if Steve Wilkins was right, he was also a serial killer … Could Steve and his team find enough forensic evidence to charge their suspect before he was released to potentially kill again?
The three-part drama, which is based on Senior Investigating Officer Steve Wilkins and ITV news journalist Jonathan Hill’s true crime book Catching the Bullseye Killer, stars Luke Evans, Keith Allen, Owen Teale, Alexandria Riley, Caroline Berry, Oliver Ryan and David Fynn.
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Post by pandaeyes on Dec 18, 2020 10:39:42 GMT
Thanks Dame, I will give this a go, am a fan of Luke Evans and Keith Allan and Owen Teale.
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Post by sootycat on Dec 18, 2020 12:05:42 GMT
I will be watching this.
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Post by gowergirl on Dec 18, 2020 12:19:19 GMT
Sounds good. Hopefully we'll see how beautiful Pembrokeshire is too. Thanks,Bouncy.
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Post by Miranda on Dec 18, 2020 14:35:41 GMT
Is Keith Allen the killer? He usually is.
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Post by bidiein on Jan 11, 2021 22:13:42 GMT
He is - but we know that from the start. The struggle is to prove it.
Despite having next to no scenes/lines (at least in part 1) Keith acts everyone else off the screen!
Good first episode though - shows the routine of police and forensic work in an un-flashy way.
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Post by bidiein on Jan 12, 2021 22:02:52 GMT
Good second episode - the script is brilliant.
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Post by cakewalk on Jan 12, 2021 22:03:47 GMT
This is very gripping.
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Post by bidiein on Jan 13, 2021 21:53:07 GMT
One of the best mini series I have watched in a long time. Great cast, filming and script.
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Post by sootycat on Jan 14, 2021 0:32:32 GMT
Excellent wasn’t it
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Post by geometryman on Jan 14, 2021 8:25:24 GMT
I found the first episode a bit flat, but it picked up for the other episodes. Also I could have done without so much of the relationship between the Detective Superintendent and his son, and how his dedication to the case affected that. In fact, I could have done without any of it at all - it seemed to have been borrowed from a path very well trodden in fictional police drama, and unnecessary in thiis otherwise well-presented factual programme.
Well worth watching though, and I'll be very interested to see tonight's companion programme featuring the real people involved in the investigation.
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Post by bidiein on Jan 14, 2021 8:48:00 GMT
Yes, the "broken home life" is standard in crime dramas, fact or fiction. I suppose it gave a bit of background to the character and commitment of the lead detective, but it was not necessary to the plot.
(The only TV tec with a good home life was Insp Barnaby - happy homelife seems to be balanced out with horrifying murder rate!)
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Jan 14, 2021 8:57:23 GMT
Midsomer - the murder capital of England.
Cabot Cove - the murder capital of Maine.
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Post by bidiein on Jan 14, 2021 11:51:33 GMT
They should be "twinned".
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Post by gowergirl on Jan 14, 2021 12:47:39 GMT
Good to see Luke Evans in something quite different. He has a great singing voice too.
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